My germination projects

[Pal Meir 5,257]

3 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

This is what I am trying to say. It was a genuine or hybrid roebeleni seedling just gotten out of the community pot. Is this possible by the use of baked (either hard or soft) clay?

Here a photo of my community pot for 10 Syagrus insignis seeds, only filled with Kokohum® (http://www.neudorff.de/produkte/kokohum-blumenerde.html), without any Seramis® (1st photo). After germination I potted them as small seedlings in my 1/2 Seramis® + 1/2 pine bark (2-8mm) + LECA (bottom) mix (2nd photo).

[Mohsen 1,165]

another unlabeled one been germinated :any guess the type ?

[gyuseppe 584]

Mohsen from photo seems seed of chamaedorea

[User00 529]

On Fri Jan 15 2016 03:40:08 GMT+0530 (Sri Lanka Standard, Kai said:

 

 

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Edited February 2, 2016 by User00

[Mohsen 1,165]

Pal, I confused..which one is radicle and which one is sheath?

[Pal Meir 5,257]

54 minutes ago, Mohsen said:

Pal, I confused..which one is radicle and which one is sheath?

Hmm, it looks to me like this:

[Pal Meir 5,257]

Cf. also: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Foxtail_Palm_seeding.jpg

[Mohsen 1,165]

After only 3 weeks n the bag, I noticed one of the Bizzi been germnaated with a long radicle...need to find a very long container which is not easy

[foxtail 329]

Use a plumber plastic tube.

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/4/2016, 2:55:50, foxtail said:

Use a plumber plastic tube.

I used this long pot...hopefully it is long enough ...

[Mohsen 1,165]

Pal, it seems I am having 100% germination rate for seeds I got from New Caledonia as my Coco shows some action...

is it usual that the radicle is green? is it possible that it is Plumule in a opposite direction ( downward) ?

[Pal Meir 5,257]

4 hours ago, Mohsen said:

Pal, it seems I am having 100% germination rate for seeds I got from New Caledonia as my Coco shows some action...

is it usual that the radicle is green? is it possible that it is Plumule in a opposite direction ( downward) ?

It looks like a lateral root of the radicle. The plumule will be much thicker. So don’t change the direction of the nut, leave it in the same position as up to now.

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 12/21/2015, 7:41:52, Mohsen said:

Pal, it seems another success of germination of totally green ( un-ripe) seeds- Hedyscepe canterburyana after 12 days one of them seems pushing a radicle ? is this adjacent germinator or remote ? ( I have some from 3 month ago and still no sign of germination, the only difference was I didn't remove the flesh completely )

Pal, unfortunately this one died from mold

I have another one and I am not sure what to do to prevent that ?

I think the reason is that it dose not  have shell and the flesh is exposed ?

[Mohsen 1,165]

@Pal Meir did you see my last post about Hedyscepe seed?

[Pal Meir 5,257]

6 hours ago, Mohsen said:

@Pal Meir did you see my last post about Hedyscepe seed?

Mould is a general problem, especially in case of the baggy method. That’s the reason why many palm growers are using perlite or similar mineral substrates for germination. I would rinse the seeds once more with warm water and put them at a brighter place. Maybe you should replace your germination soil mix with a new fresh one.

[Mohsen 1,165]

9 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

Mould is a general problem, especially in case of the baggy method. That’s the reason why many palm growers are using perlite or similar mineral substrates for germination. I would rinse the seeds once more with warm water and put them at a brighter place. Maybe you should replace your germination soil mix with a new fresh one.

Thanks Pal

i amusing only sphagnum peat moss in bag and then when I see any sign of germination I put them with right direction into a box with again sphagnum peat moss so the radicle would grow in a right direction, should I change my method or media?

[Pal Meir 5,257]

11 minutes ago, Mohsen said:

Thanks Pal

i amusing only sphagnum peat moss in bag and then when I see any sign of germination I put them with right direction into a box with again sphagnum peat moss so the radicle would grow in a right direction, should I change my method or media?

I think method and medium is okay. However, you have to control the bags and boxes if they have a mouldy smell. If so, you can rinse the seeds and sphagnum with lots of water and use the moss (after wringing out the water) again.

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 1/11/2016, 8:04:30, Pal Meir said:

And here the version for your palm family album:

update : 8-2-2015

Pal, is that 2nd Plumule or eophyll?

