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Seeds from this species ...
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Soak for 3 days then sow half-buried in moist vermiculite, with the smooth part uppermost, and the notched end buried. Place on a heatmat at approx 30 degrees celcius. When the seed coat splits, simply pot into a 50:50 mix of compost:perlite with the split end facing down half buried. Keep the pots in heat. Some may split without the embryo developing, but most will send out a radicle within a few days. Expect to see the first leaf shoot within one month. Place in good light once the first frond starts to unfurl. 75% success rate achieved with fresh seed purchased from RPS. Great quality seeds - thanks Toby!
Submitted on 01/12/2007 by Ian Woodland ianwoodland849@btinternet.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I found this species to be one of the fastest cycad species to germinate of those that I have tried. After soaking for three days and then placing in a bag of slightly moist perlite, within three weeks 70% of the seeds had germinated and have been planted into individual pots.
Submitted on 19/11/2007 by Richard Corlett ricorlett@yahoo.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
When I received the seeds they all rattled but soaking them in water rehydrated them very quickly and I had only very few floaters and rattlers after 2 days. However not all sinkers were healthy inside and about 30% of the "good" seeds were leaking brown, smelly liquid after being sown into perlite. They seem to be prone to rotting (or perhaps drying out and rotting when rehydrated). Get rid of those leaky ones as soon as possible as they attract flies. The rest of the seeds germinated very quickly at room temperature and I had about 50% germination after 3 weeks. The subsequent growth was amazing and even the first leaves which formed 1 month after germination had beautiful blueish colouration.
Submitted on 25/03/2007 by Marian Kubes maros@ltc.sk
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Hi Friends, I have brought Cycas panhihuaensis seeds from Tobi/PPP.I keept seed in plastic airtight bag with full water.After 4th day when i opened plastic bag 30% seeds cracked .Then i pick up them & placed in plastic pot having sand.Pots are keept on slab which facing to sunny side.After 28th day first sprout of cycas seen.I hope i will get 100% germination Mr.Deepak/Rajtialak India
Submitted on 04/02/2007 by Deepak/Rajtilak Patil hibiscusprasad@gmail.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
2 weeks to germinate and sprout!soak 2 days in warm water plant in approx 50% coir and john innes no2 -I used a fairly deep pot for 3 seeds. Planted 1/2 buried -top showing.left a couple of days in a heated room -seed husk started to crack - removed shell -be careful !make sure soil well soaked but drain excess after watering by placing kitchen tissue underneath the pot.Then used "Heat Shock" treatment by placing on a hot radiator -cover with cling film with holes -for an hour or so until germinated!I've germinated stubborn Bismarckia seeds with this method whilst waiting for the damned husks to break down!PM Murray-Stockport England
Submitted on 22/12/2006 by Paul M Murray paul.palmking@ntlworld.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I couldn't believe how quick these were. I had just three seeds, which I potted in 150mm/6" pots each with different media with no pre-soaking. I placed the pots inside a large, clear airtight container with gravel and water in the bottom to help maintain humidity. The container was put inside my polytunnel and kept at 30°C/86°F day and 24°C/75°F night (+/- 2°C/4°F). Within a couple of weeks I could see the first leaf of all three.
Submitted on 14/12/2006 by Corey Lucas-Divers corey@palm-trees.org
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I sowed three seeds into one gallon pots with no pre-soaking. One in perlite, one in coco peat and the other in normal compost. Each pot was watered until water came out of the drainage holes, then each pot was placed in a large, clear storage container, part filled with gravel and water, inside my heated polytunnel at 24/30°C night/day. They each germinated within a week and the first leaf on each was shooting up within two weeks.
Submitted on 01/11/2006 by Corey Lucas-Divers corey@palm-trees.org
... are easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Have 10 seeds germinating in just enough seed starter mix to barely cover seeds. Temps reaching 105 degrees F during the day in shaded greenhouse.
Submitted on 31/07/2006 by William Read weread@mac.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I bought 200 seeds recently from Toby, and soaked them for around a day in warm water until they had ceased rattling. Moved them into plastic containers nestled into some perlite at around 25c. About 10% had germinated within the first week, 20% by the 2nd week, and then about 5 more per day since. After less than a month I have over 100 with long radicles in deep communal pots and are still seeing seeds crack open every day. Great seeds Toby, thanks.
Submitted on 13/05/2006 by Trevor trevor27@bigpond.com
... are difficult to germinate and need up to 1 year to sprout.
I sowed 5 seeds in pure vermiculite, scarcely moist, sealed them in a screw-top jar and kept them at approx. 30¼C in a central heating cupboard. One germinated within about a month, was potted up immediately and, approx. 6-8 months later, after filling the pot with roots, has finally shown a bit of top growth, although no fronds as yet. One seed rotted off after 3 months. Another seed rotted off after 6 months. Two seeds swelled and split their sarcotestae, but have not produced radicles after nearly 8 months and are probably moribund.
