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Seeds from this species ...
... are average to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Soaking the seeds seem to speed up the germinating process. I place the seeds in a galoon pot in a shady spot. With regular waterings and kept moist, the seeds should germinate in no time. The Bismarck seeds are average to germinate, but once they germinate you have to pay close attention to them... The first root that emerges from the seeds grows very large. Germinating in a deep pot would be the best way to germinate the Bismarck seeds without disturbing the root system once it starts to grow.
Submitted on 09/01/2008 by Tyler Sharpe TyTy1581@aol.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Within three weeks of sowing, I checked all of my seeds and all but 1 had germinated - I was truly surprised. The seed quality clearly played a key factor to the success as I know of many people who never get the same result but on reading other people's comments - and I find this is key to doing before buying any seed - I noticed that those that soaked their seeds for a longer period got better results. In my case, mine were soaked in warm-hot water for five days. I say hot because they were placed on top of my computer stabilizer, which like a TV generates 35C-40C heat. After that I put them in a 50-50 earth and sand mix and put about 1 inch of pure sand on top. I placed the seeds in that sand layer - it helps hold moisture which means very low maintenance and more importantly gives a kick to the heating process. The seeds were exposed to 25C-35C daytime temperatures with four hours of morning subtropical Brazilian sun a day. I am surprised it was a doddle. Now the tricky part, finding future spaces in my garden for these massive silvery beasts.
Submitted on 10/10/2007 by Anthony adovkants@hotmail.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
What a wonderful palm, and so easy to germinate. I soaked seeds for 5 days then placed them in well draining potting mix. Half had germinated within 3 weeks.
Submitted on 02/10/2007 by Ivey Blanton Ivey_Suzi@hotmail.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
got some rarepalmseeds.com the best place to get palm seed. Easy, just get a balck pot, filled with soil, then put the seeds in the soil. Do not overwater it or it will rot.
Submitted on 28/09/2007 by one of our visitors
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
10 out of 9 seeds have germinated within 3 weeks in usual conditions used for germination. They need very deep pot otherwise their strong roots will push seeds above the surface. Now its been 4 more weeks and I am still waiting for first leaves to appear.
Submitted on 10/05/2006 by Iva iva@czn.cz
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I received 10 seeds of this palm a month ago.I put it in water for 15 days with daily water change.Bagged it in plastic zip lock bags with damp peat moss.Kept at normal temperature(around 29 Degree C during day and 22 at night) out of direct sunlight. 10th day the first ones have sprouted!!!Hopefully they will become majestic palms!! I have used only 5 seeds in this attempt!
Submitted on 16/03/2006 by one of our visitors
... are not rated.
I recommend to soak the seeds for 2 days in warm water, then sow them in clear plastic bags, mixed with moist peat, perlite, sawdust or wood shavings. Keep in a warm place. Check occasionally for germination. When a thick white root emerges from a seed, plant in a deep pot (minimum 25cm (10in.)) in well drained soil. The seed should be at the surface, the root must face down. Take care to move the germinated seeds into pots before the root gets too long. The roots are very brittle and break easily, which usually results in the death of the plant.
Submitted on 15/12/2005 by one of our visitors
... are difficult to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
It would appear that heat is the key variable in the germination process. We planted 50 seeds as a trial and 20 have germinated thus far of which 10 have emerged above ground.We are now attempting to use underground electrical heating elements but this is not highly practicable since the bags must be at least 12 inches high to accommodate the root. Our average daily high temperature at this time of the year is 27 degrees C.
Submitted on 28/11/2005 by one of our visitors
... are easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Placed in airtight container with potting soil mix first seed germinated in 1 month others followed within 30 days approx. 40% germination within 3 months. Sprouted within 60 days.
Submitted on 25/11/2005 by Mark Roodvoets mredfoot@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Place in tube (50 cm long) with peat, perlite and vermiculite: 100% germination. This method provides better
root system, easier for transplantation.
Submitted on 26/10/2005 by julien julientahiti@yahoo.fr
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
I let them soak in a bucket for 2 weeks outside, I changed the water every couple of 3 days, I treated with
Apergillus and bagged in 50/50 perlite moss mix, put on top of water heater. They started germinating in 1 day,
I had about 30% germination in 1 day.
Submitted on 23/09/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Kept warm (90ish) by placing in plastic containers with moistened spagnum moss. Then put in a cooler with boiling
water in hot water bottles. The seeds next to the hot water bottles germinated first.
Submitted on 03/09/2005 by Jane Freeman janefree0513@yahoo.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Very easy of germinating .The germination began in 16 days (650 fresh seeds) & 60% of them had germinated
, The seeds were 2 days soaked in water then i planted them in in plastic pots 50/50 perlite & peatmoss
in 35c+ withen 1 month all seeds germinated. ;)
Submitted on 02/05/2005 by Hamad Alfalasi hmalfalasi@gmail.com
...not rated.
