New to growing palms

[henryevans]

Hello all,

I’m new to growing palms. Iv been absolutely fascinated with palms as it reminds me of the warm beach’s. 
I currently have Dunlaps royal palm seeds, red sealing wax palm seeds, and chilean wine palm seeds. Has anyone grown these right from the seeds and if so any tips on how to truly get started. Can they all germinate together (separate pots ofcourse) by that i mean heat, soil, any light?

Edited April 28, 2022 by henryevans

[Kailua_Krish]

So light generally isn't an issue for germination but heat and germinating mix are. If you do a search on here you'll find several different methods for starting seeds.

Ive heard Jubaea can be very slow to germinate and may need natural temperature fluctuations. 

[kinzyjr]

@henryevans I've grown Royal Palms (Roystonea regia) and Chilean Wine Palms (Jubaea chilensis) from seeds.  Roystonea are fairly easy to germinate.  If they have moisture and ~4-6 weeks at 90F+ they usually pop if the seeds are good.  One thing to watch for is that a lot of the resulting seedlings tend to damp off - which is odd for a palm native to a very low, swampy area.  Jubaea tend to like a slightly drier medium; barely moist.  When I germinate these, they got on a separate heat mat that is only on 2-4 hours per day.  They'll germinate in 1-2 months with the alternating hot and cool.  Light isn't a concern for sprouting seeds.  Community pots and baggies are the two methods I see most commonly used.

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