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Old 07-16-2015, 11:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: How to hybridize, store pollen, etc.

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Originally Posted by Going Bananas View Post
Siege
Have you ever tried palm culture?
Hybridization of more cold tolerant
and resistant hybrids that
can sell $100+ for a gallon size.
Everyone @palmtalk.org wants a cocos nucifera
that can grow and produce fruit in a
temperate climate like SoCAL.

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I have a Trachycarpus fortunei palm, and am going to get a few more, but I think that palms grow too slowly here for hybridization. It would be a long time before they bloom. But surprisingly Oklahoma does have its own native Sabal palm population to the south.
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