Five years ago next February, I received a small order of Bismarckia nobilis seed from you. I had said to you
that I hoped they would have the color of the two Bismarckia palms at Selby Botanical Garden (which I called
"the color of moonlight") and you said, as near as I remember, that they would be at least equal to
those two. Well, now they're three to four feet tall and the color is fantastic. Much, much better than any
Bismarckias I've ever seen. Ever. Better than Selby; better than Fairchild--and much better than the nursery
trade. So, thank you very much.
Submitted on 24/11/2004 by one of our visitors
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
After soaking seeds for 4 days,I put my seeds in compost saved from my garden in Oregon. They were placed in
a warm room above my garage in July. Within 10 days I had my first roots. I then transported them to Baja ,
Mexico and placed them in 5 gallon containers filled with wonderful mulch from the desrt. About 3 weeks later
one had sprouted.Several others followed.Going back down ther next week and hope to plant them along with several
Sagosand Phoenix robellenis
Submitted on 05/11/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I started with 10 seeds from RPS. I soaked the seeds for two days in water at room temperature, then placed
them in baggies with sterilized, moist cactus mixture. All 10 seeds germinated and sent out impressive roots
within about 12 weeks. I planted the rooted seeds in very deep pots and put them outdoors for the summer. It
took another couple of months before the seeds sent up shoots, but now 9 months later 9 of the 10 are in active
growth.
Submitted on 20/10/2004 by Will willgillis@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Put the fresh seeds in warm clean water ( 20-30 degree celcius) overnight. Rinse water out in the next day,
put the seeds in captan solution in high concentration ( 1 spoon per 100 ml.of water) or ditnane M45 can be
used aswell. Leave the soak seeds with fungicide dry in shade for about 1 hour . place the seeds in plastic
bag (transparency) contain with coconut coir dust or sawdust that contain moisture (but not soak). the amount
of coir dust must have enough to cover all seeds, close the bag still with some air inside. Place the bag in
shade about 30-40% light. Germinated seeds will start in 10 to 30 days in tropical zone.
Submitted on 01/10/2004 by Mr Rojrawee Piromya rdgrwp@ku.ac.th
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
These seeds are very easy to germinate, I put mature seeds in 3 gallon pots {about 10 seeds} I put them about
1 inch below the surface and the soil is well drained soil that I keep moist and hot {about 85 to 95 degree's}About
a month most will germinate but as with many other seeds,some usually germinate a little later.
Submitted on 27/09/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Seeds were placed in tupperware containers, half way buried in 100% Peat in slightly shaddy area with daytime
temperatures reaching around 32 degrees. 100% Germination after 12 days
Submitted on 10/07/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
I placed 2 seeds in a small sealed zip loc bag filled with tap water and hung them in my warm fish tank water
for 3 to 4 days. Seeds were then taken and packed in a large zip loc bag filled with damp moss sealed and put
out in porch, average temp range low 80's. Within 3 to 4 weeks roots were sprouting, planted each in a 10"
pot and kept soil damp but not wet and out of direct sun. Within 1 month they are both sprouting.
Submitted on 25/04/2004 by Dave Erdman dle53@bellsouth.net
...difficult to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
planted in 50% peat moss 50% perlite, left in summer sun in San Diego. Only 3/10 seeds sprouted and took a long
time. First one sprouted within 3 months, the other two within 6 months. I didn't use any type of heater, so
the temperature may have been too cool for them. All three still growing, with one leaf. These have the fattest
roots of any palm seedling I have seen. Definitely need to be germinated individually to avoid having to transplant
right away.
Submitted on 04/03/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Seed was soaked in warm water (approx. 35C) for three days. Then, on February 11th 2004, it was planted in a
mixture of 50% peat and 50% perlite and kept in a "germination chamber" (made by myself) where temperature
riches a maximum of 37C during daytime and a minimum of 22C during nightime. I was thrilled to find out that
germination began just a week afterwards. (Thank you Tobias for the extra seeds)
Submitted on 24/02/2004 by Christos Djamas ctzamas@spidernet.com.cy
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Seeds were pre-soaked for 2 days in warm water.As pots 2 litre Coke bottles were used (just narrow neck of the
bottle was cut away).Seeds were placed on top of garden soil and pressed in for its half. Bottles were sealed
on top with plastic clear wrap.Bottles were kept at 37 d.C. Germination began after 7 days of sowing, by 12th
day a 100% success was achieved.Occasionally after 10 days of last seed's germination, the temperature dropped
to 10 d.C and lasted for a week.Then temperature was increased by 36 d.C. again. All seedlings successfully
went through this.Subsequent growth is fast and strong.
