Harvest or buy seeds
That your Hemp palm Producing germinable seeds is rather rare. Only adult plants will bloom. Since hemp palms are dioecious, you need a male and a female plant to grow the blossoms to fertilize. When the flower is fertilized, an edible fruit is formed in which the seeds ripen. The flowers stay on the palm after the flowering period until they have dried up.
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Hemp palms that are only grown in the room rarely bloom. You will have a little more luck if you keep your fan palm outdoors all year round.
If you want to be sure that you are getting germinable seeds for growing new hemp palms, you should buy them from specialist retailers.
How to prepare the seed for sowing
The seeds of the hemp palm are very hard-shelled. Before you sow it, let it soak in lukewarm water for at least 24 hours. Many gardening experts also swear by taking the seeds before the sowing to roughen up a bit with sandpaper.
The pretreatment shortens the germination time, which is very long anyway.
Sow hemp palm
The best time to sow is from February to April.
- Growing pots(€ 16.68 at Amazon *) prepare
- Sow seeds
- Cover thinly with soil
- set up bright and warm
- keep moist but not wet
After sowing, all you have to do is be patient. It can take up to a year for the seeds of a hemp palm to germinate. It will then take another two to three years to get you Offshoot obtain.
As soon as the young plants have reached a height of about ten centimeters, plant them in individual pots and continue to care for them normally. Hardy are hemp palms only after a few years. They are only allowed to go outside permanently when they are at least three to four years old and sufficiently tall.
Tips
You usually have to pollinate a female hemp palm blossom yourself. To do this, first stroke the male and then the female flower with a brush.
