I kept them soaking in water. There are some pics on pages 9 and 10 of this topic.

Sorry to keep bugging you, but were they completely emmersed in water? Do you keep them emmersed even after root growth had started? I used the baggie method after delidding and they just rotted!

No problem! 😆 I kept them completely immersed in the water, even though some of them started popping within a day or so. When I planted them, I made sure to sterilize the soil by using boiling water first.

With de-lidding, I've read that the most important part isn't necessarily how much you de-lid, but the cleanliness of the soil/medium that the seeds will be planted in.

Thanks much! Still have quite a few left to try.

Good luck with them!

Nice to see somebody's N.ritchiana come up... 👿 😈

With the exception of the top one, seeds look totally buried in soil? 😯
Thought halfway was recommended?

Barb

Barb, the only seeds that I didn't bury completely were the small ones (paulownia, fuchsia, etc) and the Dioons.

I just lay palm seeds on media, and press halfway down.
Easier to see something's happening for those of us with no patience. :happy5:

Princeps about ~1 month since germinating.

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Barb

Good work, Barb! my princeps still haven't started germinating yet

I like to wait until they have their first green leaf before potting up.

Yes, I'll leave them in community pots until there's 1, maybe 2 leaves.
Plan to use the "water method" to minimize root disturbance, just tipping community pot into a large bowl and let water separate roots.

Anybody know of a less root-shock/invasive method?

Barb

Individual pots? Other then the triple amounts of pots you need, its how ive germaneted most of my seeds ( untill this year)

I think germinating in individual pots is a waste of time as 100% germination is seldom achieved.
Community pots are almost solely used in the palm nursery industry.

I think floating them out of community pots via water must be the least damaging to tender fleshy roots that break easily.

Probably still transplant shock though.
Barb

I always try to seperate them using water, and to still have a little of the original medium on the roots when they're placed in the individual pots.

In addition, I've done a vitamin dip (SuperThrive, Thrive Alive B-1 etc.) but could never tell if it helped since plants survived.

Had they died, I would've said the dip didn't help. 😆 😆 😆
Barb