7 years later. Hi Melvin. I'm from Hawaii but currently living in Florida, south of Tampa. I appreciate all the work and waiting you put into your experiment. However the seed obviously is the FRUIT of the Queen palm, and I have 6 mature Queens on my property, (which isn't really very big property), but I'm constantly trying to recreate Hawaii in my front and backyards, and have hundreds of plumeria trees too. I'm getting off track, at my age it's easy to do, 80.. Sorry. When the fruit is yellow, it's ripe, and I have some regular squirrel visitors every morning who come by and eat all the flesh off, and drop seed on ground. So it must taste good. Once the flesh is eaten, I can proceed with germinating them, and then selling them. I never have soaked or used hydrogen peroxide on them, I just let dry a few days so as not to create any rot, and plant straight into coconut coir. I have over a 90% success rate, but I have hundreds or thousands of seeds that wind up in my compost pile, and with no help from me there are always seeds that sprout on their own. It is real simple, and whether I'm working, sleeping, on vacation, or whatever, GOD does all the work. I put it in the coconut coir, and HE does the rest, and doesn't even ask for a cut of the profits. I propagate everything, and most I give away, but sell the Queens and plumerias, especially the hybrid plumeria from seed. Im mostly happy just seeing the result if I'm successful. I do podacarpus (yew tree), avocado, mango, sugar apple (anona spanish), schefflera,, samoan ti plant (red), Jatropha, and moringa(called Mallungay in Phillipnes, a real miracle tree. Sorry this so long, but good luck, and thanks again.
@orchidee7910 Жыл бұрын
اتمنى لك عمرا مديدا بصحة جيدة ❤
@leevancleef3586 ай бұрын
That is awesome Rico - I hope you are doing well!
@kingliam98967 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to let you know that I have successfully germinated and grown queen palm seeds (in the Bay Area California) - both when they were orange and when they were green. I used a small amount of Hydrogen Peroxide, soaked them for a week in the sun, removed the outer pulp and planted them. Out of 60 seeds, I had 50 successfully germinate. Don't give up, you can be successful with this method! Best of luck!
@TheMelvinWei7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the protocol! I recently found some juicy orange ones in parking lot queen palm. I tried peeling off the flesh and it was a big sticky mess; luckily the sticky substance is water soluble so I wash most of the mess away, peeled away the fibers, and tried planting them in a small pot. It's been a while and still nothing. How long did it take your seeds to germinate?
@reenaeda7 жыл бұрын
Nice!!
@umhello49895 жыл бұрын
Melvin Wei they take about 3-4 months to germinate. They sprout quicker if its 85 or higher
@bryanrosado67578 жыл бұрын
You're supposed to get the ripe ones. Then you scrape off the fruit and you're left with the seed. Then get a plastic bag with slightly moist soil and put the seeds in there. Then wait a couple of weeks and they should sprout.
@Charlydx216 жыл бұрын
Paige hope he answers.
@SweetlifeKenyan20126 жыл бұрын
you should have made a 2 min straight to the point video about this dude
@cohco93205 жыл бұрын
@@EastRiverHomestead when they are orange
@hanzifaction5 жыл бұрын
The fruit turn yellow when ripe
@tinabailey31704 жыл бұрын
Do you close the bag?
@wotanmituns336 жыл бұрын
This beautiful palm is native to Brazil, the indigenous people of Brazil used to call it ''Jerivá''.
@hmax15914 жыл бұрын
did the seeds germinate? where's the video showing the seedlings? If this process did not work, why do you still have it on you tube? what's the purpose?
@WILDWILLXD5 жыл бұрын
I'm currently trying to grow a native NZ palm, if you crack one of those seeds open you'll come to see that they're just mini coconuts! I found it very cute.
@deborahs1025 жыл бұрын
My Queen Palms drop so many seeds and they grow wild in my back yard😊
@Dont3702 жыл бұрын
Same here. They grow on my lawn and I mow them.
