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The following are links to various pages to do with germination. There's a brief summary of each one, but if you want more, just click on the link.
Beginnings
A brief history of how I started - warning - brief and boring.
Seed freshness/ testing the seed embryo
I have to say that freshness of seed is the most important factor in germination as far as I’m concerned. Some seeds lose their viability very quickly - Ravenea rivularis and Phoenix roebellini have done it for me in days. These diagrams may help in checking your seeds.
Germination mixtures.
Spagnum moss (hanging basket moss), Peat (or peat based compost), perlite, vermiculite, in that order.
Temperatures.
The palms I’ve tried so far have liked high germination temperatures, (30C ‘ish’) but there are some exceptions.
General germination method.
This works for a wide range of seeds but not all. There are details of my not very scientific experiments, including the use of plastic cups!
Beginnings
A brief history of how I started -
Seed freshness/ testing the seed embryo
I have to say that freshness of seed is the most important factor in germination as far as I’m concerned. Some seeds lose their viability very quickly -
Germination mixtures.
Spagnum moss (hanging basket moss), Peat (or peat based compost), perlite, vermiculite, in that order.
Temperatures.
The palms I’ve tried so far have liked high germination temperatures, (30C ‘ish’) but there are some exceptions.
General germination method.
This works for a wide range of seeds but not all. There are details of my not very scientific experiments, including the use of plastic cups!
Germination methods for some specific seeds:
Allagoptera arenaria, Arenga arengii,
Brahea armata, Bismarkia, Butia capitata,
Chamaerops humilis, and var cerifera,
Chamaedoria microspadix, Chamaedoria cataractarum Cocos plumosa, (Queen Palm)
Dypsis decaryi,
Jubea chilensis,
Latania loddigesi, Livistona chinensis, Livistona decipiens,
Livistona benthamii, Parajubea sunkha and torallyi
Phoenix roebellini, Phoenix rupicola, Phoenix sylvestris
Pritchardia thurstonii,
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Serenoa repens, Sabals,
Trachycarpus fortunei, latisectus, martianus, nana, oreophilus, wagnerianus
Trithrinax campestris and schizophylla
Allagoptera arenaria, Arenga arengii,
Brahea armata, Bismarkia, Butia capitata,
Chamaerops humilis, and var cerifera,
Chamaedoria microspadix, Chamaedoria cataractarum Cocos plumosa, (Queen Palm)
Dypsis decaryi,
Jubea chilensis,
Latania loddigesi, Livistona chinensis, Livistona decipiens,
Livistona benthamii, Parajubea sunkha and torallyi
Phoenix roebellini, Phoenix rupicola, Phoenix sylvestris
Pritchardia thurstonii,
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Serenoa repens, Sabals,
Trachycarpus fortunei, latisectus, martianus, nana, oreophilus, wagnerianus
Trithrinax campestris and schizophylla
Germination