Large rat trap with peanut butter (The kind that snaps their necks). Thats what I have been using for my nice little fuzzy tailed tree rats that keep ...

Says they are in New York... You are right expensive. Thats why when the seeds are that much I would rather get the already sprouted plant (Not riskin...

Well just ordered 4 Encephalartos Natalensis & 4 more Encephalartos Trispinosus... Thats it I'm cutting myself off (for a while :lol: )Next on th...

I think I posted this before, but... I have germinated many hundreds of date palms & the photo you posted is some type of date seed.

Craig they are for sure some type of Phoenix seed. ALL Trachy seed look like bean seeds.

I have about 10 T. Oreophilus I germinated from seed last year. They are still strap leaf plants. They are in 1 gal pots & left outside without pr...

Wow, that's got to be 30 - 35 years old? Probably less than 10 years old. In warmer places they will grow that large in 5-6 years.

Thats really sad. My prayers are with you & the family Wes.

Our local walmart has a whole shelf of fried spindles... They left them out when we had the quick freeze two weeks ago. They still want $18 for them e...

The cycads with the blue leaves are the Encephalartos, and a baseball size will cost you some real money. A 4" cuadex will run you $400 and up...

Great job Steve ! Now I just have to wait for my Tait's to get going.

Encephalartos trispinosus from Indianrock.

Looks like a Majesty palm.