@deepharrow85207 жыл бұрын
I wonder who does all this for the seeds in the wild
@marinefish4life6 жыл бұрын
dee pharrow birds digest them and excrete the seed
@CALI-ll7iv5 жыл бұрын
The birds duh
@shadora4 жыл бұрын
@@marinefish4life ohh
@Juduh4 жыл бұрын
God
@bororobo38052 ай бұрын
@@marinefish4lifenot every seed. Sunlight dries the skin, the shell cracks and sprouts come out
Why not just scrape the seed? Seems pointlessly slow
@CALI-ll7iv5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful palm trees! Will this work for King Palm seeds too?
@CastelliMoni8 жыл бұрын
The palms was brought to Americas by the spaniards...did you visit Salton See...you can see the cuadras (block) of palms...
@TheMelvinWei8 жыл бұрын
I saw many palm species being farmed around the Salton Sea, some in dense blocks as you said. I didn't know they were brought by Spaniards. Nowadays they're all over Southern California, even growing in small backyards as ornamental trees. They're in my apartment complex and in the parking lots at work.
@newage7777772 жыл бұрын
What types of palms exactly?!
@gabrielaloureiro24378 жыл бұрын
I can't find the next video
@TheScorpion6152 жыл бұрын
So I'm guessing you are supposed to germinate them first? I have a bunch of these in Florida my job is to cut them down for a living and get rid of them
@cooperbookout2 жыл бұрын
On March 27, 2014 the Queen palm seeds
@cooperbookout2 жыл бұрын
Years later
@kamila33624 жыл бұрын
Melvin ,hi could i appreciate your video because of this scientific approach, yet now it is 6 years since you made it, did your palm tree ever germinate?
@ginalethco29264 жыл бұрын
You say you soaked them in the peroxide. You say solution a lot and water? Is the peroxide mixed with water?
@bismillahkhan18664 жыл бұрын
Hi!.. I wanna go for research on palms 5 varieties...but I have no idea how to wash and clean the palms seeds... I planted the bismarkia palm, Queen palm, canaria palm Copernacia palm and foxtail palm.. Can u give me suggestions how to wash the seeds and which chemicals is best for these varieties to early germination? Pleases reply to my question tha k you..
@tkorbie210 жыл бұрын
Any progress on the palm seeds? I just found your videos and I love the experiments. What do you do for a living?
@charlieparish90539 жыл бұрын
what kind of palms ?
@theeamericanempire22793 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video this helps out a lot 😁👍
@mommyharris11113 жыл бұрын
I get great seeds after my dogs eat them and throw them up. I live in Florida and I can’t keep my dogs from eating these darn seeds every time we are outside in my garden. I decided I’ll go ahead and grow me a few trees. Lol Not a bit of flesh left on those seeds.
@jefdamen29774 жыл бұрын
U should've taken the brown seeds where the flesh is easy removable cuz it dried already.
@kathykarniss82397 жыл бұрын
did the queen palm seeds ever sprout and grow
@TheMelvinWei7 жыл бұрын
No :(
@wiskytom43865 жыл бұрын
Lol, so how does nature deal with gemination ?
@hajjam822 жыл бұрын
It put it on peroxid...
@chatnoir631519 күн бұрын
The palm seed has a natural anti germination built in, to protect the parent palm, so no babies choke out the parent. Instead small animals grab the fruit and run away to eat the outer fruit, which then will germinate away from the main palm tree!
@jamestropicals82622 жыл бұрын
Those seeds are too unripe, the fruit has to be yellow when their ripe
@jamestropicals82622 жыл бұрын
Queen palm seeds can be more difficult to germinate then other palm tree seeds
@FknNefFy4 жыл бұрын
I would say you should’ve got the orange ones because they are more ripe you want RIPE seeds to germinate
@commedycommedietv9 жыл бұрын
nice video and very informational :)
@TheMelvinWei9 жыл бұрын
+commedycommedietv Thanks! Sad to say I couldn't get these to germinate, I may try again in the future.
