Many exotic plants no longer seem outlandish and inaccessible. In apartments, offices, various institutions you can see pots with huge potted flowers that came to us from hot Africa, Australia, South or North America. Different types of ficus, dracaena, yucca, palm trees are not surprising, but only enthusiasm and desire to acquire the same pretty tree.
If you do not want to buy a finished plant, then you can grow it yourself from seeds. The
date palm is the most popular among flower growers in this regard
. From the bone, the African guest quite simply multiplies. Therefore, having decided to plant an exotic tree at home, many dwell on it. Caring for a
date palm at home is not difficult even for beginners. True, it is growing very slowly, so you need to be patient, but the result will certainly please.
First you need to get planting material - it's quite simple. You need to buy dried or dried dates. Palm seeds obtained in this way are suitable for germination, but, depending on the processing of the fruit, the time of emergence of seedlings will be different. Basically, the seed sprouts in one to three months. It is better to plant seeds in the ground in spring, since they need a sufficient amount of light and a temperature above 22 ° C.
The date palm from the seed sprouts faster if the seeds are soaked before planting in hot water at a temperature of 80 ° C or rubbed with sandpaper. Water flows into the resulting cracks, and the date grows faster. The substrate is best prepared from peat and sand, the seed must be planted vertically, pouring about 1 cm of the earth on top. Care must be taken to keep the soil moist.
The time of seed germination depends on how dry the fruit was, but the date germination rate is quite high, so you just need to be patient and wait for the sprout to appear. When the date palm from the stone grows to 10-15 cm in height, it is necessary to transplant it into a separate, but suitable in size pot. It’s not worth waiting for the plant to grow immediately. Firstly, palm trees do not tolerate transplantation, especially the first, so everything needs to be done carefully and transplanted together with an earthen lump. And secondly, the first cirrus leaves will appear only after a few years.
The date palm from bone feels great in a substrate of sheet, peat and sod land, sand, humus and chopped charcoal. It is necessary to put drainage on the bottom of the pot so that the water does not stagnate and does not spoil the root system. Palm trees love nutritious soils, therefore it is necessary to periodically apply fertilizers for
decorative and deciduous plants. The tree requires abundant watering and warmth; for the rest, it is unpretentious.
When the time comes and the palm grows from the old pot, it needs to be transplanted, because the roots are so crowded that they intertwine even the drainage. The subsequent transplant of dates is not as difficult as the first, so you can not be afraid to lose it. The date palm tree, although growing for a long time, will become a real decoration of any room.