Sabal Palmetto Seeds, Good or Bad?

[PalmTreeDude]

So I got these Sabal palmetto seeds and I cut the whole seed spike off with the seeds still on. When I get to VA I put most of the seeds in a bucket of water and 99% of them floated. The outer shells where mushy and soft. BUT the ones that sank had mushy outer shells but the inside was rock solid. Most of the insides on all of theme where rock solid. But I only took the insides from the ones that sank and I threw the rest of the seeds along with the spike into my planter and I shook a lot of the seeds off, so now my planter is filled with seeds that may or may not be good. But do you think they are good? The insides (like I said) were rock solid. Here is a picture of the insides. 

[Laaz]

They are probably all good. They will float if you don't remove the fruit flesh. Sabal seeds stay viable for many years.

[palmsOrl]

I was just helping with some maintenance at a nearby lake and found what must have been a cache of Sabal palmetto seeds for some animal.  They all germinated and I now have this bundle of at least 100 seedlings that all germinated as if planted in the same spot.  Have no clue what I am going to do with them.  I agree that the seeds float if the flesh is still attached to the seed.

[PalmTreeDude]

1 hour ago, Laaz said:

They are probably all good. They will float if you don't remove the fruit flesh. Sabal seeds stay viable for many years.

 

 

18 minutes ago, palmsOrl said:

I was just helping with some maintenance at a nearby lake and found what must have been a cache of Sabal palmetto seeds for some animal.  They all germinated and I now have this bundle of at least 100 seedlings that all germinated as if planted in the same spot.  Have no clue what I am going to do with them.  I agree that the seeds float if the flesh is still attached to the seed.

Oh boy! I might have a few hundred Sabal palmetto seedlings coming up within the next month or so in my planter! Thank you for replying, and if they do come up, I think they will survive because they basically come up established and I heard of people planting Sabal palmetto seeds straight into the ground in warmer areas in Delaware and getting through the winter like it was nothing. 

[Brad Mondel]

The reason the seeds float with the flesh on is because ocean currents and rivers carry the seeds to new locations where new populations are established. 

[PalmTreeDude]

Here is what happens if I squeeze one. 

[NorthFlpalmguy]

What you're holding there is the actual seed if I'm seeing it correctly. If you clean it off it'll look shiny like the others you previously posted. I bet all your seeds were viable.

[PalmTreeDude]

6 hours ago, NorthFlpalmguy said:

What you're holding there is the actual seed if I'm seeing it correctly. If you clean it off it'll look shiny like the others you previously posted. I bet all your seeds were viable.

That is what I am thinking, and yes, it is the center of the seed, it is shiny, and hard!

Edited August 9, 2016 by PalmTreeDude