I’m growing many palm seeds using the baggie method on a heat mat (set at 90F). I’m in Lancaster, California — Zone 9a.

Here are all the palms I’m currently growing from seed:

 

 

Palm Species

 

 

• Parajubaea cocoides
• Jubaeopsis caffra
• Phoenix reclinata
• Kentiopsis oliviformis
• Carpentaria acuminata
• Calamus sedans
• Bactris gasipaes (Peach Palm)
• Dypsis onilahensis (stiff-leaf form)
• Dypsis leptocheilos
• Arenga micrantha
• Arenga engleri
• Dictyosperma album
• Butiagrus nabonnandii
• Gaussia maya
• Caryota mitis
• Jubaea chilensis
• Washingtonia filibusta
• Nikau palm
• Ceroxylon quindiuense
• Ceroxylon parvifrons

 

 

 

Seeds That Have Already Germinated

 

 

• Butiagrus nabonnandii (already potted)
• Gaussia maya (one seed)
• Washingtonia filibusta (all seeds germinated)
• Bactris gasipaes
• Calamus sedans

 

How'd you germinate Bactris gasipaes. I've got over 150 B. mexicana and none of them have germinated.

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37 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

How'd you germinate Bactris gasipaes. I've got over 150 B. mexicana and none of them have germinated.

simple just a ziplock bag a mix of perlite palm fertilizer and coco coir heat mat set at 90 degrees and get seeds from rare palm seeds and keep it moist maybe Mexicana is harder to grow  there’s also a person on eBay selling bactris ferruginea seedlings if ur Intrested 

Great start! Question: Since many of those are zone 10 species as well as some being heat intolerant, what will you do with the seedlings after they grow some time in pots? 

11 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Great start! Question: Since many of those are zone 10 species as well as some being heat intolerant, what will you do with the seedlings after they grow some time in pots? 

I think most are zone 9b I don’t know about ceroxylon yet tho I’m thinking about growing a big evergreen tree as a canopy for frost in the winter and heat for the summer and growing the palms near there and if one of the palms won’t work in ground I will grow them in pots and put them in the garage for the winter I’m gonna experiment I’m pretty sure my house has a microclimate or maybe I’ll sell the palms who knows 

where did you get the ceroxylon quindiuense seeds ? so hard to find, trying to avoid rps

3 minutes ago, xtazia said:

where did you get the ceroxylon quindiuense seeds ? so hard to find, trying to avoid rps

Whoops I found them in rps why are u trying to avoid them? Maybe there’s some in eBay u should check

1 minute ago, 888.ho3s said:

I think most are zone 9b I don’t know about ceroxylon yet tho I’m thinking about growing a big evergreen tree as a canopy for frost in the winter and heat for the summer and growing the palms near there and if one of the palms won’t work in ground I will grow them in pots and put them in the garage for the winter I’m gonna experiment I’m pretty sure my house has a microclimate or maybe I’ll sell the palms who knows 

Some, like Carpentaria, Calamus, and Dictyosperma for instance need year round warm weather. They can’t handle a chilly winter. Only very short bursts of frost free chill where the days heat back up right after. Others like Parajubaea cocoides,  Ceroxylon and Nikau palm (Rhopalostylis) won’t tolerate your dry hot summers. They come from very cool summer locations. You definitely have a few on your list that can work long term in the ground though, like Washingtonia, Phoenix reclinata, and Butiagrus. 

1 minute ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Some, like Carpentaria, Calamus, and Dictyosperma for instance need year round warm weather. They can’t handle a chilly winter. Only very short bursts of frost free chill where the days heat back up right after. Others like Parajubaea cocoides,  Ceroxylon and Nikau palm (Rhopalostylis) won’t tolerate your dry hot summers. They come from very cool summer locations. You definitely have a few on your list that can work long term in the ground though, like Washingtonia, Phoenix reclinata, and Butiagrus. 

Since I have like 10 seeds for each palm of a good amount of them germinate I’ll only put like 1-2 in the ground to experiment if not then I’ll keep them in pots and possibly sell them for ceroxylon I’m thinking leaving them inside the house for summer and taking them out in falls and springs where the temp is mild 

15 hours ago, 888.ho3s said:

simple just a ziplock bag a mix of perlite palm fertilizer and coco coir heat mat set at 90 degrees and get seeds from rare palm seeds and keep it moist maybe Mexicana is harder to grow  there’s also a person on eBay selling bactris ferruginea seedlings if ur Intrested 

Thanks. I think I will move all of them to ziplock bags now. I ordered a heat mat some days ago but it hasn't arrived yet.

7 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Thanks. I think I will move all of them to ziplock bags now. I ordered a heat mat some days ago but it hasn't arrived yet.

Okay good that will definitely help u germinate what are u gonna do with all those Bactris palms once they germinate 

3 hours ago, 888.ho3s said:

Okay good that will definitely help u germinate what are u gonna do with all those Bactris palms once they germinate 

Sell them and fill my yard with them. (They are cold hardy down to -3⁰C or more and can grow in my climate)

Iam impressed a nice selection there to keep you busy for a while. I know my mad scientist project does. It won’t be long before your little lab grows into a Dr Frankenstein project! 

20 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Sell them and fill my yard with them. (They are cold hardy down to -3⁰C or more and can grow in my climate)

Let me know when u sell

12 hours ago, happypalms said:

Iam impressed a nice selection there to keep you busy for a while. I know my mad scientist project does. It won’t be long before your little lab grows into a Dr Frankenstein project! 

Yes thank you growing palms from seed is very fun and not to expensive too