Submitted on 19/11/2005 by David Matzdorf in London davidmatzdorf@blueyonder.co.uk
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Placed the seeds in baggies of moist sphagnum moss. Placed them in the hot water cupboard and have had
almost immediate results. The first one germinated in one week. 75 of 200 have germinated in the first
month and I am sure most of the others will follow shortly. Fantastic quality. Awesome results.
Submitted on 29/06/2005 by one of our visitors
...difficult to germinate and need up to 1 year to
sprout.
Sowed 5 seeds in March in moist vermiculite in a sealed container, kept at approx. 30º C. (85º F.)
in a heating cupboard. One seed germinated within a month and, 5 months after being potted up, the first seed
has just started producing top growth. Two seeds rotted after 2-3 months. The remaining two seeds started to
germinate after 3 months and then stalled without producing a radicle. I suspect that this is because the heating
was off for the Summer. Within 2 weeks of the heating being on again, both have started to show signs of progress
again.
Submitted on 09/10/2005 by David Matzdorf (London) davidmatzdorf@blueyonder.co.uk
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I soaked 10 cycas panzhihuaensis seeds in the water for two days. I put the seeds in a well drained mixture
in a nursery where temperature is 15-28°C. In 7 weeks the first cycas panzhihuaensis germinate, others followed
and in 2,5 months I have 6 cycas panzhihuaensis. Not too bad for a cycas!!!
Submitted on 04/08/2005 by Guillaume Chomicki-Bayada willy89@wanadoo.fr
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Started with 10 from RarePalmSeeds. Soaked for two days in filtered water. 9 seeds sank in the water and were
viable, 1 floated and appears dead (no growth after 4 months). Placed all seeds in a moist cactus mixture in
baggies. Of the 9, 3 swelled and sent out a root immediately/ within one week. 3 more took about a month- I
lost 2 of these 3 to rot! Of the remaining 3, after several months the seed itself has swollen and shed the
hard coating. They are a healthy green, but only one has sent out the radicle. Not one of the original seeds
has sent up a leaf yet, but the roots have dug impressively into the soil. Note that all this has occurred over
winter with temps dropping into the 50's at night and the low 80's during the day. I have no additional heat
source besides artificial daylight. I am convinced that as soon as warmer temperatures arrive, the well-developed
roots will quickly send up shoots.
Submitted on 18/02/2004 by Will WillGillis@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
I had no problems with this specimen. 100% germination. I was amazed at how quickly these seeds germinated and
sprouted. Kept in plastic bag w/spaghnum peat moss mixture at 20-30degC, little moisture. I just set them on
the shelf in my garage and waited. Just three weeks to germinate, and 1 month to sprout. Fast grower.
Submitted on 22/09/2003 by Zach Heern Wizard8458@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Very quick to germinate, the 1st tropical plant I have tried growing, one seed has already thrown up a shoot
after 11 days.
Submitted on 26/12/2002 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
A few seeds were sacrificed to view the embryo development and they
were found to be very well developed and ready to germinate.The
seeds were soaked for 4 days with the water changed daily. After
2 days, about 10% of the 1000 seeds split open and were then removed
from the soaking tub. The following day another 10% split and were
also removed. At the end of the 4 day soak the entire seed shipment
was placed in a greenhouse seed bed. The daytime air temp. reaching
100 degrees F and the night time in the low 80's. The seeds were
placed on the top of a pine bark, peat and sand soil mix then misted
with micro jets for two minuets daily.The seeds began to germinate
after only 1 day. At the end of 2 weeks 30% germinated and here
at the end of two months, nearly 70% has germinated. At this point
I expect to achieve a final germination rate near 90%. Subsequent
seedling growth is steady in the greenhouse environment with none
being lost to date. These are high quaility seeds at a truely bargain
price!
Submitted on 04/10/2002 by Jim Murphy mursago@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
Seedlings less tolerant of drying out than other Cycas. Soaked 2-3
days in warm (80F / 25C) water changed daily, then to baggies with
barely moist coconut fiber kept at 30C / 90F. Transplanted out when
shoot 1 inch / 2.5cm long. Do not let seedlings dry or they will
die.
Submitted by Leo Martin leo1010@attglobal.net
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Plants from this species ...
... are of high ornamental value 
In Norrbotten in Sweden they need little care and grow slow.
One seed germinated in May 1998.I didnt know how to care .But i did the same as for my other cycads.I am living in Sweden near the arctic circle,so I have most of my cycads indoors the hole year.This cycad I later put near the window in a house whith low temperature in the winter.Sometimes near 0 or under.(celcius).I did not give any water in many months.One time all fronds faded.I thought the plant was dead.But in the spring I gave it water and new fronds grew up.The fronds is about 80 cm long.The soil is sandy.Like cactus soil.I do not give much water. Now in the end of 2005 the plant is still living.I recommend this species.
Submitted on 02/12/2005 by Hans Rönnqvist hans.ronnqvist2@spray.se
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appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation
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