Mine was about a year and a half ago, I believe. I forgot what palm it was, but I remeber the seed sprouted and of course I ended up killing it somehow. 

Edited March 28, 20179 yr by PalmTreeDude

Cool thread! When I was in high school I use to walk home on a street lined with P. canariensis. I use to kick the piles of seeds around on the side of the road as I mindlessly walked on. One day it occured to me I should take some of these home, which I did, and I planted them in a hole in the ground - less than 1 foot from the foundation of the house. I remember watching these grow into cool little palms before they were pulled out with the rest of the weeds (washingtonia and other canariensis). 

I sprouted a Washingtonia robusta a little over 2 years ago. I figured since it was a desert palm it had to be treated like a cactus, it didn't make it past the second strap leaf.

I germinated Sabal palmetto in 2008. It's native, prolific and everywhere. Turns a black thumb into a green thumb every time. Great confidence builder.

Back in 2003, I got some Medjool Dates from a supermarket and grew a whole fish tank full of them.  Easy seeds to obtain and grow.  The resulting palms are gorgeous too.

In highschool I germinated a few coconut palms. I was happy with them.

Got a coconut from hawaii freind.  about twice the size of a regular coconut, probably a pacific or hawaiian tall.  took 5 months to germinate now its still doing wonderful.

Store bought husked coconut November 2016.

 

Brought back a bunch of CIDP seeds from a vacation on Malta around 2003. It was the beginning of a whole new episode of my life.

Strangely nowadays I wouldn't even think of germinating date seeds anymore. But back then it was magic!

a seed of Bentinckia nicobarica we collected in Peradeniya gardens in 2010, on the asphalt of the avenue, at the time we weren't able to make the difference between rotten fruits and viable seeds, sown in a coconut shell, just in a shady place of the garden.

Here in december 2011:

 

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My first palm was a date palm grown up from a seed of an Algerian date in 1958; here a photo taken in 1977:

12 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

My first palm was a date palm grown up from a seed of an Algerian date in 1958; here a photo taken in 1977:

Paul, is that a 19 year old date palm in the picture?

 

 

7 minutes ago, GottmitAlex said:

Paul, is that a 19 year old date palm in the picture?

18 years and a half, pruning the roots several times and keeping it as a kind of bonsai.

dypsis lutescens  in my school days

Edited March 31, 20179 yr by User00

I used to get seed from Inge Hoffman.  I would order some things that I wanted and she would send me those and then some others to just try out.  I ended up with Guihaia argyrata, Butia paraguayensis, Butia purpurescens and a host of other palms, some of which are huge now.  I'm lucky, since I have about 9 acres to plant things on at the school where I teach.  My students and I went to Savannah, GA one October to dig some bamboo at what is now the Coastal Gardens and Bamboo Farm.  While we were looking around downtown, we collected Sabal palmetto seed from some street trees near the police station.  We took them back to Augusta, GA in a bucket and sort of forgot about them.  Right before Christmas break, one of the students filled the bucket full of seeds with water and then we left for two weeks.  By the time we got back in January, the seed had fermented and smelled to high heaven. I took the bucket outside in the cold and threw the seed out figuring it was all ruined.  The palms now are about 20' tall and just beautiful.  We tried the same method with Sabal minor and it worked perfectly as well. 

 

On 28/03/2017, 22:44:04, PalmTreeDude said:

Mine was about a year and a half ago, I believe. I forgot what palm it was, but I remeber the seed sprouted and of course I ended up killing it somehow. 

It was about a year ago when I bought a pack of dates and germinated the seeds.8 out of 10 germinated and since this winter was very cold(I am zone 9a but this winter had 2 nights with 19 degrees Fahrenheit) only 3 made it out alive but now they are growing and are happy hopefully this winter will be normal.

But today I'll order a bunch of seeds from rarepalmseeds.com and hopefully they will germinate nicely.