I realize I am not likely to ever have fruit bearing date palm trees, but since this STARTED as a fruit, I'm putting this Thread in the Fruit Forum
-- You know those dehydrated dates you get in plastic containers? I planted a couple of seeds from those, and look what happened
-- I know for a fact this is the date palm because I tried this ages ago -- same process but I think the dates came in a bag -- except I planted the seed in a (largish) terrarium, never actually expecting it to sprout.... But it did. It grew from this same single accordion pleated sprout to divided/palmate leaf.... Then several leaves, but then it was too big to grow in what was now tiny container and too big to get it out of the opening.
Hopefully, I can keep THIS one growing
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I don't know precisely. I do sometimes write things on the side of the container so I'll check tomorrow to see if I did.
All I know is this is probably a container that was used to overwinter a pepper plant in dormancy in the garage, so it was put outside in spring after weather warmed up enough for peppers... but it didn't survive/come back to life.
When I decided to plant the date seeds, I just grabbed a likely sized container that didn't have anything alive growing in it.
I took the photo a couple of days after noticing the sprout while clearing the weeds In and around the containers.... (Yes I KNOW I have to get all those yellow crabapples out of there.... : oops: )
All I know is this is probably a container that was used to overwinter a pepper plant in dormancy in the garage, so it was put outside in spring after weather warmed up enough for peppers... but it didn't survive/come back to life.
When I decided to plant the date seeds, I just grabbed a likely sized container that didn't have anything alive growing in it.
I took the photo a couple of days after noticing the sprout while clearing the weeds In and around the containers.... (Yes I KNOW I have to get all those yellow crabapples out of there.... : oops: )
Nice, applestar. You could put a little tag with a number on it, in the pot, then write down the same number on a piece of paper, along with details like when you planted it and how long it took to grow.
If you continue growing it, you will need a huge space. According to this https://www.britannica.com/plant/date-palm date palms can grow up to 23 metres (75 feet) tall.
If you continue growing it, you will need a huge space. According to this https://www.britannica.com/plant/date-palm date palms can grow up to 23 metres (75 feet) tall.
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