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Sabal palm seeds question


Jtee

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 I picked these today, if I were to throw them on the ground would they eventually sprout? Do I have to let them ripe then throw them around? 

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They are not ripe, and probably would not sprout.

When ripe the fruit is thin and black, and can be easily removed to reveal a dark brown seed. 

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Wait until the fruit turns black. Here in SWFL that would be late Oct. into Nov.

Meg

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39 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Wait until the fruit turns black. Here in SWFL that would be late Oct. into Nov.

What part of florida? 

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Cape Coral

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Cape Coral

I’ll wait til then I guess. I was in New Orleans last week and tried to pick some but the flower stock was empty, nothing but a few hollow black seeds on the ground. I tried getting some pindo seeds in New Mexico and they weren’t ripe yet either. I have some bad timing apparently. 
 

I did manage to get some Sylvester palm seeds in Panama City a couple months ago but forgot about them and they went moldy. 

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I don’t have a problem sowing the seeds, I just have a problem finding them when they are ripe, either I’m too late or too early. Oh and the other thing is when I do find a palm within reach there is no seeds and the tall sabals with seeds I can’t reach. Until today I found a Sabal at a hotel parking lot that I can easily pick seeds from so I’ll go back and check on it in a couple months. 

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17 hours ago, Jtee said:

I did manage to get some Sylvester palm seeds in Panama City a couple months ago but forgot about them and they went moldy. 

Shouldn't be a problem - clean the fruit off the seed and treat with fungicide if you have some.  Phoenix seeds have a long shelf life compared to tropical palms and can still germinate.   Even if you don't have a fungicide some mold shouldn't hamper germination. 

Jon Sunder

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12 hours ago, Jtee said:

I don’t have a problem sowing the seeds, I just have a problem finding them when they are ripe, either I’m too late or too early. Oh and the other thing is when I do find a palm within reach there is no seeds and the tall sabals with seeds I can’t reach. Until today I found a Sabal at a hotel parking lot that I can easily pick seeds from so I’ll go back and check on it in a couple months. 

Palm tree cheat code:

Yank the seedlings out of the ground around the tree instead of messing around with seeds (when available).  Might save you a year too!

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10 hours ago, Keys6505 said:

Palm tree cheat code:

Yank the seedlings out of the ground around the tree instead of messing around with seeds (when available).  Might save you a year too!

Those seedlings are so hard to yank up, I always wish I had me a small shovel. I did manage to easily pull some up in Pensacola earlier this year. Ground was sandy and they just pulled right out. A few died and 3 are doing good in my back yard. 

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There are tons of etsy accounts where you can buy really young sabals.  A year or two old. They're small enough to ship and you don't have to go through the trouble of trying to get a seed to sprout. They're also pretty cheap because of the size. I recommend looking at those. 

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