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Seeds from this species ...
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
The seeds were fresh, not more than 2 weeks old. The outer shell was removed and the seeds washed. They were placed in water for 24 hours. I placed the seeds in a polystyrene box with vermiculite. The polystyrene box was wrapped in a plastic bag. During the day, they were kept in the sun, and at night (it is winter now), the bag with the polystyrene box was placed on top of a bucket of water, floating on the water. The water bucket was kept warm with a fish tank heater and the bucket was placed in a big plastic box. I also keep other seeds in the box to germinate. They sprouted after 1 week.
Submitted on 05/06/2007 by Riaan riaanjacobs@gmail.com
...difficult to germinate.
Have had no luck whatsoever with this palm. Sowed in cocopeat with a heat source underneath tray and sprayed
with fungicide when moisrture got low. No luck, I ended up just buying a tree.
Submitted on 16/06/2004 by Cheri Wilson reininrabt@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Soaked very freshly picked seed in water changing twice daily for 8 days with last day soaking in Mancozeb fungicide.
Placed seeds in plastic zippy bag with no medium under hood of my tropical aquarium temp fluctuating from 26C
to 31C and about 50% germination after just an unbelievable 2 days. I still can't believe it myself.
Submitted on 21/10/2003 by Tyrone Cripps TYNAT98@hotmail.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
D. decaryi is very quick to germinate even in <25 degrees. 4 weeks is not uncommon if the seed is fresh and
picked green from the palm. Seeds should be sown at a shallow depth (no more than 1/2 inch) in a bed of 50/50
peat moss and pearlite kept only slightly moist.
Submitted on 18/09/2003 by Renny Phipps rkphipps@ozemail.com.au
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Unbelievably easy! I used two methods for germinating the seeds and both have yield results. A little under
a month ago I put some tropical soil mix that I bought into a sandwhich bag with a zip top and put 2 seeds in.
The soil was msot to the touch and every few days I would take a spray bottle and spray some water in to keep
it moist. I kept the bags on a heated concrete floor in a room around 75 degrees. A few times someone in the
house had turned the thermostat down to around 60 and I was afraid this would hurt the seeds but it didn't.
The humidity created by the sealed bag got the seeds to germinate in a little under one month.I also used the
method mentioned about soaking the seeds for 2 weeks in water then putting them in the bag without any medium.
One of these started as well and I'm confident the others will as well.
Submitted on 16/01/2003 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
I got 100% germination within two weeks of receiving the seeds.
While soaking in warm tap water for five days, six of the ten began
to germinate. The ten were placed in the typical 50/50 mix of peat
moss and perlite and wetted with distilled water, then placed in
my garage where it's hot (I'm guessing around 100F/37C). The other
four germinated over the next week. All ten are still in the same
environment and seem to be rapidly sending down their first roots
and radicles. Definitely an easy species.
Submitted on 07/08/2002 by Jason C. Skelly Skellsbells@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
I bought 10 seeds two months ago. Soaked them in water for a day
and placed them in a zip lock bag with damp sterile compost. In
1 month, most of the seed had germinated. In 2 months 9 of 10 seeds
had developed enough root to be potted. This is an very easy one.
Submitted on 08/08/2002 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
The seeds were soaked for two days in water and placed in a pot.
The soil consisted of a 1:1 mix of Perlite and Potting Soil slightly
most. Germination began after 2 weeks and the germination rate was
90%.
Submitted by one of our visitors
...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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plant cultivation comments by our visitors
Also see germination commnets above.
Plants from this species ...
... are of high ornamental value 
In Limassol in Cyprus they need little care and grow normal.
I grow my Dypsis decaryi outdoor in a large pot in in normal mixture. It gets 10-12 hours full sun during the summer and 6-8 during the winter. It is three years old, it is 2.5 meters tall and produces 5-6 fronds per year. It is fertilized twice per month between the months of April and October.
Submitted on 20/10/2006 by Avgoustinos Ayiomamitis aayiomamitis@yahoo.gr
... are of high ornamental value
In London in England they need little care and grow slow.
I bought a modest sized pot plant about 0.7m tall in 2000. I have potted it on twice and now (Nov 2005) it is 3.0m tall, with approx, 0.3m of trunk - it will need potting on again next Spring. It lives inside a floor-to-ceiling Northwest-facing 2.1m high window and receives late afternoon sun. It is in a terra cotta pot, in a mixture of 50% soil-less compost and 50% John Innes no. 3 loam-based compost. It gets a weak feed with a balanced inorganic fertiliser every couple of weeks during the growing season. The plant is prone to infestation with a white pest similar to a small scale-insect. It produces only about 2 fronds per season, but is healthy and very attractive.
Submitted on 19/11/2005 by David Matzdorf davidmatzdorf@blueyonder.co.uk
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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