Butia Capitata (pindo/jelly palm) germination tips?
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Pindo Palm (jelly palm)
Comments (1)I planted a small one of these this past fall. I wasn't able to find any fruit to taste so I hope that it's good :)...See MoreHow to identify young palm-Butia from canary island date
Comments (6)Well, for one thing, the Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) has very distinctive long thorns under the oldest fronds, even young palms. They eventually become long, wicked, eye-seeking thorns :-) The Butia capitata or Jelly/Pindo Palm is greyer in color, and the fronds arch inward towards the trunk. To post a photo in your message, just upload your photos to a photo sharing site, like www.photobucket.com. Once you've uploaded the photos, go back to your main album. Float your mouse over a photo. You'll see a little pop up box appear. Left click your mouse in the "HTML Code" window and the HTML code of the photo will then be copied to your Windows Clipboard. Then, all you need to do is right click in the body of your message, and select "Paste". That will then paste the HTML code right into the body of your message, embedding the photo into your message. When you click on "Preview Message", you'll know you did it correctly if your photo shows up :-) Patty S....See MoreHAVE: Pindo,Butia Capitata, Jelly Palm Seeds
Comments (2)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 !...See MoreHow to sprout Butia capitata
Comments (5)If you don't want to scarify each and every seed, then nature will eventually do the job for you. We started out with just one jelly/pindo palm in Florida, and probably every year, there are 100+ new seedlings growing in the ground around the palm and on the untrimmed trunk. Before you do your first spring mowing, pluck out the new seedlings from the ground. I picked a 3+ year old seedling from a tree trunk about two years ago, and they look kind of long and leggy when they're grown like that, but when you plant them in the ground in full sun, they straighten up and start growing right in about two years and look great. If you're in an area that has a lot of untrimmed pindo palm with a lot of seedlings growing out of the trunks, I doubt most people would mind you picking them out. In a days time, you could probably pick 500 of them, all ages and sizes, and you wouldn't have to bother with seeds....See Moremesembs
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