I actually had better luck with Butia seed germination rate by cracking the butia seed open and taking the two - three "seeds" and germinating those.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I need to soak them for 3 days, then let them dry out and crack the outside shell and then germinate THOSE right?

I never heat my greenhouse (coldframe) and all the plants are fine. I have some Haas Avocado trees that seem fine for the past few years, and they're ...

Thanks Laaz. Right now they are about the size of a "Clementine Orange".

Thanks for brining this post back up as just as chance would have it, I was in the greenhouse yesterday (Saturday) for the first time since Last Satur...

Laaz, any idea on when I might see an "orangeening" of my Valencia? They are about 3/4ths the size of a mature Valencia, but I don't when I can look f...

GREAT JOB!!! I would have to say that for me too, the Medjool Dates were the funnest. My personal findings with these are this... Very fast to germ...

I tried this last year and was half way successful. What I did wrong was I did leave the wrap on all year and didn't leave it open enough at the top. ...

I tried this last year and was half way successful. What I did wrong was I did leave the wrap on all year and didn't leave it open enough at the top....

Yep, got them yesterday morning. I will take pics of the trees that Chumley sent me as soon as I get time and space (mother-n-father In Law) to take ...

I am back. We only lost power for 4 hours which is GREAT because there are still folks out of power right now. I have not been on here due to the fact...

GREAT job on the pics. Thank you for shareing, On those seeds, did you have any trouble brining them back to the U.S.? Glad to see you made it back...

Yea, I think Tonight at 4:00 it starts up for me and goes thru Tuesday afternoon. 1" of ice at least.

I didn't :cry: It hit on Saturday and has not really let up. However the nice thing SO FAR (knocking on wood) is that it is not the really BAD kind....