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Growing Palm Trees?

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I bought a packet of date palm seeds and sowed them in November in a plastic bag sealed and put them in my hotpress. In late December one had developed a root so I removed it and planted it. It quickly grew a shoot about 2" long but hasn't done alot else since, and the others haven't done anything.

Have you any advice on growing these things?

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  • There are a few older threads, not sure if there's any specific advice on growing, but you can have a look to see:

    Palm Trees

    HTH
  • annie123
    annie123 Posts: 4,256 Forumite
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    I bought a packet of date palm seeds and sowed them in November in a plastic bag sealed and put them in my hotpress. In late December one had developed a root so I removed it and planted it. It quickly grew a shoot about 2" long but hasn't done alot else since, and the others haven't done anything.

    Have you any advice on growing these things?

    This should help all about growing them

    http://www.personal.u-net.com/~treetops/germinat.html

    Might try some myself :)
  • alanobrien
    alanobrien Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    When the weather warms up, put it in a largeish pot with free draining soil in the sun and feed with a high nitrogen fertilizer weekly. Depending on the genus it could easily grow a foot or so in a decent warm season.
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