[Phoenikakias 1,690]

Eophyll

[Pal Meir 5,257]

Hmmm, it looks to me more like this:

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/8/2016, 5:00:10, Pal Meir said:

Hmmm, it looks to me more like this:

update : 10-2-2016

[Mohsen 1,165]

Sabal serrulata = after 5 weeks one seed shows activity  ( Thanks to Konstantinos) , is this adjacent ?

[gyuseppe 584]

Sabal serrulata = is Serenoa repens

[Mohsen 1,165]

19 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Sabal serrulata = is Serenoa repens

I thinks yes ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenoa

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 1/25/2016, 8:10:12, Mohsen said:

another unlabeled one been germinated :any guess the type ?

another 3 of this unknown been germinated

[Pal Meir 5,257]

3 hours ago, Mohsen said:

another 3 of this unknown been germinated

As Giuseppe had already guessed it looks like a Chamaedorea sp., adjacent type.

[foxtail 329]

11 hours ago, Mohsen said:

Sabal serrulata = after 5 weeks one seed shows activity  ( Thanks to Konstantinos) , is this adjacent ?

Wow bro' in some years you are going to have a big garden, congratulations!!!!

[Pal Meir 5,257]

11 hours ago, Mohsen said:

Sabal serrulata = after 5 weeks one seed shows activity  ( Thanks to Konstantinos) , is this adjacent ?

Serenoa repens has remote germination, but the seed petiole doesn’t go so deep, as you can see on your photo.

12 hours ago, Mohsen said:

update : 10-2-2016

And here the R. ceramica update; the eophyll will grow to a nice fully pinnate leaf:

[Mohsen 1,165]

Thanks Pal... so I will have pinnate even for first leaf on my Ceramica ?

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/4/2016, 11:10:20, Mohsen said:

Pal, it seems I am having 100% germination rate for seeds I got from New Caledonia as my Coco shows some action...

is it usual that the radicle is green? is it possible that it is Plumule in a opposite direction ( downward) ?

update : 11-2-2016

Pal, how long should I wait till see the green shoot ? hope note near winter here

 

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/10/2016, 4:40:52, Pal Meir said:

Serenoa repens has remote germination, but the seed petiole doesn’t go so deep, as you can see on your photo.

And here the R. ceramica update; the eophyll will grow to a nice fully pinnate leaf:

update : 12-2-2016

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 1/9/2016, 8:04:46, Mohsen said:

Pal,I just noticed this Lytocaryum Hybrid seed has two radicles? do I have  twins here ?

update : 13-2-2016

[Pal Meir 5,257]

The tip of the left one of the twins looks a bit brownish …

[Pal Meir 5,257]

On 11.2.2016, 14:01:30, Mohsen said:

update : 11-2-2016

Pal, how long should I wait till see the green shoot ? hope note near winter here

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[Bananengeknl 135]

@Mohsen

Three of your lytocaryum Wed seeds are germinated 

 

Edited February 13, 2016 by Bananengeknl
correct word

[Mohsen 1,165]

22 hours ago, Bananengeknl said:

@Mohsen

Three of your lytocaryum Wed seeds are germinated 

 

congrats  

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/13/2016, 8:55:33, Pal Meir said:

The tip of the left one of the twins looks a bit brownish …

Pal, it was all my previous media I guess, ( use sand) , it was very heavy and also look very wet , I move it to new media and I hope it helps it ...

[Paul_T 24]

Hi All,

 

This is my first post. I got into Palms a couple of months ago. Had some good success germinating Trachycarpus F, Butia O, Washingtonia R and Brahea A. 

 

I am just trying my luck at Jubaea C. These were the first two to germinate via the baggy method. 

 

The one on the right did not look so great and did not appear to have any root. After potting them both up though that one is growing the fastest. Hope a root does grow. 

 

Paul. 

[doranakandawatta 2,820]

4 minutes ago, Paul_T said:

Hi All,

 

This is my first post. I got into Palms a couple of months ago. Had some good success germinating Trachycarpus F, Butia O, Washingtonia R and Brahea A. 

 

I am just trying my luck at Jubaea C. These were the first two to germinate via the baggy method. 

 

The one on the right did not look so great and did not appear to have any root. After potting them both up though that one is growing the fastest. Hope a root does grow. 

 

Paul. 

Welcome on Palmtalk Paul,

And thank you for posting such good pictures. looking forward too seeing your next posts.

Philippe

 

[Mohsen 1,165]

On 2/13/2016, 8:57:31, Pal Meir said:

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Pal, I meant my the coconut ?when I should see green leaf?