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Seeds from this species ...
... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
These seeds will only really go if they are firstly in a sand mix, subject to sun for only part of the day and are fresh. In terms of the sand, a mix of 30% of sand and 70% of high-nutrient sterilised soil is a must if there is to be any success in germination. Watered every morning to get a moist start to the day, they flourish quickly under an opaque/white plastic canopy providing some cover from a sub-tropical sun. Provided they get 5 hours of sun a day ie in the morning until midday - they will grow quickly, needing 30C-35C conditions and hot air environment on top to keep them warm as the day wears on and after the sun has passed. I first bought a pack of seeds and didn't use a cover or sand and got zero growth. The only result was rotting and death by famished white wormlike larvae. This time, the larvae don't stand a chance in the hot conditions and the seeds germinate too quickly, plus the pot is dry by the start of the next day. I was really hesitant about buying the same seeds again for the second time after a pathetic effort the first time, but I realised that the only way of ever getting these seeds to flourish is to best imitate the conditions of their native environment. Well worth the wait.
Submitted on 09/08/2007 by Anthony adovkants@hotmail.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
This species suprised me with its ease of germination. I prepared a bed in the Piedmont region of Georgia, USA where we have mostly red clay. I amended the red clay with generous amounts of soil conditioner, ( broken down pine bark), and sowed the seeds in the November 04. They were left to our winter cold and rain all winter. Here the temps can get as low as 4 degrees F. but, average lows are approximately 24 degrees F. with plenty of rain. I thought that it might be too wet but, 100% of them germinated in april of 05. Conditions where damp but, well drained and cool.
Submitted on 23/05/2006 by Jim Rodgers NearlyNativeNursery@hotmail.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
hello again, just a quick update as to how my silver mazari's are doing. yes i can say they are all still growing.
they are about a foot tall from my previous post 2 years ago and i repotted them all this summer and to my surprise
they really do like bigger pots ( lots of new leaves this summer ) in two gallon pots now. i live in s.w. oklahoma
and left them outside on the south side of the house where the temps. here range from 27 to 107 farenheit. they
get part shade a few hours a day. i try to keep the soil moist but on several occasions they have dried out,
these are tough rascals and i hope they will grow alot faster now that the roots have some room to grow as they
were too root bound in the little half gallon pots i had them in. good luck with yours.
Submitted on 02/10/2005 by greg maurek Vegas1yeahbaby@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I am experimenting with all three versions of this palm. So far the results for the two silver versions has
been identical. Fresh seeds were soaked for three days in warm water, changing the water every 12 hours. They
were then placed in a baggie of general potting soil/moss mix. The soil should be moist but not wet. The baggie
will hold the moisture in for a long time. The seeds were then put in front of my south facing window were they
were subjected to extreme heat from the summer sun. Temperatures in the baggie up to and over 100 deg. F during
the daytime hours. These plants seem to like the heat. First signs of germination in about 4 weeks. The roots
grow very fast and grow deep. First shoots up about a week later.
Submitted on 01/07/2005 by Brian bdmalmgren@prodigy.net
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
Sowed at 30c in bag with compost and sand mix. First ones germinated after 3 weeks, up to 80% germination after
6 weeks. Wait until there is both root and growing tip before tranferring to pots and you will get quicker subsequent
growth.
Submitted on 26/03/2005 by one of our visitors
...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
I sowed 1,000 Nannorrhops (Silver) in late May 2003. I placed all of the seeds in zip lock baggies with damp
Pro-MIx HP. This is a peat based medium with lots of perlite. All bags were placed in my glass greenhouse. By
mid August many of the seeds were sprouting. In early Sept. I had transplanted quite a few of the seedlings
to small pots. The temps. in my greenhouse are approx. 25 celcius or more each day in the warmer months. This
species definately likes the heat to sprout. I was quite impressed with their performance.
Submitted on 14/10/2003 by Joe Clemente bananajoe@saltspring.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
hello folks, i ordered some of these seeds and took a hacksaw blade and cut the side of the seeds 1/16th of
an inch and just deep enough so that i could feel the cut with my fingernail. i then placed the seeds in a clear
plastic cup of warm water in the sunshine to keep the water warm, i added just a tad of fungicide and let them
soak for a full day, then changed the water with clean and soaked them for another two days in the sunshine
to keep water warm. i placed the seeds into a ziplock sandwich baggie with a hand full of wet miracle grow plant
mix that i had squeezed with my fist untill only a few drops of water were left. i placed the baggie in the
shade, tempratures at night are 70's and in the daytime 90's. its july 14 and i placed the seeds in the baggie
one month ago, every once and a while i would open the baggie and give them a couple squirts of water to keep
moist. bingo ! they all sprouted at once and in no time the roots were one inch long. i am amazed at how fast
the roots grow in that baggie. its time to plant ! good luck folks. P.S. i live in southwest oklahoma
Submitted on 14/07/2003 by greg Vegas1yeahbaby@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Very easy to germinate these seeds. Do the normal pre soak for 48-72 hours, then plant them in vermiculite bags
and store at 30 celsius or so. The first ones germinated for me in about 1 week, with the last at around 1 month.
I've heard reports of stubborn batches (old?) that will not germinate for upwards of 1 year.
Submitted on 07/03/2003 by Paul Chafe p_chafe@hotmail.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Seeds were pre-soaked in water for 7 days.Were sown in peat moss placed in clear sandwich boxwith tight lid.
Temperature - ranging from 27 to 32 d.C. The moss was kept all the time just slightlymoist by touch. First seed
germinated after just a week from the start,four seeds have been germinated sporadically over period of three
months.One seed after three months rotted. Four remaining seeds appear now good and may in fact germinate in
future.Seedlings growth is very fast and strong, fist leaf has already got silver color.
Submitted on 15/11/2002 by Sergei Leonov serileonov@hotmail.com
...easy to germinate and need up
to 3 months to sprout.
Sown following the classic way suggested in the Germination Instruction,
I have put a ziplock bag in a very hot place and germination has
occured quite fast. But some sprouting have rot, because the peat
I used probably wasn't very sterile. Final rate of survival has
been 60%
Submitted by Angelo Porcelli angelopalm69@inwind.it
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
Warm water (40°C) soak for some (3, 5) days, then, sow in humid
compost at 25-30, cover with glass ; can sprout after 10-15 days,
then, transplant in small pots after the first leaf has developped.Easy
and rewarding to sow !
Submitted by one of our visitors
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