In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
And, of course, the serious tropicals will rot because they are too
cold at a mere 25 Celcius. Date stones seem to be almost immune
from rotting, but can't be bothered to germinate in such icy conditions.
As you may gather, I am NOT being successful :-(

Try them in your compost heap ;-)
Last autumn I dug out several germinated dates, a couple of avocados and
a mango from my heap. Of course by then it was too cold, but had I
caught them in summer ...
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"