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bgodwin1987
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Post by bgodwin1987 »

I took pics of my "herd" of palm seedlings today. I have Sabal minor, needle, and Trachycarpus Fortunei seedlings.

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Bryce G.
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Post by lucky1 »

Bryce,

sorry I missed this post.

Fabulous job germinating those seeds! :D

Good color, very healthy looking.
Congrats.

Barb
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Cameron_z6a_N.S.
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. »

Great pics, Bryce! Now it will be a competition to see which species grows the fastest! :lol:
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bgodwin1987
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Post by bgodwin1987 »

Thanks Barb and Cameron, so far it appears that the needle palms have to be the slowest growers and they take forever to germinate, like it took them 7 months I planted the seeds in Feb and they germinated in August. The Sabal minors were super fast to germinate took only 3 weeks and the Trachycarpus took a little longer than that.
Bryce G.
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Post by lucky1 »

Sabal minors were super fast to germinate took only 3 weeks
Sounds like you've got the germinating trick all figured out.
Well done.

I've heard needles are slow.
7 months...wow.

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