AboutTom Alonzo Expertise I have been growing plants from seeds for at least 20 years. I have grown literally hundreds of different kinds of vegetables, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, tropicals, some cacti, water plants, iris, rose, lilies, cannas, etc. I enjoy starting from seed.
Experience I've been growing my own seeds for 20 years with indoor propagation equipment I built myself. I am also an Allexperts volunteer on the perennial forum. I have completed the Master Gardener course through the Kansas State University Extension. I have experience with a wide variety of seeds and I have also read through Norm Deno's books on seed germination.
Hi, I have a bismarck that is aorund 10 years old. It has fruit on it 2 different ones. One the size of a quarter (many of these). Then there are some the size of golfballs. Sizes are with fruit fallen off. My question is which if any contain the seed? I tried to open the bigger ones but they are pretty solid with like a white inside them.Thank you
Answer Hi Ralph,
Thanx for your question. If all of the fruit has been removed you may just have two different sizes of seed here. Generally, Bismarckia nobilis seeds ar 1.5 inches in diameter. When you said that when you opened one of the bigger ones it was pretty solid white, that would be about right for what is termed the endocarp. I think they're all seeds. Did they all come from a long hanging braid of fruit? If so, then they're all the same seed just different sizes. Here's a link to University of Florida that talks about palm seed. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP238.
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