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sashaeffer wrote:Video Mike says -30 F but text on youtube he says -30C big difference in temp, so curious to this lower 48 guy which it was??

When you get down that low its not that different -30f is -34c and at -40F=-40C either way its cold.

I do get to Stoney Creek quite often. My In-Laws live there. Next time I'm going out I'll let you know...

I have had alot of my seeds germinate. Too many for me to enjoy. I'd like to give them away to someone local. (No Shipping) I have some extra: Christmas Palms (Adonidia Merrilli) (Seeds were picked by me in Mexico) Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera) (Ebay Seeds) Travellers Palm (Ravenala Madagascariens...

I soak my seeds for about 3-4 days in warm water on a germinating mat with a cap full of 3% peroxide and then transfer them into a zip log bag with soil on a germinating mat until they pop I usually check 1 or 2 times a week. I just had fantastic sucess with Agave Americana and Travellers Palm and C...

I went down to check my plants tonight. Finally a bunch of my medjool date palm seeds popped. They had been in the ziplock for a month without anything happening I was beginning to think they were bad as I had read that 2-3 weeks at the most for them to pop. Many more of the Travellers Palm seeds po...

In my basement plant starting area, everything's "makeshift". My 4-foot fluorescent fixtures are suspended precariously on lawn chairs, with pots below to catch it when it falls. :lol: My stuff is a touch less makeshift but still lots of that. My shelf came from Lowes My Shelf For my Ligh...

Sounds like they're coming up really fast for you, teebee. Curious who your seed source is. I'm buying from whoever on ebay has decent pricing ships to canada and has a decent quantity of seed i ususally buy 50-100 seeds to experiment with. For the travellers palm seed i got them from the ebay id &...

I planted a bunch of Ravenala madagascariensis seeds I had bought on 12/30 so far out of the 50 seeds I have planted so far 35% have germinated and some of them are already nearly 2" tall. These seems nearly as easy as Christmas Palms to germinate. I soaked the seeds in water with a cap full of...

lucky1 wrote:Yeah, Christmas palms are easy.
My real test is keeping them alive in low humidity

Good work!
Barb

In Ontario in the summer thats super easy we have the humidity as bad as Mexico.

I have a few seedlings on the go and just snapped a few pictures. Sabal Minor (about 2" high) http://s1.postimage.org/a3azeyhj3/IMG_2226.jpg Christmas Palm (about 4" high) I got the Chrismas Palm seeds from the same place my wife and I were married in October 2010. I have about 20-25 of th...

Here's a shot of "Bizzie" seeds germinating. I'm also trying to germinate some this winter. Good luck to us both!!!! http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=bismarckia+nobilis+germination&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1366&bih=598&tbm=isch&tbnid=QWWWDEBuLxG5FM:&imgrefurl=http...

canadianplant wrote:The second one looks liek a kentia palm, and the last ones look liek cuban royal palms

I forgot about the possibility being Cuban Royal palms dont know why since I was in Cuba and all... Thanks for the correction.

Thanks Barb, Do I just plant the fruit the way it is or is there a pit inside I need to cut to get to? Its so hard as its not in season. I only brought one home with me and don't want to screw it up. Bottle Palms These were pretty big I don't think I have a pic of the bigest ones probably another 10...

Ok links fixed...

Let me know if anythink looks familiar.

I just got back from vacation in Cuba the resort I stayed at had lot of nice Palm's most I could identify Pygmy Date Palm, Mexican Fan Palm, Christmas Palm, Coconut Palm, Triangle Palm, Bottle Palm) But I have 2 I can't identify and somehow the seeds fell into my suit case when I was leaving this mo...

I'm located just outside Toronto. (Waterloo) Definitely 5A territory (although not the last 2 years more like 5B ish but you can't count on that.) Barb, I agree out choices are pretty limiting in Canada but I have a nursery in town and one of the long time employees is a palm addict to so he influen...

I have been bitten by the palm and tropical bug this fall and have started germinating some plants: So far the best germination rate I have gotten is from Christmas palm > 80% and they germinated in less than a month using the baggie method and a heat mat they are up to about 4" tall so far jus...