I bought some T&M seeds just for the fun of it, and followed the instructions: Pluck off the orange fluff, put in moist sand, and put in absolute darkness in warmth. I had six out of eight seeds germinate, starting about a month afterwards, and going on to about three months. Plumeria gets quite large, up to about ten metres (30ft) or so, if I remember correctly, but can be kept smaller in pots. They take at about four years or so to start flowering, from what I've read. They are easy to germinate, though. I just stuffed the seeds upright, half-buried (just the seed part, not including the wing), into the soil, wing-side up, and they germinated in a few weeks. Be very careful, though, the stems of the seedlings are extremely fragile, I've found. A bit of shear pressure on them, and they snap easily. Pecans, I have no experience with. Palms, I haven't germinated, but I had some seeds someone gave me, and he said you just put it in some moist soil and wait for a couple of weeks, and they'll germinate. Good luck!

Medium should be light, porous and well aerated. There are so many formulas out there that would work depending on what you have or have access to. For starters, a pre-bagged "cactus" mix with perlite added to make up about 1/3 of the volume will be OK until the seedlings would need to be transplanted. You can soak the seeds for a few hours in warm water first, then plant them on the surface and lightly sprinkle some mix on top. Keep the pots sealed for about 48 hrs in plastic. Open the seal a couple times daily if possible to let some fresh air inside. The biggest enemy is mold and fungus. A fungicide in advance helps prevent it. Full sun is not needed in the beginning, bright light is adequate. Do a google search for "growing adenium from seed". The instructions are essentially the same as for Pachys. Fresh seed germinates quickly (within a few days). Old seed may not germinate at all. Temps in excess of 80oF seem to lead to quicker germination. In my opinion, unless you are sowing hybrid seed and are curious about the outcome, or you are sowing in masses for commercial purposes, I think money is better spent on buying some seedlings - all the work is done for you, you don't have to worry about failure and they are not expensive. Good luck! x

A Sunny isles Florida beach resort has fruiting date palms right dab in front of it. I happened upon them and was shocked to see them producing in Florida. The palms are huge and the dates are all over the ground and in the fountain, bushes and lawn. They look like medjool dates too. The fruit are quite large, dark, sticky and sweet smelling. I'm sure the resort meant to plant canary island date palm and instead got fruiting dates.

Hello , I'm Rob and I need information on how to grow ponytail palms from seeds if anyone could help me I would appreciate it waiting to hear Rob