Germinating king palm seeds or piccabeen not sure

[Gottagrowemall]

I picked these up off the ground at tanger outlets in Daytona beach. They were under some really large and mature king palm triples. I think they were a form of Alexander not sure. Anyways do I need to soak the seeds? Take the fruit off? Or just plant as they are?

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Take the fruit off and plant them in moist soil

Edited January 4, 2023 by idontknowhatnametuse

[PalmatierMeg]

Agree. Keep them very warm.

[byuind]

can you tell me where? Im in St Augustine and I'd love to swing buy and pick up ALL the rest of them! haha

[kinzyjr]

@Gottagrowemall Looking at them online, they look to have all green underneath.  They're probably Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.  Agree with the other posters on the formula for success: Warm + Moist + 4 weeks = Baby Palms

@byuind You can see them from about 4 years ago here: Google Street View - Tanger Outlets

[Gottagrowemall]

3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Agree. Keep them very warm.

Do you grow seedlings in straight peat moss sometimes?

[Gottagrowemall]

2 hours ago, byuind said:

can you tell me where? Im in St Augustine and I'd love to swing buy and pick up ALL the rest of them! haha

If you look up tanger outlets they’re right off the exit for LPGA it’s right across from a big Bucees. Daytona beach. The stores that had the big Alexander’s seeding were next to American eagles, lee jeans, and the pretzel place. Somewhere in that area. Only one section of trees was seeding 

[Gottagrowemall]

1 hour ago, kinzyjr said:

@Gottagrowemall Looking at them online, they look to have all green underneath.  They're probably Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.  Agree with the other posters on the formula for success: Warm + Moist + 4 weeks = Baby Palms

@byuind You can see them from about 4 years ago here: Google Street View - Tanger Outlets

Kinzy is it okay to grow them in straight peat moss? And can I plant them as triples as seeds?

[Jim in Los Altos]

In my yard, I get thousands of seedlings coming up summer, fall, and even winter. They germinate in standing water, fountains, pond, and anywhere soil is constantly moist. Photo below shows some of the roughly 500 seedlings I pulled last week from one small spot in the garden. They are exceptionally easy to germinate. No need to remove the skin since it’s so thin anyway. Just pop them into moist potting mix but soaking them will hasten their germination. 

[Gottagrowemall]

8 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

In my yard, I get thousands of seedlings coming up summer, fall, and even winter. They germinate in standing water, fountains, pond, and anywhere soil is constantly moist. Photo below shows some of the roughly 500 seedlings I pulled last week from one small spot in the garden. They are exceptionally easy to germinate. No need to remove the skin since it’s so thin anyway. Just pop them into moist potting mix but soaking them will hasten their germination. 

Roger that so keep them damp!

[kinzyjr]

On 1/4/2023 at 8:46 PM, Gottagrowemall said:

Kinzy is it okay to grow them in straight peat moss? And can I plant them as triples as seeds?

You could do both if you want to do so.  When I grow any kind of Archontophoenix, I usually go with straight potting soil.  They are difficult or impossible to over water.

[DoomsDave]

Kings rock, but they’re thirsty 

But so worth it!