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Seeds from this species ...
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I picked up a few seeds of Hyphaene thebaica in the Tihamah of western Saudi Arabia back in 1986 and planted them (to the best of my recollection!) in a large pot of sand, which resided on my balcony in Jubail for several weeks. To my great joy and amazement they all germinated and were growing their first leaves. I gave them away to a friend when I left the country in 1997 so I do not know what became of them.
Submitted on 19/11/2007 by Richard Corlett ricorlett@yahoo.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I managed to germinate 2 out of 10 Hyphaene Thebaica seeds just 4 weeks after planting them in a sand/biorich earth mix and expect the rest to come within the next few weeks. They really are not that difficult and before buying these seeds I feared the worse as some collectors had attempted all sorts of concoctions to try to get these seeds to go. Indeed, one said he stuck seeds into his oven at 100C. In the end I saw no real recipe to success from those who had already attempted to get these seeds to geminate. So I decided the best thing I could do and the only real thing I do do when planting seeds was to try to recreate the same environment for the seeds in my backyard. So the first thing I did was to leave the seeds in a warm cupboard for 4 weeks. Then I placed them in 30C water for 2 days on top of my computer stabilizer. That kept it warm. Then I left them in their original plastic rarepalmseeds sack, filled it with sand, added water so the sand became moist and left them in my plastic sheet makeshit "greenhouse". I didn't touch them for a week. The sand added that extra heat and then I placed them in 35cm deep plastic pots. The top is composed of a third sand, the next two thirds are made up of an earth 50/50 mix of builder's sand and earth. I can't emphasize the use of sand enough. I then placed the sacks under a transparent plastic sheeting cover, this helped boost the heat and trap a level of hot air between the sand and the plastic sheeting on top. I watered them just 5 times over a matter of 4 weeks because the sand kept them moist at all times. I think that is key here. Lots of moisture and lots of heat. The roots are fine with the moisture and are very reminiscent of a Bismarckia Nobilis root. Anyway just a few weeks later I managed to get 2 seeds to germinate with roots of 7cm deep after the seeds were exposed to 1000am-2.30pm Brazilian subtropical sun. Temperatures were comfortably over the 30C mark for half of the last 4 weeks and under the cover it was probably 40C plus. The other eight have not yet germinated because they received less sun than the 2 that have germinated. I have moved the 2 to where the eight were, made some space and now put the 8 in a place where they will receive on average another hour of sun a day. The sand is key here because long after the sun has gone, it keeps the seeds warm to hot well into the evening before cooling at night. Just as it should in the desert. All I need now is a pyramid!
Submitted on 31/10/2007 by Anthony Dovkants adovkants@hotmail.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Placed in plastic zip bag with coconut fibers and temperature between 20 - 25C. Results of 100% obtained (10 seeds). The first eophyll have pointed about 3 months later the germination.
Submitted on 28/10/2007 by João Carlos Geraldo jcgeraldi@uol.com.br
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I have left the seeds about 5 days in water, changing daily. So, they were mixed with coco fiber, in plastic bags. Nine of ten seeds have sprouted in about 30 days, with temperature average about 20-25ºC. The last one in 50 days.
Submitted on 01/06/2007 by João Carlos Geraldo jcgeraldi@uol.com.br
...difficult to germinate and need up to 1 year to
sprout.
I had one seed out of five germinate, but did not survive. I used bottom heat in individual pots.
Submitted on 23/12/2002 by Van vandringar@hotmail.com
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