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Water proof labeling |
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Labeling is a secret of accuracy and long term success for a palm grower. You must label seeds as soon as you collect them. Mention botanical and common names; date and source of collection. Label should be attached to their bags or buckets even when the seeds are under cleaning and drying stage. Slight negligence… |
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Cleaning of palm seeds |
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Palm seeds are enclosed by a fleshy and fibrous fruit wall known as mesocarp. To shorten the germination time and to increase the percentage of germination, removal of fibrous layers of mesocarp
from the seed is a good and tested method. If
only a small number of seeds are to be
processed they can be cleaned by… |
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Pre-treatment for germination |
Since palm seeds are difficult to germinate and on an average success rate is only 20%, a lot of efforts are made by professional growers to hasten and improve the percentage of germination.
Soaking in Water: Soaking of seeds in clean
water from one to seven days, depending on the
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