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Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on February 24, 2026, 8:31 pm I have exciting news! The 1700+ trachy seeds I was given from the fellow Zone pusher here in PA this fall have started growing. I was so excited last night when I checked them. I picked the clear container up and looked at the bottom. I was like that's a root. So, I dug down like a squirrel. haha I did ask Jen, what will I do with 1700 windmill palms? haha

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Rob N TN on February 25, 2026, 6:12 am, in reply to "Trachy Seeds " WOW You are the master of cold hardy palm seed germination. Awesome, proud of you, good luck with them. oh, What did Jen say about your 1700 palm seedlings? ""don't ask me, ask your new landlord"" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IbuDS1NQiXg?feature=share

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Mark z7 Sharptown, MD on February 25, 2026, 6:43 am, in reply to "Trachy Seeds " You might have one that will be hardy for your area. Well, we can dream can't we?

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jake- Morristown, TN on February 25, 2026, 2:53 pm, in reply to "Trachy Seeds " That's awesome! What was your process for germinating the seeds? I got one to germinate out of all the ones I have started and that was last year. I've had some in a baggie for over a year. They were started in November 2024 and still nothing. I have checked them and the seeds are still solid and not rotted. Jake

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on February 25, 2026, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " I put them in a plastic tote and keep them moist. I also keep a heat lamp on them from about 5pm to 6am. I have it on a timer. These were fresh seeds off the stalk. I have had no luck getting them online and growing.

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on February 25, 2026, 7:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " Well, the guy I got them from in New Kensington PA has them popping up everywhere. They are like weeds. I took one seeds this fall and buried it under mulch outside. I want to see if I can get it to come up. Really, his garden looked like a beach town were all the seeds are coming up everywhere.

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on February 25, 2026, 7:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " haha She said you'll have to sell them, all to build a new greenhouse. haha

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Alvin, z6 on February 25, 2026, 9:46 pm, in reply to "Trachy Seeds " That's great, Jason! You could see more germinating in the weeks ahead. If I'm not mistaken, all your Sabal seedlings didn't germinate, all at once. After checking out the video below, and if you didn't know it was in SOUTH FLORIDA, you'd think it was some northern gardener, attempting to grow stuff too tender for her garden. Interestingly, the pines, in the background, looked unscathed, while even some of the palms on her property, were damaged. So, "zonal denial" occurs even in South Florida. Notice that some of the fruit trees that were protected, because they were smaller LOOK GREAT. This freeze occured earlier, this month, while parts of the North were below zero. Yet, those who protected their plants, may have the results she had from plants she protected. She said she is devastated, but is not giving up hope on growing "too tender for her zone" plants. She thinks that some may have die-back, but re-grow...

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on February 26, 2026, 7:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " Oh my! Look at all that damage. I hope they come back.

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Alvin, z6 on February 27, 2026, 3:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " Jason, I think some of her plants will re-leaf, and/or have stem die-back. I still think more, though, could have come through the cold spell, unscathed, if things were done differently. Just like others in the country (myself, included), who have gone through several mild winters, and thus, spoiled, believing that climate change means that EVERY WINTER will be mild, going forward, are shocked when ONE regular winter pops up. The irony to me, though, is how she believes that there "was nothing she could have done differently", to have prevented what happened, from happening. Firstly, she should have realized that her zone is STILL z9b, which means she should still expect winter minimums that will dip to at least 25 degrees. Knowing this, should have made her realize that anything in her garden that has already been tested by others (many plant species hardiness minimums, at which damage shows, are already documented) to receive damage, at or below 25, will need to be protected, if at, or near such lows are expected. While it can be true that a species may behave differently, at different minimum temps, than others, she could have been better prepared should a "danger zone" temp occur, unexpectedly, rather than just "wait and see". Secondly, I guess, because she has quite abit of land, on which to plant, allowed way too much space between tree plantings, which would make protecting a number of trees, at once, way more difficult (for instance, using a "baseball park style" tarp, to cover the "overall less land, but high-density fruit tree" area, taking up less land, than she currently has planted, but heated, as she did for a relative few number of individual plants). Even though she kept most of her tree heights, relatively low, through pruning. Her yard , even with her "160 fruit trees", could have doubled or even tripled the number of trees, in the same amount of space used, if she planted them closer, in a high-density form. She would get less yield per tree, but higher yield, overall. Depending on what she was doing with her crops, (unless she was selling or giving them away), was probably too much for just her self, or family, anyway. Thirdly, she discussed "saturating the ground" around her trees, before the freeze, with water, because the tap water temp was much warmer than the air temp was, I guess in an attempt to keep the soil temp above freezing. HOWEVER, some fruit trees (for instance, mangos) require LESS SOIL WATER, in cold weather, than during warmer weather. In years past, Florida citrus farmers, would use ABOVE GROUND sprinklers to wet the above ground parts of the trees, when frosty, freezing temps were forecasted. A water coating, in the form of ice, on leaves, etc., actually insulates the plant, kinda like snow does, against below freezing temps, in more temperate areas.

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Barry Senatobia MS on February 28, 2026, 12:55 am, in reply to "Trachy Seeds " The mother tree is nice. Hope you can sell them. There is a market.

Re: Trachy Seeds Posted by Jason Western PA on March 1, 2026, 5:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Trachy Seeds " Yeah. I'll be surprised to see how many grow. I put one seed outside last fall to see if it comes up this summer. If it does, it came through one of the worst winters we have had. We will see!

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