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Sprouting Wodetyia seeds


DoomsDave

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I’ve got a good number of them; anyone sprout these successfully?

Do please share your thoughts and experiences!

Thank you in advance!

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1 hour ago, Phoenikakias said:

5 out of 5 at steady 30 C in perlite and pumice inside a bag.

Thank you! How long did it take?

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My friend had some viable seeds from his Wodyetia . I stuck three in pots with garden soil and moss , kept them wet for almost a year …nothing . Stuck a couple in the ground and after 3 months one popped up and started growing well , until the rodents got it . Harry

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4 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

I’ve got a good number of them; anyone sprout these successfully?

Do please share your thoughts and experiences!

Thank you in advance!

My adventure with these started with the oldest known plantings in town.  The photos are from 2019 and the Wodyetia bifurcata in front pre-date 2007 Google Street View.  It is estimated that these were planted back when the seed were $5 each:

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There were seeds laying everywhere, so I saved the landscaping crew some trouble and cleaned them up 12/24/2019:

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My first seedling poked above the ground 01/20/2020 - exactly 3 weeks germination time. :

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My approach:

  • Bring them home and soak them in water for 2-3 days.
  • Toss the floaters.
  • Put the largest and heaviest seeds in small cups full of soil and perlite.
  • Keep them moist
  • Turn the heat on 24/7 to keep it at 90F-100F

I ended up tossing the rest of the 300+ seeds in the back.  While the squirrels had a field day, they also missed a few and the resulting volunteers have been welcome additions.  Some of them didn't come up above ground for a year after they were tossed, though.

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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7 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Thank you! How long did it take?

Very fast, about a month. But I am not sure now about the used medium for the germination. For sure seedlings were potted up in pumice, but for the gemination it could be also just peat based special soil for propagation by seed.

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I purchased 10 from RPS in January and 5 germinated. Soaked them for a couple of days then put them in a sealed plastic tub with a coco fibre/ perlite mix, seeds were buried about halfway in to the mix. Placed on a seed mat at 30c and germinated after 6 to 8 weeks. 

The germinated seeds didnt grow much for 2 months but once summer came they grew really quick and are now about 15 to 20cm high. 

 

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My friend who gave me the seeds had soaked them for a few days before he gave them to me. He had much better success with germinating them . He had them sprouting in a few places around his yard and they are now growing about a year later. I just didn’t pay enough attention , I guess. I was really bummed when I found it laying on its side . The stem was completely chewed through and right to the ground. Wodyetia and I have a history of not such good luck , but I am still trying with a few small ones. The local nurseries don’t carry them any more , probably due to their spotty nature. There is no magic formula to keeping them healthy. I thought , and still think , if they were second or third generations seeds from this area , the success of these beautiful palms would be better. Harry

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My experience with germinating Wodyetia is 30C temp and 2-6 weeks germination. They’re a fun seed to germinate. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Anyone have thoughts as to how to clean them? Or just plant fruit and all?

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There practically a weed in most gardens in Australia. Including council parks and gardens. So easy to germinate I won’t bother you with the details. I don’t even bother to grow them in my nursery. And thankfully my ones in the garden have not started to flower so I don’t have hundreds of seeds to clean up. One palm in Australia that has definitely been over planted dime a dozen palm. And it even has just had a name correction to wodhyetia not wodyetia. 

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On 11/11/2024 at 12:45 PM, DoomsDave said:

Anyone have thoughts as to how to clean them? Or just plant fruit and all?

I stripped the fruit off with pruning shears and a few rags to wipe them down.

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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13 hours ago, happypalms said:

There practically a weed in most gardens in Australia. Including council parks and gardens. So easy to germinate I won’t bother you with the details. I don’t even bother to grow them in my nursery. And thankfully my ones in the garden have not started to flower so I don’t have hundreds of seeds to clean up. One palm in Australia that has definitely been over planted dime a dozen palm. And it even has just had a name correction to wodhyetia not wodyetia. 

A great weed to have I reckon. Here a weed is kikuyu grass, clover, bindi, fleabane etc etc. I wish Wodhyetia would even grow here. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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On 11/12/2024 at 1:45 AM, DoomsDave said:

Anyone have thoughts as to how to clean them? Or just plant fruit and all?

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You need pectinase enzyme to clean them properly, or it’s a huge amount of scrubbing etc etc. 

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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11 hours ago, Tyrone said:

You need pectinase enzyme to clean them properly, or it’s a huge amount of scrubbing etc etc. 

Use a small jet wash put the seeds in a wire cage or a something that will hold the seeds and blast away with the jet wash in five minutes clean seeds. It works a treat . Or put them in a 20 litre pot it’s easy and fast.

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11 hours ago, Tyrone said:

A great weed to have I reckon. Here a weed is kikuyu grass, clover, bindi, fleabane etc etc. I wish Wodhyetia would even grow here. 

Don’t get me going about my neighbour and his cocos palm weeds all over my place. Foxtail are nice palm for hot dry rocky areas. But I dread the day my ones flower with bucket loads of seeds to get rid off.

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On 11/14/2024 at 2:07 AM, happypalms said:

Don’t get me going about my neighbour and his cocos palm weeds all over my place. Foxtail are nice palm for hot dry rocky areas. But I dread the day my ones flower with bucket loads of seeds to get rid off.

If only they were edible , right? The ones my friend gave me were almost the size of Walnuts. Right now his Chambroynia is seeding and I told him not to throw them away . There are tons of them about the size of Howea seeds. I will offer them up on the “freebie “ sub forum. Harry

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6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

If only they were edible , right? The ones my friend gave me were almost the size of Walnuts. Right now his Chambroynia is seeding and I told him not to throw them away . There are tons of them about the size of Howea seeds. I will offer them up on the “freebie “ sub forum. Harry

That’s the go Harry share the palm love around. I don’t mind offering seeds it’s a nice gesture and after all if you have 1000 chambeyronia, that’s a lot of soil and pots, room to grow them at a cost as well we can’t grow them all give some away. The linospadix monostachya you can eat the flesh of that seed it taste like a rose petal only different texture.
Richard 

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