De-lidded a few of my trachycarpus fortunei seeds

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De-lidded a few of my trachycarpus fortunei seeds

Post by wxman » Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:25 pm

I figured since I have over 1,000 seeds I'd give this a shot. I removed the pulp from five seeds and sanded them all until I saw the embryo. Here is a pic of three of them.

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Does this look right? On a couple, the side looks pretty flat now from sanding, but I had to go down that far to get to the embryo. They are soaking in their own dish of water now and I will see what happens.


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Post by lucky1 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:01 pm

At least you found where the embryo is, Tim!
I didn't have a clue where on the seed to to de-lid.

You'll see within a day or two if it worked.

IMO, don't de-lid any more of them until you see how these 3 do.

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Post by hardyjim » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:25 pm

Yea,they look pretty fresh so,you may not need to delid.
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:29 pm

Nice work. You'll be able to see within a day or two if the embryos emerge further 8)
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Post by oppalm » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:05 am

well ...... did it work? My guess would be that these seeds would germinate faster than the others. I've done that to a few seeds and it seems to work. The problem is you have to be careful that you don't sand part of your knuckle off. I started using a small pair of pliers to hold the seed and rub against the sandpaper.
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Post by CTPalm » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:15 pm

Can't wait to see what happens!
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