germination comments by our visitors
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Seeds from this species ......difficult to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
Hello, my name is johan and I bought 8 a 10 weeks ago seed of tritrinax campestris.I first put them 2 days in
the refrigerator and soaked them than 2 days in water.Then i saw them in a heated box with a constant temperatur
of 23 a25°c.And now today I looked and yes!!!! the first one is comming out.I will keep you informd about
the germinated percentage of my 200 seeds.Good luck to you also!
Submitted on 30/11/2002 by johan boeckmans johan.boeckmans@pandora.be
...difficult to germinate and need up to 1 year to
sprout.
Seeds of this species need time and heat to germinate, but are worth it. I soak them for about 36-48 hours at
70 degrees F before planting, and use a method like the plastic zip-lock bag method. I pregerminate the seeds
in 50% perlite and 50% milled sphagnum moss, squeezing free water out of the mix. They like heat and I put them
in the garage in summer, where they can have nights from 75-85 degrees F, and days up to 95 or a bit more, check
them every few days˜several can come out at once and these should be removed to a new container. To help
keep them hydrated I pull them out and soak them overnight in distilled water every 3 months or so. Those that
don‚t germinate by cool weather are brought indoors and put on top of the refrigerator. Germination can take
a year or more.
Submitted on 28/12/2002 by Joe Shaw jshaw1953@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need more than 1 year to
sprout.
I bought 100 seeds from some guy in Argentina and all I did was put them in a shallow clay pot in some potting
soil (covered with about one inch of soil) and placed the pot in a rather cool room in the house. Only one sprouted
in spring and two more over the summer, but the next spring most (if not all) the other seeds germinated. Now
if I can only find out how to speed up their growth...
Submitted on 20/11/2002 by Rob Garren robgarren@hotmail.com
...need more than 1 year to sprout.
I did not have any more space over bottom heat, so I put them in a sealed plastic bag with some moist perlite,
at room temperature (about 68F/20C). After more than one year, they started germinating. More seeds are still
sprouting after more than two years. I suspect they might have germinated much faster with bottom heat, but
this worked fine also. The leaves are so prickly that they poked holes in the plastic bag.
Submitted on 12/11/2002 by Ian Barclay margate@angelfire.com
plant cultivation comments by our visitors
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Plants from this species ...
... are of excellent ornamental value 
In amsterdam in Netherlands they need average care and grow normal.
here in uithoorn, the netherlands, zone 8/9 is a trithrinax c. which grows amazing!!!the summers maximum average is here 21 degrees celcius and in winther 5 degrees celcius.a wet climate with 700-1000mm of rain each year.the palm stands in clay.this year the summer was bad, but still he maded I think aruond 15 beautiful big silver leaves extra, it's a really amazing palm for here!in winter he gets a little protection, just some christmas lights around the stem.
Submitted on 29/12/2007 by d.b. daen---lollig.gainig@hotmail.com
If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture
by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.
Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most
appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation
success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the
best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.
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