Germinating Howea bellmooreana

[happypalms]

It has taken close to nine months for the bell seeds to germinate. Patience is the key with these seeds set and forget. A door knock of some free fresh seeds. Coco coir perlite in a styrofoam box inside a plastic nah close to the floor of the hothouse, so not super hot conditions. You don’t remove the flesh of kentia seeds just let do there own thing in time. I would say so far 50 percent have germinated but they are known for being sporadic in germinating. There is also a box full fosteriana seedlings I did 30 months past. They can wait to be potted up there tough. So if you have patience germinate a few Howea seeds today. 

[Harry’s Palms]

It takes about a year here for Howea Foresteriana to germinate . I pushed seeds into the ground from one of my large Kentia a couple of years ago and the seedling are just now to the point of potting up . I dug up the first one about a month ago . This one is about two years old! Harry

Germinating some palms is a test of patience. I had actually forgotten these in the garden and when they first sprouted I thought they were more C. Radicalis that typically pop up everywhere. I removed a bit of soil around the sprout and saw the seed( still attached even now). The good news is that they need no special treatment , just time and water. If you plant them in the garden , just make sure it is shaded and damp. Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

It has taken close to nine months for the bell seeds to germinate. Patience is the key with these seeds set and forget. A door knock of some free fresh seeds. Coco coir perlite in a styrofoam box inside a plastic nah close to the floor of the hothouse, so not super hot conditions. You don’t remove the flesh of kentia seeds just let do there own thing in time. I would say so far 50 percent have germinated but they are known for being sporadic in germinating. There is also a box full fosteriana seedlings I did 30 months past. They can wait to be potted up there tough. So if you have patience germinate a few Howea seeds today. 

So what you're saying is, when I go to germinate these I should put them in their baggie (I know, I know, but I'm a baggie person) and hide them when I've taken my night night meds and set a calendar reminder to check them in 9 months to a year?

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

It takes about a year here for Howea Foresteriana to germinate . I pushed seeds into the ground from one of my large Kentia a couple of years ago and the seedling are just now to the point of potting up . I dug up the first one about a month ago . This one is about two years old! Harry

Germinating some palms is a test of patience. I had actually forgotten these in the garden and when they first sprouted I thought they were more C. Radicalis that typically pop up everywhere. I removed a bit of soil around the sprout and saw the seed( still attached even now). The good news is that they need no special treatment , just time and water. If you plant them in the garden , just make sure it is shaded and damp. Harry

Umm Harry, don't shoot me for asking but do you think some of those Radicalis popping up in your yard could keep that Washy company when it's ready to travel cross country? I grew some from seed when I didn't know what I was doing, and I potted them up in the same damp coco coir I germinated them in. They looked great for maybe a month. 

[Harry’s Palms]

@JohnAndSancho I can see if they will get along😂🙄. I am about ready to send the Washy , it has been growing so I think it is ready! I will put something together . Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

@JohnAndSancho I can see if they will get along😂🙄. I am about ready to send the Washy , it has been growing so I think it is ready! I will put something together . Harry

You rock, sir. They'll be loved. 

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

So what you're saying is, when I go to germinate these I should put them in their baggie (I know, I know, but I'm a baggie person) and hide them when I've taken my night night meds and set a calendar reminder to check them in 9 months to a year?

Yep!