Rob what are you looking for ? I have washingtonia filibusta, sereona repens, sabal minor, hurricane or sunshine palm , sabal palmetto and true date seeds Send me an e-mail crazy4coasters@earthlink.net thanks !

Since you live in SoCal I think Phoenix canariensis will be the least demanding. Pindos can thrive by you, but prefer some more humidity and water and also might be slower growing than dates in your area. And if you want a fast growing palm than Jubaea's arent the palm for you because they grow really slowww.

Throw them into one of your garden beds and forget them. You'll be happy when they start to germinate.

People do eat the nuts! I tried one (the embryos that I cracked open), and they tasted a little bit like coconut, but with less taste. My son loves to eat the ripe fruit! People in Brazil, where I grew up, make all sorts of desserts with the fruit. Here in South Carolina (and in other parts of the South), people make jelly from the ripe fruit. I have also heard that some people make a sort of "coffee" from the nuts. I have MUCH more research that I need to do! Right now I am preparing the cracked nuts (I understand that you have to keep them extremely clean in order to germinate them), as well as some unbroken ones. I will see which ones germinate the best.