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We need your help! To add to rarepalmseeds.com as an information resource for the palm
community, we would like to collect your experiences on the germination of palm seeds and other seeds. This will become an invaluable knowledge database for everyone! The more responses we receive, the more representative the information will be. So, if you have germination experiences to share, please fill in the form below.

By submitting your comments you automatically enter to win one of 4 vouchers for seeds worth Euro 50 every year. Two winners will be selected every six months and notified by e-mail. They can then choose any species listed on our website as their prize. Submitted comments will be published on our web site at the same time. You can submit information on as many species as you like. The more submissions you make, the greater your chances are of winning!

2001 Winners: Jim Murphy (US$ 100), Dennis Lutge (US$ 50), Mike Jamison (US$ 50)
2002 Winners: Jens Bluetling (US$ 50), José M. Zerolo (US$ 50)
2003 Winners: Patricia Mary Boyle (US$ 50), Sergei Leonov (US$ 50)
2004 Winners: Rob Stacewicz (US$ 50), Patrick Jacklin (US$ 50)
2005 Winners: Betty Jones (US$ 50), Chris Wolfe (US$ 50)
2006 Winners: Markus Michel (€ 80), Vincent LeJeune (US$ 100), Ricardo Sànchez Vàzquez (US$ 100)
2007 Winners: Ignacio Urzúa (US$ 50), Vida Sopheap (US$ 50), Gary Fisher (US$ 50), Anton (US$ 50)
2008 Winners: Anthony (US$ 50), B. Jung (US$ 50)
The next winners will be selected in September 2008

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Here is a nice example for Jubaea chilensis of how comments will look like when published:

Seeds from this species ...

...are easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
This plant does not deserve its reputation for difficult germination. Seeds must be FRESH for success. Results of almost 100% can be obtained. The fresh seeds are soaked in water for a couple of days after some gentle scarification with a steel file - well away from the three pores.Place in a sterile medium -vermiculite is better than perlite and place where the temperature will not go over 27C (81F) Expect first to germinate within three weeks and the rest to follow within two to three months.They need a deep container as the taproot is up to 15cm long.
Submitted on 11/30/2001 by Adam St.Clair stclair2@bigpond.com

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