T Waggie and T. Waggie x Fortunei Sprouts

[steve617]

Been a good winter sprouting Trachycarpus. Have about 40 pure T. Waggie and 12 Waggie x Fortunei so far. Sure I'll get more later. The bottom pic are the Waggie x Fortunei 

Edited February 18, 2023 by steve617
Correct spelling

[ChicagoPalma]

Nice, I'm getting my hands on some T. fortunei seeds, Im already growing Phoenix dactylifera and im about to grow filifera, sabal minors, and butia.

[steve617]

That's cool I have a couple types of Phoenix as well. This is my first time raising them. I also havev some S. Louisana, s. Minors I'm trying to germinate.

[steve617]

I've tried Butia a couple times, never had any luck with them.

[ChicagoPalma]

Ok, also what else do you grow?

[Allen]

Looking good.  Well ahead of mine.

[steve617]

Mostly Trachycarpus and various Sabals. I'm also have a Bismarckia that I grew from seed. Oh and a Camelia small leaf tea tree.

[ChicagoPalma]

Do you know a fertilizer to help speed up the growth of the seedlings?

[steve617]

18 minutes ago, ChicagoPalma said:

Do you know a fertilizer to help speed up the growth of the seedlings?

One my seedlings inside I just try to use a good soil like a pro mix. I use bk25 and mix some happy frog ocean forrest. I have them on heat mats upper 70 f with timmed lights. I have a 75 gallon aquarium and I use that water on my inside palms and seedlings. Once I get them outside I start using fish emulsion and a palm fertilizer like palm gain. That's once they get to about 3 months old. I also mix cytoplus but have seen young chamaerops not do well with the cytoplus. 

[ChicagoPalma]

My only seedling that has sprouted a couple weeks ago, a date palm, I added a little hydroponic foliage structual growth fertilizer, a couple drops, it helps speed up the growth of the fronds structure.