You can take peat,perilite mix and wet and squeeze out all excess water.Then place in a baggy with seeds.Keep the baggy warm (I put mine on the water heater and cover with a towel).Then wait 1 to 4 months and you should have most sprouted by then. Only soak them a few days not weeks. After sprouting most likely you will need to put the sprout in a one gallon pot.Don't break the root it will die if you do. I also check it every week to see how its growing because they are remote germinators and you will need to move the seedling up higher in the pot after it starts to send up its first leaf. Make sure your soil is light and easy to raise the seedling because if you don't it will grow out the bottom of the pot in a short time.Don't let it dry out and don't keep it to wet.Remember don't break the root (its easy to do)Hope this helps

How deep do I burry them (or at all) in the peat and perlite mixture and to what ratio do I mix the peat and perlite?

How deep do I plant it when I move the sprout to a one gallon pot?

And what do you mean move it up higher in the pot when it starts to sprout? Just unbury it some and raise it?

Sorry for all these questions. I just wanna get everything right, haha

When the seed sprouts it will put down a root, then about 2 to 3 inches under the soil it will send up the first leaf. I raise them up because the sinker root will be about 10 inches long and it will grow out of the pot. Its easy to raise it up if your soil is mixed 50/50 peat perilite.

I have germinated Bismarkia. You need very warm soil temps. You also need a very deep pot as they send a very long taproot out. Do not underestimate this if you want it to live. They are very sensitive to root disturbance also at this age at least in my experience. Again, deep pots...

I hope you have a big conservatory in NY as these will get huge and are not longterm houseplants. Good luck!

They do need a very deep pot. As it was explained to me if the pot's not deep enoguh they start to grow crooked because they don't know what side's up. I got two to put up a strap leaf up (about 4 inches now) in my large potted Roebi. The pot is about 3 feet deep. I don't know if they will make it through the winter after the plant is moved in (about a month or so unless we get a freek cold front.

I heard that a one gallon pot was deep enough. Is that true?

I pulled one out of the pot I mentioned above (two more still there and positioned better). The tap root was about a foot long and quarter inch deep.

Hello everyone,

i just am so excited by the fact that my Bismarckia Nobilis has just given me so many seeds. I’m so excited to germinate them. But I have not much clue how to go about it. The seeds are fresh from the tree now. I’m wondering do I need to peel the shell of the seed and remove the pulpy surrounding or not. Can anyone please help me successfully germinate my bismarkia Nobilis seeds. I would be highly grateful. Thanks you can either write here or you can send me inbox on Facebook

Unless you want them to grow up where they're laying it would be better to put them in pots. Trying to move them once they've started growing into the ground could kill them. The roots damage easily. That's why deep pots are best, they give room for the tap root to develop properly. An important factor is also the climate they're in.

Okay great I think I will go with your advice and will shift them in deep pots so that I can easily move them out of the pots and grow them properly my climate is karachi Pakistan it’s not very cold I think it’s a suitable climate for these. Thank you for all the help highly appreciated brother

Karachi should be a very good climate for Bismarckias. Once they've grown up in the pots you shouldn't have any problems planting them out in the ground.