@theeamericanempire22792 жыл бұрын
How do ur palms look now?
@jamestropicals82622 жыл бұрын
Didn’t sprout
@theeamericanempire22792 жыл бұрын
@@jamestropicals8262 Darn bro sry to hear that😔
@theeamericanempire22792 жыл бұрын
@@jamestropicals8262 would u like to know how to get them to sprout?
@jamestropicals82622 жыл бұрын
@@theeamericanempire2279 They didn’t sprout for him, but yeah sure
@theeamericanempire22792 жыл бұрын
@@jamestropicals8262 mine sprouted a while ago. All u need to do is, #1:choose the dates that are already ripened(orange color). #2:then u peel off the skin clean off till no more flesh is left. #3: plant it in good soil and when planted in soil make sure it gets a good amount of water and afternoon sun. And #4: let it do it’s thing and wait till it sprouts. I recommend doing more then one seed though. And that’s it ur done with the planting process the rest are the simple things like giving it food and watering it.
@GeorgeLoyal4 жыл бұрын
try growing kiwi fruit from seed next
@sahar1usa3 жыл бұрын
you keep adding chemical to plant it is not a good idea and nor needed really, just put it in water for couple of days and using knife to remove the skin and plant it , would do the same
@greenbear32218 жыл бұрын
I want to buy a wooden large spanish sailboat and sail to spain and bring back palms like they did back in the day. I want to relive the past. LOL :) and I won't forget the lemons on board so I don't get scurvy.
@michael01556 жыл бұрын
Green Bear when you say relive, that means YOU have done this before.
@berthayellowfinch54717 жыл бұрын
Did you get a little over excessive with the hydrogen peroxide maybe thinking it would somehow activate unripe fruit???
@CastelliMoni8 жыл бұрын
Do not need to put it in water...let them get color orange ...eat the pulp and plant the seed.
@TheMelvinWei8 жыл бұрын
Hi Monica, I have lots of plant series ongoing but at some point I'd like to try again with queen palms. Thanks for the tip!
@CastelliMoni8 жыл бұрын
All the palm tress can be eaten ..., Here in Florida... I learned how to harvest a eat, the Queen Palm have a great fruits, I have several at home. Good luck with your palms!
@jesussalinas68317 жыл бұрын
Monica A. Castelli 11w8
@MsTokies9 жыл бұрын
is that edible?
@TheMelvinWei9 жыл бұрын
MsTokies This is what I read: "Aromatic and sweet the dates are sticky and fibrous with a very large seed. Usually you don’t eat the date meat. One just chews on the pulpy coating getting the sugar off of it then spit out the fiber out. However, some people like to eat the fiber as well but it can cause a tummy ache."
@French835007 жыл бұрын
What is the liquid that u use ? Water? Thx
@brianh.34684 жыл бұрын
Pretty good video, it would help if you stopped saying the word a “while” and actually used time. There were several times throughout the video where I really didn’t know what “a while” was in actual time but good video
@shadora4 жыл бұрын
They look like miniature coconuts
@randomnav6 жыл бұрын
That was a waste of 10 minutes. It could have been condensed to 1 minute. At least it wasn't watching paint dry.
@alfabravo76855 жыл бұрын
You wasted a lot of time just doting I,s and dashing t,s. It was simple within 5 minutes.
@sefsufisefsufi56843 жыл бұрын
A for effort. But i suggest you should do more research before experimenting as many of your mistakes could have been avoided
@MARKCrews-l5c4 ай бұрын
This should be removed.
@tkorbie210 жыл бұрын
Any progress on the palm seeds? I just found your videos and I love the experiments. What do you do for a living?
@TheMelvinWei10 жыл бұрын
Nothing happened and the soil was too porous so it dried out nonstop, that didn't help. I'll try in the future with different methods. Also, as Gabriel Fornazari said below, I probably chose the wrong color fruits :( I'm a scientist.