What methods are there for the propagation of date palms?
You can find date palms in two ways multiply: via saplings or from seeds.
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Seed cultivation is very tedious. It can take months for the seeds to germinate and for the first cotyledons to appear.
Rearing from saplings is a little faster. However, this only works if the date palm shoots lateral saplings in spring.
How to grow a date palm from saplings
To grow new date palms, you can cut saplings that grow laterally out of the ground in spring. Cut Never remove the top of the date palm. This will remove the vegetation point and the palm will die.
- Growing pots(€ 16.68 at Amazon *) fill with soil
- Insert saplings and press the soil into place
- set up in a bright, warm location
- Keep the substrate moist but not wet
Place the pots with the cuttings in a location that is as warm as possible. Temperatures around 25 degrees are ideal. It is good if the saplings are also heated from below.
The fact that new roots have formed can be seen when new leaf buds appear. You only have to transplant the new date palms when the roots have already grown out of the drainage hole below.
Growing date palm from seeds - that's how it works!
The seed is very hard-skinned and is placed in lukewarm water for at least 24 hours before sowing. Then you sow it in pots that you come with Potting soil have filled.
Cover the seed about an inch high with soil. Place the pot warm and bright but not sunny. Keep the soil moist, avoiding too much moisture.
After germination, wait until the new date palm is about ten centimeters high. plants Then put them in a deep saucepan Palm soil.
Tips
Date palms tolerate light frost temperatures for a short time. In a protected location, you can even find older specimens in the garden bed overwinter. But it shouldn't get colder than -6 degrees at the location.