Submitted on 15/11/2002 by Sergei Leonov serileonov@hotmail.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
Put in tupperware container with loose lid. Moist soil composed
of peat and vermiculite. Used heating pad to keep seeds at 90 deg.
F. 80% germinated in two weeks.
Submitted on 13/05/2002 by A. Garrison austcar@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 3 months to sprout.
I planted 300 Bismarkia seeds in april and as of now may 25 I have
over 100 germinated seeds. I planted 8 seeds in each 2 gallon pot
kept moist and warm [above] 80 degrees f. no first leaf yet.
Submitted on 25/05/2002 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
Very easy to germinate. I soaked the seeds in tap water for one
week and sowed them in an air tight freezer bag filled with peat
moss wetted with a Captan fungicide solution. The bag was placed
outside in June on my concrete patio in Victoria, Texas (coastal
south Texas) where it received late afternoon sun. Temperatures
ranged from 96 F (36 C) daytime to 72 F (22 C) night. The patio
provides residual bottom heating during the night. 90% germination
occurred within 3 weeks.
Submitted on 05/07/2002 by Don Truman truman@icsi.net
...easy to germinate and need up
to 1 year to sprout.
Soaked 4 days in warm water (80F / 25C.) Then to baggie with coconut
fiber, kept at 30C / 90F. Remove sprouted seeds carefully to avoid
damaging shoot. Some seeds take over one year to sprout, so don't
discard. One discarded seed found its way to the bottom of another
pot and sprouted over a year after purchase.
Submitted by Leo Martin leo1010@attglobal.net
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
The seeds were soaked in water for two days. They were then soaked
in a fungicide and insecticide for 20 minutes. They were then placed
in damp medium consisting of perlite and sphagnum moss 1:1 ratio.
Temperatures were consistent at about 70- 75 degrees F. Germination
started after 2 weeks. I received 80% germination, 8 out of 10 seeds.
Submitted by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
This species seems to either germinate quickly or not at all. If
put in a sterile medium such as perlite or vermiculite and kept
at temperatures about 30C (88F) some will germinate in 2-3 weeks
while the others don't. Worth buying in larger batches because of
this variability.
Submitted by Adam St.Clair stclair2@bigpond.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
Seeds were soaked for two days in tap water with the water changed
daily. They were then placed in plastic tubs on a thick bed (2 inches)
of moist sphagnum moss and sprayed with a copper based fungicide.
The seeds were then covered with another inch of moist moss and
the loose fitting lid placed on the tub. The tubs are 23x17x6 inches
made by Sterilite. The tubs were placed on heated soil beds( 85
f) in a greenhouse. The daytime air temperature reaching 100F, night
time air temperature 78F. The seeds started germinating within two
weeks, reaching 90% germination after five weeks.The top dressing
of moss was misted with water every two to three days to keep from
drying out to much and a maintenance spray of fungicide weekly to
prevent mold growth. The germinated seeds were removed from the
tubs after a 1/2 inch root was showing and sown in a one gallon
pot of peat, pine bark and sand.All the seeds survived the transition
from tub to pot. This same process works equally well with Dypsis
decaryi, with these seeds starting to germinate after five days
and producing over 90% germination after only 21 days.These seeds
were removed from the tubs when a root, 1/2 inch long was showing
and placed in tree cone flats(tubes)in the same soil mix.Again all
the germinated seeds survived the transition from tub to cone flat.
Submitted by Jim Murphy mursago@aol.com
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Plants from this species ...
... are of excellent ornamental value 
In Stockton, CA in USA they need average care and grow slow.
I have grow 3 in a soda bottle and in the winter in CA i keep it in my room it used a old soil it about 3 inch and use as indoor next to my window. It has been grow for year.
Submitted on 05/01/2008 by one of our visitors
... are of excellent ornamental value
In Greenacres, Florida in USA they need little care and grow very fast.
This palm has excellent ornamental value. It really stands out and turns peoples heads with its silver blue coloration and large fan leaves. Mine is planted in my front yard for all to see. It grows very fast. When I planted it in March of 2005 it was two feet tall, now Nov 2007 it's nine feet tall and almost as wide. I did not add anything to the soil, I just dug a hole and dropped it in, and added a four inch layer of mulch. I live in south Florida and the soil here is very sandy which palms love. It gets watered every other day and responds well to fertilizers. It grows best in full sun, but will tolerate shade also. This is not a plant for indoors due to its large size.
Submitted on 01/11/2007 by James Shields jshields2u@bellsouth.net
If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture
by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.
Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most
appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation
success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the
best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.
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