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Didnt crack P. sargentii seeds before soaking. Do I soak again?

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So I had soaked my Pseudophoenix sargentii seeds for two days, but while doing further research I now realize that I had not cracked the shell. Do I just plant the seeds regardless or should I re-soak the seeds for another two days now that the shells are taken off?

Thanks!

Resoaking won't hurt anything but might not be necessary.  Removing the thin outer shell does speed things up though.  😊

Jon Sunder

If the seeds are fresh, they don't need ANY soaking.  Now you need to decide how you are going to germinate them. Baggie method with moist long fiber moss, community pot, or individual pots or individual peat pellets (jiffy greenhouse 72) as I prefer. Any method is going to require added heat to get them going. I use a heat mat that maintains 90 to 95F degrees. They don't require light to initially sprout. If you don't have a heat mat,look for other suitable warm areas around the house. Tops of water heaters or fish tank lights are some other good sources of heat. If you go the community pot method, you may be able to plant now, leave the pot in the daily sunshine, maintain moisture, and seeds will sprout when they think they have received enough heat and spring is on the way.👍🌴

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

I put about 100 of them with no shell removed in a community pot, never watered them, and got about 100 percent germination.  

I always thought you had to remove the shell but got lazy.  Seeds from a palm from my yard.  

East central Florida. 

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