Date Palm
While trying to grow the palm seeds i got out west, i read that you can also grow a palm tree from date seeds.
First off, they don't taste as bad as they look, but they are still really bad. Kind of like a giant raisin, but worse. At the center is the date seed.
The date and the seed inside
Like the rest of the seeds i've tried to grow, i soaked them for 1 day then put them in a zip-lock bag with a wet paper towel.
After 1 week, 2 of them sprouted. The rest of the seeds gradually started sprouting 3-6 weeks later. Surprisingly their root comes out of the middle of the seed.
I noticed that they sprouted best when there was just a little water added, when i sort of soaked the paper towel then squeezed all the water out.
Then i planted them in a bowl with potting soil and pearlite.
One main root extends deep down into the soil.
After a month or so the first green leaf appeared. It kind of looks like a blade of grass but it's really tough, almost like wood.
I plan on planting some of the seeds in the garden this year, we'll see how they do.
First off, they don't taste as bad as they look, but they are still really bad. Kind of like a giant raisin, but worse. At the center is the date seed.
The date and the seed inside
Like the rest of the seeds i've tried to grow, i soaked them for 1 day then put them in a zip-lock bag with a wet paper towel.
After 1 week, 2 of them sprouted. The rest of the seeds gradually started sprouting 3-6 weeks later. Surprisingly their root comes out of the middle of the seed.
I noticed that they sprouted best when there was just a little water added, when i sort of soaked the paper towel then squeezed all the water out.
Then i planted them in a bowl with potting soil and pearlite.
One main root extends deep down into the soil.
After a month or so the first green leaf appeared. It kind of looks like a blade of grass but it's really tough, almost like wood.
I plan on planting some of the seeds in the garden this year, we'll see how they do.
6 comments:
Hi interesting method... How are your baby palm trees? I love dates, I wonder if dates would grow out of them??
They are still growing just fine. I tried putting some outdoors (in Michigan) and they died. They turned brown at the tips and slowly died. I think it's because they prefer low humidity and low moisture soils, like the inside of my house.
They are probably like 2' tall now, but still super bendy, they still don't grow straight up on their own.
Maybe i'll post an update in the next few weeks.
Hi.. How's the progress?? Wanna try planting it too
All palm trees are grown better in a sunny humid area, I live in florida, and I germinate them the same way, but I use a heating pad on low heat with a towel on top of it then i place the plastic bag on top of the towel and put that in a closed brown paper bag on the counter, and in 6or7 day's wala there sprouting.Hope this helps.
I just took one of tje6 seeds from my Majool date and just put it in a. Empty pot on my deck that already had dirt in it
2 weeks later I had a sprout and 5 weeks later it's about a foot tall. I am just not sure how I will take care if it when season changes this fall. I will need to replant and put in larger container in the house I guess.
What time this plant take
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