Deglet Date Palms for Sale

The presence of the date palm is almost ubiquitous to ancient religion and folklore. For example, date palm leaves are used for Palm Sunday in the Christian religion, and are mentioned more than 50 times in the Bible. In Islamic culture, dates and yogurt or milk are traditionally the first foods consumed for Iftar after the sun has set during Ramadan, and are mentioned more than 20 times in the Qur’an. The date palm tree is known as the tree of life, and the Prophet Mohammed said “There is among the trees, one which is blessed – it is the date palm, for it was created from the earth left over from the creation of Adam.” In other ancient settings, palm tree leaves were carried as symbols of victory by kings thousands of years ago, and the Date palms were also used 6000 years ago near Ur in Southern Iraq in the construction of the temple of the moon god.

The canopy will spread to approximately 25 feet after the initial establishment period. These silvery, blue-green fronds can grow up to 15’ long, and 2’ wide, making the diameter of the spread of the largest palms 30 feet. For this reason, landscape spreads can vary anywhere between 25-40 feet. These fronds typically stay on the palm for roughly 3-7 years.

Medjool date palms have a larger and more full dense canopy when compared to the Deglet Noor, which has a canopy that is more sparse and open with fewer fronds. The Medjool and Zahidi date palms are somewhat similar in appearance with beautiful silvery green foliage. The Zahidi date palm does have a slightly larger trunk than the Medjool and the Zahidi’s canopy is slightly more full and dense. True date palms are very desirable not only for their delicious dates but also for the tropical look they give to any landscape. Date palms are very popular due to their striking regal appearance, their natural beauty, and also because of their easy maintenance. We recommend trimming the date palm once a year around the end of May. This will give your tree its yearly maintenance, and make sure the palm doesn’t grow unwanted fruit that will drop to the floor.
Although its crown is wide, it is not very dense, and therefore the date palm does not function well as a shade tree. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.

The date palm is drought tolerant, but needs substantial irrigation to produce a good fruit crop. Summer rain and humidity harm ripening fruit. Medjool is fairly tolerant of summer rain and humidity, but the Deglet Noor is not. Medjool date palms grow faster and produces better fruit when they’re well watered in spring and summer. Fall and winter rains spoil the ripening fruit.

Male date palms are often used in landscaping because once mature they do not yield the annual crop of dates which can sometimes attract pests. For female date palms, there are three main date palm varieties used most for landscaping; the Medjool date palm, the Zahidi date palm, and the Deglet Noor date palm. Another less well known date palm variety that is also very desirable for landscaping is the Halawi date palm, which is even larger than the Medjool date palm. The male/female ratio in a modern commercial date palm plantation with mechanized pollination is generally about 40 females to one male date palm.This makes the male date palm much more expensive and desirable.

Fresh cut date palm offshoots are very perishable. Often times they are removed & first planted in plastic pots or wooden boxes where they live in from 1-2 years to develop their own roots & begin pushing.

When planting fresh cut offshoots directly, the roots of palm tree offshoots must not be allowed to dry out; offshoots should be planted in the field immediately with their fronds tied up for the first year. The new offshoot needs constantly moist, well-draining soil. Protect from wind and cold and provide part shade all day. Off shoot palms are slow to establish after planting.

For both Medjool and Deglet harvesting, the bottom two-thirds to three-fourths of all fruiting strands, or some entire strands are cut off. These techniques do not reduce the total weight of the fruit crop as the remaining dates will become larger.

The fruit go through four stages of ripening from immature green (kimri), to mature full-colored but astringent (khalal), to soft with full size and weight (rutab), and finally, hard, much more dry, and less astringent (tamar).

Rain and high humidity can ruin pollinated fruit when it is in the second to fourth stage of ripeness. Date farmers sometimes place a protective bag around each date cluster to prevent access to the dates and also for rain protection in some climates.

In the USA, dates are being grown in Southern California, Southwestern Arizona, and around Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dates are also grown in some areas of Mexico and in South America, as well as in Australia, Western China, Western India, and in Southern Pakistan. According to the World Food and Agricultural Organization, there are an estimated 100 million date palm trees worldwide. An estimated 60% of all date palms are grown in the Middle East and North Africa.