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Date Pips
Somebody in a gardening centre advised that after having eaten one's dates
at Christmas, to then sew the pips in compost for some nice palms in the new year. Has anybody here done this and have they any advice? |
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Date Pips
"Saxman" wrote in message news Somebody in a gardening centre advised that after having eaten one's dates at Christmas, to then sew the pips in compost for some nice palms in the new year. Has anybody here done this and have they any advice? sealed plastic bag, slightly damp compost, airing cupboard. When they germinate, plant in pots. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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Saxman wrote: Somebody in a gardening centre advised that after having eaten one's dates at Christmas, to then sew the pips in compost for some nice palms in the new year. Has anybody here done this and have they any advice? Don't hold your breath. I have got one to germinate, but damned if I can repeat the effect. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Saxman (removethis) wrote: Somebody in a gardening centre advised that after having eaten one's dates at Christmas, to then sew the pips in compost for some nice palms in the new year. Has anybody here done this and have they any advice? I succeeded germination only once, in cottonwool kept permanently moist on a sunny kitchen window sill. This is where is all went to pot: when trying to gently disentangle the germinated stone from the cottonwool, I broke the sprouting root! Morality, use a germination medium that you will transplant with the stone!! What is *incredibly easy* and successful, is germinating, and growing on, citrus fruit. They give beautiful plants with glossy evergreen leaves, and if you're lucky incredibly heady scented flowers. If you're even luckier and have a greenhouse or conservatory, maybe even fruit. I have grown from pip-hood a splendid 4 ft tall grapefruit, now about 10 years old (it's had a few accidents, mostly frost related, from which it has always recovered, I assume that explains the small size for the age). I keep it in a very large pot outdoors all year round, in a suntrap right up against the house. So long as I keep an eye out for scale insects - which LOVE the young shoots - and some kind of black mouldy stuff which comes in occasionally in winter, it seems to be quite happy. Cat(h) Herds twirl slow |
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Date Pips
Do not forget that date palms from seed can either be a male or female
plant, and you will not know for approx 5 years. Just for interest it is estimated that there are 100 million date palms worldwide. |
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