barb, do i see the worm? few times all seeds were eaten by them in my case when i tryed to germinate some seeds.

John, the waiting is horrible.

Hope all your Veitchia Christmas palms germinated.
I got 100% from those very fresh seeds, thanks!

Barb

barb, do i see the worm? few times all seeds were eaten by them in my case when i tryed to germinate some seeds.

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W O R M ???????? OH MY GOD....

damir, you must be right about it being a worm.
I don't see it today.

A WORM IN MY HOUSE? :crybaby: :crybaby:

What could I water the seeds with? will anything kill the worm?

EEEEEUUUUUWWWWW, this is sodisgusting

Are you saying that worms ARRIVE with seeds?

Barb

Barb, did you leave a bottle of Tequila open?

No but I just might crack open a bottle...just from the thought of a worm in my house.
Or worm(s) plural.

UGH

Damir....hellllooooooo? answer please......sorry....it's probably midnight in Croatia angry9:

i saw just one , which one i showed u in the picture.

Yes and I'm grateful you showed me damir

but what can I do about it?
What will kill the worm?

Do they come with the seeds?????
Where? Inside the seeds?

I'm afraid to ask how many there might be

Barb

those small worms often comes in soil you buy in shop, mostly in not good quality soils. the best thing to do now, is you take the seeds out of the soil. put it in water with some insecticide for one day, if the seeds didnt germinate till now, and plant it again in "perlite". perlite is the best solution for germinating seeds.
this small worms eat interior of the seeds, and often that seed rots. throw that soil, it is not good. and it can infect the other soil around it.

sterile soil in germination is very important. if you dont have it, boil the soil in water for half hour, to kills all the fungi, worms, eggs of insects.... when it's done, dry the soil, and you may plant the seeds in.
or just use a perlite.
rgds

damir,

thanks for the advice.
Will get busy!

I've had now about 4 of 30 California Fan Palm seeds pop in the last couple of days. They are in a germination grow tray with bottom heat and a plastic cover/lid.

At what point should I remove the lid for good?

I'd remove the plastic cover when leaves emerge through the soil. Air movement will be important once you see the leaves.

Thanks Tim. Right now the few that have popped are the ones where it's warmest in the center of the germination tray, but still look like little spears poking up.

The germination trays and covers are also inside a free standing covered greenhouse to help hold in the heat.

After some back tracking and thinking, it turns out some Magnolia Tripitala are germinating. ORdered them prestratified, and put them in the fridge for a month and a half. 4 out of 30 germinated in 3 days of taking them out! I pricked them out of the flat, and put them in dixie cups. Ill post pics when they pop out of the soil

congrats on the 3-day germinating Jesse!

Re the Jubaea worm (still have the heebie-jeebies from that 😡 ).
It was from using my not sterilized outdoor SAND!!!! (I use sand as topdress in some germinating pots to minimize fungus gnats.)
Won't do that anymore.

Did the worm cause this mushy seed?

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So I removed all the Jubaea seeds that had unsterlized sand as top dressing, soaked them in Safer's Insecticidal Soap for an hour.
Then put the 6 seeds into a baggie w. perlite.

I NEVER have luck with baggies for either palms or cycads.
Buying some more sterilized soil today and will transfer seeds to individual pots.

The other 5 Jubaea seeds all look like the following pic.
Is this worm damage too?

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Barb