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lucky1
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Started 3 months ago from "Deglet Noor" date seeds.

This one is almost 3 times as tall as its siblings.

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Can almost HEAR this grow. 😯

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Posted : 06/03/2012 7:00 am
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Why is this date palm seedling leaf so much taller than the others??

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Posted : 06/03/2012 9:00 am
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Wish I knew Tim.

I've never seen a palm seedling grow like this.

From the look of all the other P.dacty's, it's definitely an anomaly.
Or they're all slow.

Definitely a keeper... 😀

Barb

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Posted : 06/03/2012 2:19 pm
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Seedling variation is awsome.

Bow before nature!

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Posted : 06/03/2012 3:14 pm
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One Brahea nitida (B. calcarea) has popped after 4 weeks.
Lousy pic but there is a shoot down into the soil.

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Barb

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Posted : 14/04/2012 9:47 am
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Great work, Barb. I would think that with Brahea being a desert palm, they would have a fairly long initial root.

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Posted : 14/04/2012 12:21 pm
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nice Barb! You sure have a big collection of palms..............which palm is next on your list?

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Posted : 14/04/2012 8:11 pm
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Thanks for the reminder, Cameron, that it's a desert palm...gotta give it what it needs.
When it warms up 😆

which palm is next on your list?

Depends on what I manage to murder, Tim... 😆

Still waiting for the J. chilensis to pop,
oh, and the Butia eriospatha x Syagrus F1 too.

Might have to put those in my will. 😕

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Posted : 15/04/2012 10:32 am
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Earlier in the winter, I put some of my six varieties of Euc seeds in containers, and left them outside to try outdoor stratification/germination. The lowest temp recorded on my deck this winter was -17 C, so it was probably a little warmer in the yard. The seeds were outside for months, and likely saw numerous lows of -14 C or lower. Today, I noticed germination of at least three species 😀 Here is E. crenulata:

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Posted : 29/04/2012 4:53 pm
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Nice!

Mine were cold stratfied in the fridge ( a bit too cold to do it with Eucs here). THey germinated within 3 days, after 6 weeks in the fridge. 5 have made it!

You manage to get those Calla seeds to sprout? 2/5 popped so far for me!

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Posted : 30/04/2012 2:39 am
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Nice germ'n with the Eucs............three types didn't germ for me.....I dry stratified the seed in the frig for 1 month then kept them in my unheated garage for another month then planted them in moist soil and placed them back in the frig for 2 weeks. Then I took them to work on my window sill. Only E. perriniana from Ducks Hole, Tasmania germed well and one Mt. Ginnii Act 1,740 m germed. It's been at least 3 weeks now. Should I place them back in the frig??

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Posted : 30/04/2012 3:20 am
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I wet stratified mine, in the germination pot, with a baggie over it. Id personally wait a few more weeks (maybe the end of the summer) to re stratify them. Never know.

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Posted : 30/04/2012 4:49 am
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Canadianplant, I haven't had a chance to sow the calla seeds yet! It's good to hear that you did have some Euc germination too.

Tim, I have noticed that the hardier varieties seem to need more stratification, and take longer to germinate. E. crenulata is one of the more tender species that I have (-15 C?), and it germinated the fastest. E. p. ssp. debeuzevillei, which is hardier, is only beginning to germinate now.

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Posted : 30/04/2012 12:11 pm
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I checked all of the seeds yesterday, and it turns out that there has been germination on all Euc species! 😀 I'll post some pics once everything grows a bit more.

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Posted : 04/05/2012 12:25 pm
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Good job Cameron! I'll be planting the seeds you sent me this weekend..........except for the takil seed which I started upon receipt. I sowed my first Yucca seeds tonight too.....MNPalms hybrid between Y. thompsoniana and my filata 'big mama' pollen.

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