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Seeds from this species ...
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Very easy,simply collect fresh seeds from palm and planting in well drained soil, keep soil moist .
Submitted on 17/10/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Soaked seeds 24 hrs. Planted directly into large plastic pot (seeds only partially buried) and placed outside
in a sheltered location here in Key West, FL. 90% seeds germinated in 25 days.
Submitted on 13/09/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
It just took the seeds one week to spout when I plced them on top of tiled stove.
Submitted on 31/03/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
Have sowed 100 seeds in a plastic sealed transparent container , and also keep next to a source f hear at approx
25 degrees celcius, have had almost 100% germination after 8 weeks now, and expect all of them to germinate
soon.
Submitted on 28/03/2005 by Andrew Strickland mstrick@maltanet.net
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
This palm is very easy to grow. It can stand up to anything, lack of water,high temperatures, low temperatures,
anything you can throw its way, even the seeds have a good resistance. My advice to you is let mother nature
take her course. Sit the seeds in a pot, with moist dirt in the summer time, lay it out on a table, and don't
tend to the seeds at all. My seeds grew right before my eyes in a months time.
Submitted on 08/03/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
A very easy palm to grow. Just put it in potting soil ,any kind,and water regularly. Soon, your seeds will grow,
plain and simple.
Submitted on 08/03/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
I collected 50 fallen seeds, still fresh and red, from a palm in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. When I arrived home,
I peeled them completely and then soaked them for 48 hours in water, then placed them still in wet in ziplock
bags, 10 seeds in each bag. No extra products put with the seeds, just 10 wet seeds in each bag. I placed the
bags in my roof, warm in the day, fresh at night. The first 4 seeds germinated in an amazing 4 days. The rest
of them, about 40, took from 7 to 15 days. 90% germinated in less than a month.
Submitted on 10/01/2005 by Xavier Iturbide xavieriturbide@yahoo.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
very easy to germinate and needs up 1 month to sprout
Submitted on 06/01/2005 by mohammed abdulla matrooshi b_88888@hotmail.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
VERY easy to germinateI push them half way down in sand and water them every day and have nearly 100% germination.
Temp is about 30 degrees in the day and 25 degrees at night and dont let them get direct sunlight.
Submitted on 24/10/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I collected 10 seeds from Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, in May 2004 whilst on Honeymoon. I cleaned and soaked them
and soaked them in tap water for 24 hours. They were then planted about 3 cm down in a large propogator containing
a mixture of 75% multi purpose compost and 25%Vermiculite. I Kept the propogator on a south facing window sill
and took it ouside on days when the temputure reached the late twentis / early thirty degrees. The seeds germinated
after about two and a half months.
Submitted on 17/08/2004 by one of our visitors
...very difficult to germinate and need more than 1 year
to sprout.
No success with this species. After being soaked for 2 days, 11 seeds were sealed in zip-bags in a pre-moistened
mixture of 50% peat-based compost and 50% Vermiculite and kept at approx. 25º C. After a year, no seeds have
germinated.
Submitted on 30/11/2003 by David Matzdorf davidmatzdorf@blueyonder.co.uk
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Submitted on 13/12/2003 by abdulla thani dxb_dxb_@hotmail.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Very easy, rapid germination rate at about 90%. I didn't use any special tricks, simply planted the seed directly
into a tray and left it outside in the shade, daytime temperatures were around 32c.
Submitted on 22/12/2002 by Van vandringar@hotmail.com
...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 15/01/2003 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
First, I soaked the seeds for three days in water. Then, I put then in ziplock baggies with a little water and
stuck them next to the heater. They sprouted in around 16 days, with no problems!
Submitted on 24/03/2003 by Robert Doleiden martygsunshine@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
I put to germinate 1350 seeds of veitchia merrilli now adonidia
merrillii and the results are incredible in 6 weeks 100% germinate
wit out any problem i wish all was like this. thanks.
Submitted on 25/07/2002 by manuel rivero rilatel2@prodigy.net.mx
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
Of approximately 150 seeds collected on Key Largo, Florida on Christmas
Day 2001, I cleaned and soaked about 50 in tap water for 10 days,
and then placed in a large zip-lock bag. The moisture from soaking
the seeds was enough to begin germinating them within two weeks
with no kind of medium present (such as peat, perlite, sphagnum
moss, etc.). After one month, I had nearly 100 percent germination
with this simplistic method. After the emergence of the first seedling
root, the young palms were placed into community pots in a mix of
peat moss, perlite, and Miracle-Gro potting mix in a 4:5:1 ratio.
Approximately one dozen were planted individually into 4 inch/9
cm pots with the same substrate. Those in the individual pots received
more water and brighter light than the others as they were subjected
to the elements of Central Florida (almost daily rain and bright
light, though not quite full sunlight). The seedlings in the community
pots are about one leaf behind the individuals nearly 8 months after
germination. These were kept in shade and watered with tap water
when the soil seemed dry to the touch. None have been lost for any
reason.
Submitted on 04/08/2002 by Jason C. Skelly Skellsbells@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
Christmas palm, in sometimes named Veitchia merrillii.I brought
14 seeds -fresh fallen from the tree- beginning of October 01 from
the Dominican Republic (DR).Cleaned and pre-soaked in the DR. Seven
seeds germinated 6 weeks after planting, 3 within seven weeks,five
needed eight weeks. 100% germination after 8 weeks.Climate chamber
@ 30°C, used Kokohum very moist/wet (by sparkling mineral water).
Seeds and roots look very similar to Chambeyronia macrocarpa: I
think they will grow well.
Submitted by Jens JensBluetling@onlinehome.de
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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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