Over 200+ seedlings, 9 different species germinating!!!

[Dwarf Fan]

*These are all currently indoors on a heat mat that is consistently holding 79F-80F, is this a sufficiently high enough temperature  for germination? The ambient air temp is a constant 73F.

Should I turn up the heat on the heat mat a few degress or plastic wrap the seedling trays?

Serenoa repens ‘Georgia Silver’  117 seeds

 

Phoenix reclinata X ??? Hybrid 116 Seeds (possibly canariensis, dactylifera or roebelinii) Thank you to the Palm Talker that sent me these!

 

Serenoa repens ‘ Weeping’ 30 seeds

Syagrus romanzoffiana  ‘20F Hardy Queen’ 6 seeds

Butiagrus nabonnandi ‘Mule’ 3 seeds

Chamaedorea radicalis 4 seeds

Butia X Lyto/Queen f2 1 seed

Sabal minor ‘TX Ultra Mini Dwarf’ 5 seeds

Phoenix canariensis 6 seeds

 

[kinzyjr]

@Dwarf Fan If possible, see if you can get the temperature in the 85F-90F range.  Most of the seeds you have will germinate best with a touch more heat.

[Dwarf Fan]

3 hours ago, kinzyjr said:

@Dwarf Fan If possible, see if you can get the temperature in the 85F-90F range.  Most of the seeds you have will germinate best with a touch more heat.

Done. I have a laser temp gun that I use to verify temp range with a thermostat monitoring my new heat mat through out the day, but it seems to be accurate to within ~2 degrees more or less… so far so good. Thanks for the temp advice kinzyjr!

[Las Palmas Norte]

I remember germinating thousands of palm seeds when I had my nursery. It was time consuming.

[MarcusH]

8 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I remember germinating thousands of palm seeds when I had my nursery. It was time consuming.

My seedlings grow just fine with regular room temperature and day light.  My palms including my one year old ones stopped growing because night temperatures are just too cold to promote decent growth.  

[Las Palmas Norte]

1 hour ago, MarcusH said:

My seedlings grow just fine with regular room temperature and day light. ...

Seedlings do fine that way (generally), but do you germinate at room temperature? Some types of seed do fine without additional heat, but others really need that boost in heat during the germination phase.

[MarcusH]

53 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Seedlings do fine that way (generally), but do you germinate at room temperature? Some types of seed do fine without additional heat, but others really need that boost in heat during the germination phase.

I can only speak about Filifera seeds. Second time I grow Filiferas from seeds and it appears to be working very well growing them at room temperature. 

[steve617]

On minors, trachycarpus, euro fan palms,I like mid to upper 70s. Some other warmer variety such as Bismarckia mid to upper 90s. Had a few types of Phoenix they did great in mid upper 70s. I used the baggie method or community pots. The community pots always take longer but easier to work with.

[Las Palmas Norte]

6 hours ago, MarcusH said:

I can only speak about Filifera seeds. Second time I grow Filiferas from seeds and it appears to be working very well growing them at room temperature. 

Washingtonia are dead easy as you say. I've seen first hand, Trachycarpus germinating on the ground around the palms from fallen seed in not so warm soil. That never happened at my last place because the soil was rocky and course sand so the surface soil dried out too quickly.

[MarcusH]

14 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Washingtonia are dead easy as you say. I've seen first hand, Trachycarpus germinating on the ground around the palms from fallen seed in not so warm soil. That never happened at my last place because the soil was rocky and course sand so the surface soil dried out too quickly.

Absolutely agree with you.  They grow like weeds .