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Sabal minor Seed Question

PalmTreeDude
PalmTreeDude
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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Since I'm at the beach, there are a ton of Sabal minor around and they are absolutely loaded with unripe seed. If I were to take off one of the stalks from the base, do you think the seed would ripen all of the way, or is it too early to be doing that? 

 

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PalmTreeDude

You need to wait.  That seed won't be ready until Halloween.

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    Agree. Seeds picked while unripe will not mature. Around here Sabal seeds start ripening late Oct. on. Fruit is black when ripe.

    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.

    I agree with everyone. Sabal minor doesn't ripen here until late October/early November.

     

    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

    • 2 months later...

    The fruits on my Sabal minor palms are beginning to ripen.  They could be ripening in VB now as well, but I'm not sure.

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    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    1 hour ago, SEVA said:

    The fruits on my Sabal minor palms are beginning to ripen.  They could be ripening in VB now as well, but I'm not sure.

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    The Sabal palmetto and S. minor look like that here too. Some of the dark fruit have been falling off the trees, which I have been collecting.  

    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    Nice! I can't wait for mine to seed some day, but they still have strap leaves... They are bigger strap leaves though! 

    PalmTreeDude

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