Hi Damir,Great pics! That's good to see that the needle palm is germinating for you! Unfortunately, the seeds never arrived.

Nice work :lol: I've heard that the "root damage" technique also works with agaves

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.

Paul, where did you hear that? :D I thought that they were 2 different species, with B. eriospatha being recognizable by its wooly infloresence spa...

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

From what I've read, B. eriospatha is a little bit hardier than B. capitata (a.k.a. odora), but B. capitata/odora can take a little more summer heat t...

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

Good luck with them!

No problem! :lol: 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...

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

Hi GPenny,Yup, they're the ones that I de-lidded. I de-lidded them on the 15th of Feb, and planted them on the 27th.

Here are some of the N. ritchiana emerging:

Great pics as usual, Jim!

Canadianplant, I've just been really busy :lol: Bad news first: The leaf of the Welwitschia mirabilis has flopped over and died. I've come to the con...

Good job, Damir! What was your lowest temp this winter?