I have a lot of fresh Sabal palmetto seeds, can we work a trade.

I now have 8 of them growing here in Lakeland. We're certainly a solid zone 9a, but definitely not close to a zone 10a like St. Petersburg, or the more southerly locales. Mine have grown pretty well with minimal care. They just sit out in the sun and put leaves out, not to mention the usual 20 feet of roots for a 2 foot plant. I've heard that they typically sucker early and often. My seeds were from a seller in Australia. I bought 35 seeds, but about 20 of them succumbed to mold. When you start them, make sure the dirt is barely moist.

I think they are slightly hardier than CIDP, we had a very cold winter just gone with temps down to -9c or 16f, the CIDP was toast when the theo was unmarked. They both had minimal protection but i think this is the limit for theophrastii unless you are in very dry conditions.

Again, no expert, but I'm guessing that is what is called Frizzle Top which happens when there is a deficiency in manganese. Something I learned from listening to a botanist on youtube, I think, is that when looking at palm fertilizer, you need to make sure it has a decent amount of manganese in it as well as the prime three, (N, P, K). He said something about looking for palm fertilizer that was N : P : K +14. He didn't say for sure, but I think the 14 is supposed to be for the manganese or something. I'll have to find the video again and get all the numbers straight, but I have yet to find a + anything at either HD or Lowe's and I think I'm going to have to find an actual garden center to find the fertilizer he mentioned.