What goes up and what goes down?

[Phoenikakias]

I guess one con for the baggy method of seed germination, at least regarding people with very little experience in this method. I think, that future root is the brown part but I need a confirmation.

[Johnny Palmseed]

That is an issue with the baggie method. I think that the root will always be what emerges first from the seed. It looks like the part on the left is the root. It would be better to take the picture without the bag.

[Phoenikakias]

15 minutes ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

That is an issue with the baggie method. I think that the root will always be what emerges first from the seed. It looks like the part on the left is the root. It would be better to take the picture without the bag.

What you call part on the left or I call brown  part, does really emerge directly from the operculum. The other part emerges actually from former. At least it looks like it. FYI it is a seed of Nannorrhops ritchieana.

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[Johnny Palmseed]

Arrow = root is my opinion 

[Jonathan]

Agreed ^. Here's a pic from another thread about Nannorrhops annotated by our friend @Pal Meir. It looks Ike the seed petiole bends in the same direction as the radicle then the cotyledon pops out the other way.

[happypalms]

That’s the reason I don’t like the baggie method, there are roots all over the shop, up down around under over, which way is up which way is down…….

[JohnAndSancho]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

That’s the reason I don’t like the baggie method, there are roots all over the shop, up down around under over, which way is up which way is down…….

J like it for the speed and space saving, but yes - as soon as I see a root pop out now it goes into a community pot. And I'm hoping all of my deformed palms eventually learn how to go up and down. I absolutely dread when they're big enough to separate. It's gonna suuuuuuuuuuucck. 

[Hu Palmeras]

3 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Me gusta por la velocidad y el ahorro de espacio, pero sí, en cuanto veo brotar una raíz, la pongo en una maceta comunitaria. Y espero que todas mis palmeras deformes aprendan a subir y bajar. Me da pavor cuando sean lo suficientemente grandes como para separarse. Va a ser un asco. 

I germinate on a temperature-controlled heat mat (a reptile heating mat). The seeds germinate in 1 to 2 months. I keep them at 50 degrees Celsius, and the seedbed receives 30 to 32 degrees.