Tell me the easiest seeds you ever sprouted.

For me it was Beccariophoenix alfredii

carpies... I have volunteer seedlings everywhere... without even trying...

Regards, Ari

Dypsis pembana,Allagoptera arenaria

Ravenea xerophila!!!!

Phoenix and Sabal sp.

Trachycarpus takil - easier than sprouting potatoes in the back of the cupboard. Agree, Phoenix and Sabal take no effort. You could sprout them in your pocket!

Copernicias-surprisingly. Roots at the bottom of the germination box within 10 days. Then they take about a decade to develop a trunk.

Tahinas are also fast sprouters.

Veitchia joannis: first spike in 2-3 weeks!

Also fast: Beccariophoenix alfredii, Carpentarias

W. filibusta. Forgot about them for 2 years in a box in the back of the garage. The sprouted in a week after finally being planted.

Queens.

Both P. sylvestris and the local P. dactylifera (as opposed to the ones growing in the middle east)). I buy Indian dates regularly and throw the seeds into a small compost heap that I have in one corner. They're very quick to grow and need no care at all. The arabian ones take a lot more time.

many species are born easily ,Phoenix, Sabal, Washingtonia.......

Tell me the easiest seeds you ever sprouted.

First: FRESH seeds!!!

Second: Tahina spectabilis, B.alfredii, Chamaedorea microspadix....etc...............etc................

Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana sprouts in the clutches of the postal service. Of course this doesn't mean it's easy to get it past the seedling stage.

Washy and canary both unintentionally, two of my neighbors palms drop hundreds of seeds every year on my property and im constantly having to pull them like weeds, ive even had them germinating up om my palapa!

I guess easiest may not be fastesst. The easiest I have so far are Euterpes and Socretea. Just leave them in a plastic grocery bag in the shade and the germinate like crazy.

dk

In the spring of 09 I spread a bunch of Adonidia fruits around the house because I didn't have any time to deal with them. By June of 09 more than half have sprouted. Sadly only one is still alive.

Sabals, adonidia, beccariophoenix, astrocaryum, wodyetia, bismarkia, medemia....

Let's see, for me it's been Veitchia spiralis, Veitchia arecina and Ptychosperma bleeseri so far.

-Michael

Queens.

I wish I could get queens to sprout....what's the trick? no seriously, I soak them, I have tried baggies and bottom heat....and pot planting them in natural hot summer temps....nothing

Fastest have been Syagrus Amara. I collected fresh seeds on my trip to Dominica and in less than three weeks, they sprouted. I know I have to wait a long time for large specimens though as they are only on thir first leaf.

Laura

easiest or fastest ? My Double Coconut wasnt fast...but it was just lightly pushed into the surface...and sprouted a year later

Easy

I don't actively plant and grow very many palms from seeds but the ones that sprout naturally in great numbers (by the hundreds) in my garden are Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Chamaedorea radicalis, queen, Phoenix species, and Trachycarpus fortunei.

Dypsis decaryi. They pop after around 24hrs. I don't even think a tomato would do that.

Queens.

I wish I could get queens to sprout....what's the trick? no seriously, I soak them, I have tried baggies and bottom heat....and pot planting them in natural hot summer temps....nothing

I spend half my life digging out queen seedlings, literally in the thousands. The palm fruits, the flying foxes eat the fruit and spit out the seeds. Those that dont land on the tin roof in the middle of the night, giving me heart failure everytime, hit the ground and sprout. The easiest bought seeds I ever germinated were Pritchardia beccariana. Put them in a bag one day, shoots 3 days later and now they are 40cms high with 3 and 4 leaves a few months later.

Peachy

Queens.

I wish I could get queens to sprout....what's the trick? no seriously, I soak them, I have tried baggies and bottom heat....and pot planting them in natural hot summer temps....nothing

Same here, but reading posts down the line, seems all we need is a Flying Squirrel to feed them too, then plant the seeds after they spit them out, lol.

Livistona - both chinensis and decora

Just about any Sabal (but particularly the native minor and the near-native palmetto), and Chamaedorea radicalis...to a lesser extent C. microspadix. I think virtually all my microspadix are female, so the baby-daddies are radicalis...not that it would make any difference in terms of germination speed, they also sprout pretty quickly wherever they fall, though I don't have as many sprouting around the yard as I do of radicalis. My garden is filled with volunteers of all of the above. I've also found that Arenga and Phoenix sprout very quickly and readily in ziplocs with peat.

Queens.

I wish I could get queens to sprout....what's the trick? no seriously, I soak them, I have tried baggies and bottom heat....and pot planting them in natural hot summer temps....nothing

Same here, but reading posts down the line, seems all we need is a Flying Squirrel to feed them too, then plant the seeds after they spit them out, lol.

You don't need flying squirrel, you just need a dog which eats everything....

Regards, Ari

Washingtonia, Phoenix, Rhopalostylis Sapida and Livistona Decora.

Obviously with fresh seeds.

Easiest or fastest?

Fastest are certainly fresh Phoenix and Veitchia/Adonidia. Easiest here are probably coconuts, provided humidity and heat:

Beccariophoenix alfredii was easy for me too, was the first palm seed I've germinated.

Jonathan

a date from the supermarket. now it's on it's second leaf, hope to push out its third within a month!

How about Nypa, having a leaf sheath emerge before it even drops from the bract?