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Post by Mumsey on May 6, 2019 8:02:39 GMT -5
Anyone ever try to grow one from Medjool date pits? I have some pits soaking, what I read states to soak in water for a week.
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Post by Mumsey on May 14, 2019 8:43:06 GMT -5
Putting the date seeds in plastic bag with moist paper towels today. In 2 weeks they should start sprouting roots. Or so Wikipedia says..... This is purely an experiment. I can't put it in the ground here, and if it lasts only 2-3 years that's good for me.
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Post by desertwoman on May 14, 2019 9:06:35 GMT -5
I'm rootin' for you!
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 14, 2019 11:56:23 GMT -5
Never tried it. If I remember correctly, we did grow some avocadoes from pits.
This topic brings back the experiments Mom taught us with starting plants from seeds and pits from kitchen food. I think we also grew some orange and apple trees, plus sweet potato plants. Now I buy sweet potatoes and let them sprout and plant them as ornamentals. In fact, I haven't checked them in a while. I don't see masses of green leaves growing underneath the table, so perhaps they haven't sprouted yet, or are still small.
If I remember correctly, one year I also grew peanuts the same way.
Gardening with throwaways is fun.
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Post by Latitude33 on May 19, 2019 19:35:55 GMT -5
The city of Palm Springs (east of Uncle Lat about 2 hours) has landscaped the streets with date palms and they are commercially harvested.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 19, 2019 21:54:04 GMT -5
Latitude33, I assume the city contracts out the harvesting? That's an interesting way to make money, assuming the city gets a substantial portion of the harvested crop sales.
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Post by davidjp on May 19, 2019 22:05:31 GMT -5
They grow pretty big. There's a famous orchard that has been running this film , the sex life of the date palm for ages.
romantictraveling.com/SexLifeOfDate.htm
Good luck and start looking for ladders
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 1, 2019 5:21:35 GMT -5
It took what seems like forever, but 4 palms sprouted. I put them in individual pots. It was 1 week soaking in water, 2 weeks in the paper towels/baggie to germinate, another 2-3 weeks in soil to sprout. I planted them individually, they had a very sturdy root all the way to the bottom of the starter pot. We'll see how they do as houseplants.
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 1, 2019 9:21:00 GMT -5
Congratulations! Mumsey, That's perseverance!
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 1, 2019 11:44:31 GMT -5
desertwoman, They seem to have grown since transplanting 3 days ago! From what I've read, they are very slow growers. I sure don't need 4!
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Post by Mumsey on Aug 11, 2019 6:28:06 GMT -5
Here are the date palms, about six weeks from last pic. I'll be putting a couple in larger pots, will probably compost the other 2.
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