Very nice. I do warn you that they are so slow growing though at that stage. i bought one and it was a little smaller than yours, I potted it in a one gallon in '07 and it is '10 and is going to get its first pot up (into a 3 gallon this summer). You will probably start seeing the leaf segments separate late summer of this year. My seedlings are now fully spilt.

One thing that I think is great about seedlings is that you have the ability to relly grow them as hardy plants. Mine has always been exposed to some cold and has seen 16F this winter. Now its safely growing another leaf (that means that spear pull isnt too likely).

Speaking of cold and palms, a few weeks ago I spoke about my potted pindo palm and how it saw some pretty nasty temps of 16F with no damage. I had a feeling that deep inside it probably was damaged and it turns out I did get spear pull :( BUT now I have another learning opportunity and thats the treating of spear pull. The center had 3 spears, 2 pulled, and the smallest wont budge so I think it still has a chance especially since the older leaves have no damage at all. Im thinking of pouring Hydrogen Peroxide into the center, but Im not going to do it until I get the okay from you guys. Another interesting thing is my washingtonia saw the same temperatures as my pindo. Its suppost to be less cold tolerant, and all the leaves were burned off, but no matter how hard I pull the spear it wont come out. Im now wondering if washingtonias arent as easily affected by cold winter moisuture. They are both indoors right now.
Thanks in advance for any help, and jaynboro good luck with your seedlings. They are slow to start, but definitely worth it. you will have a very cold hardy plant in a few years.

tropicalzone7, pindo palms should be able to take 16F once they get out of the "seedling stage", if they couldn't they wouldn't be so common around here. I never see anyone protecting their pindo, even when it gets that cold.

As for the W.robusta, they also seem to tolerate upper teens with no problems, I don't know why they are only rated at 20F. Our low last night was 18F and I didn't see any burn on any of the local ones today, nobody around here protects those either. The only palms I see that get covered are the pygmy dates.

I think the reason why the pindo got spear pull was because it was in a pot and also because of all the cold rain we got with it (and some snow too). Usually pindos dont get leaf damage until 15 so I was a little surprised that I got spear pull at 16F. Its a pretty mature plant (my guess is over 7 years old from seed). Fortunately the pindo I have protected in the ground is nice and protected.

Pindos that are establish in the ground for 2+ years generally take 15*. I would not even chance 15* plus all the wind we have had. Its better to err on the side of safety when it comes to palms.

Jay, what do you do with all those seedlings?

plan on potting up some and planting some in the ground. will probably give some to friends or trade with other folks.