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Seeds from this species ...
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
We are beginners and really didn't know what to do. But seriously, this was childs play. We planted the seeds in mulch and a couple came up after one week and since then approx. 3months later, we have 90% up. The seeds were fresh and of good condition. This is an awesome blue palm, suitable for the tropics and a must to have for collectors. It really pulls the wow factor. Thanks rarepalmseeds for the opportunity and keep collecting the rare stuff for us. Greetings from some Aussie outback hobby growers.
Submitted on 07/11/2006 by Jan Aardoom aardoom@westnet.com.au
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
purchased 5 seeds scrubed off brown fibre down to creamy white seed keeping note of where the crown was, soaked in luke warm water for 3 to 4 days changing water every day this must be done because there is another protective coating on the seed, then potted up in a mixture of john innes no 2 and perlite sterilized with boiling water then left to cool, half fill a 9 cm pot place seed crown up just pressed lightly into surface and fill to top with sterilized vermiculite sterilized as before,covered with half a clear plastic coke bottle and placed next to bathroom radiator after thirty days 100 percent germination, seemed easy,very happy.
Submitted on 14/05/2006 by one of our visitors
...easy to germinate and need more than 1 year to
sprout.
many of the brahea armata seeds i purchased two years ago sprouted and continued to sprout this summer,merely
languishing in a spagnum filled baggie.
Submitted by one of our visitors
...difficult to germinate.
No luck with this palm, seeds have been sowing since January in cocopeat and a heat source below with no success.
Submitted on 16/06/2004 by Cheri Wilson reininrabt@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
slow germination. took 3 months to grow. I soaked 5 seeds for 2 days and put them in a clay pot with 70% sand,
30% mulch. i left them outside in full sunlight in the evening through sunset. very nice looking palms.
Submitted on 21/03/2004 by anton chuidian wutang8364@yahoo.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
soak seeds for 24 hours in plain water, change water and repeat. treat seads with fungicide. place in play sand
in rubbermaid container with 100% sand nd wet the sand completely. Press seeds into sand and cover. 90 to 98
deg. F for 4 to 5 months. 40% germination.
Submitted on 23/09/2003 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 year to
sprout.
I have had great sucess with these seeds I have a couple of hundered and each time I check loads more are sprouting.
I soaked for a few days changing water daily and then filed a small area of the seed coat. They can take a while
to germinate whereas some sprout very fast so keep the seed! the seeds were put in a plastic bag with steralised
(in a microwave)multipurpose compost, reccomended and fast growers.
Submitted on 10/04/2003 by Lou Smith dia.smith@ntlworld.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to
sprout.
1st seedling up in 3 months. Excellent germination rate, 70 %. Seedlings resemble grass-clumps for quite some
time but do show a bluish tinge, even under fluorescent lights.
Submitted on 01/03/2003 by Steve Flynn sflynn22@mac.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Easy to germinate. Sealed in plastic bag with damp peat moss and placed in commercial seed house at 90 degrees.
seeds started to germinate at 3 weeks and continue to germinate after 3 months. 40% germination so far and cotinuing
to climb.
Submitted on 17/12/2002 by Neil Miner sactovalleypalms@attbi.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
After soaking the seeds I put them in a baggie with seed start mix.
I left them on the table with no bottom heat. After 2.5 months I
had 6 of 10 germinated. Now after a full 3 months I have 9 of 10
germinated.
Submitted on 18/06/2002 by Mark Bebee mmebb@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 1 month to sprout.
Easy Peasy! After a 24 hour soak in a copper fungicide solution.
I place them in vermiculite soaked in the same solution (this is
important as it is a sterile medium). This is squeezed dry in my
fist, then placed in a re-sealable sandwich bag. The bag is labelled
and placed on top of my fishtank, which gives a temperature of 27
- 32 degrees night to day. After about 15 days the seeds germinate
and are left in the bag until the main tap root was about 50mm long
before potting up into five inch pots. The compost was John Innes
number 2 mixed half and half with vermiculite. After several attempts
I consistantly achieve about 90% germination and good, strong seedlings.
Submitted on 03/09/2002 by Jason Gilbert jaize@jaize.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 1 month to sprout.
The key to fast germination of this species is to find the embryo
cap. After presoaking in warm water for a couple of days I cut off
the cap with sharp knife and treated the exposed embryo top with
hypermanghane solution. Better is to cut in layers and very carefully
to not hurt the embryo. Temperature around 30 degrees C and moderate
humidity are also important. The seeds started to germinate in incredible
3 weeks instead of 6 months. Now the plants are 1 year old and are
quite vigorous in growth.
Submitted on 26/02/2002 by Marian Kubes maros@ltc.sk
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
I think the seeds of Brahea armata are easy to germinate. I soaked
the seeds for 24 hours in handwarm water. Then I put them in a heated
mini-greenhouse in a mixed substrate of 50% cocopeat and 50% perlite.
I keep the temperature between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius. I planted
the seeds august the 6th 2001. The first seeds germinated after
3 months and now (February 2002) they are about 20 centimeters tall.
And still other seeds are germinating.
Submitted on 12/02/2002 by Harrie van der Keijlen h.vanderkeijlen@chello.nl
...easy to germinate and need up
to 1 year to sprout.
Like all desert oasis palms, need high temperatures to sprout and
like to be very damp. Soaked 7 days in warm water (80F / 25C) then
into baggies with coconut fiber somewhat damper than usually used
for palm seeds. Kept at 30C / 90F. Seeds sprout irregularly beginning
in a month.
Submitted by Leo Martin leo1010@attglobal.net
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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
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