Germinating Florida coontie seeds
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Comments (23)One of the main reasons why it's hard to find coonties growing in the wild is because they have been badly commercially exploited meaning irresponsible people have gone out and dug them up from the wild in order to sell them. I imagine that this is why cycadjungle will not list where he's seen them growing. Another problem is that developers will come in and completely clear property of all native vegitation whether or not it is a plant that is threatened or endangered. I believe that the native coontie is on the threatened list. The only places I've seen coonties growing wild is in areas that are difficult to access or are kept behind locked gates. One of the coontie clumps I have growing on my property came from a private home owners property that I had gone to to pick up a load of rocks from. While I was moving the rocks I noticed a large coontie growing out from under the pile. When I mentioned it to the property owner he told me that I could take it otherwise he would just throw it away. The plants are now growing quite happily in my back yard under the edge of a large oak. In order to increase your chances of getting a true native coontie I would suggest going to a native plant nursery to buy coonties if there is such a nursery near you. Since I have yet to find a native plant nursery in my area I can tell you that I've bought coonties from walmart that are currently thriving in my garden....See MoreCoontie seeds?
Comments (6)Here is my experience: They are not easy to start but not impossible and they grow very slowly. We picked up some coontie sees about 6-7 years ago and I stuck them in the ground and forgot about them and eventually about 50% of what I put in the ground started to grow. Sorry I cannot be more precise in how I started them but remember they are a florida native and don't need much babying. Then two years ago when I knew we would be building our new house, I took them out of the ground and put them in a pot. They are hard to transplant and break off easily. However they seemed ok after a while but never really thrived in the pot. This spring I put them back in the ground at the new house and the plant looks really good. It finally has blooms (or whatever you call the cone thing on a coontie). So as long as you are patient and are not looking for an instant landscape filler, I would go for it. BTW, at both houses, I put the coontie on the north end of the house....See Morepalmcityfl
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