2,000-Year-Old Judean Date Seed Growing Successfully

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1-30-06 | Ezra HaLevi

[ndt]

"I dunno....cuttings are a pratty traditional way to propagate date palms. "

You could be 100% correct. I'm just repeating what I remember from a friend of mine who was doing some post grad work at UCD specifically on date palms. I did used to own a wholesale nursery, but never worked with palms of any sort myself.

[blam]

"Ping"

Thanks for the ping. I've read that mosquito eggs can lay dehydrated in the soil for up to 10 years and then hatch as the right conditions come along.

[Mamzelle]

There are stories in Texas about the Bluebonnet flower (a lupine) growing on the footprint where century-old houses are razed. The seeds last very long--

[cake_crumb]

Like you, I do trees, but not date palms. I'm only going on the Pheonix date and the little I know of it.

[Polybius]

Judean bronze coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt era

[socal_parrot]

Mmmmmm dates....

[nmh]

I remember hearing about this when by chance they planted it. They didn't expect it to grow. I'm happy to hear it's doing well.

[hole_n_one]

Date Shakes

A match making service for singles with epilepsy?

I am soooooo bad.

[socal_parrot]

LOL

[SJackson]

I don't have the links, but there were several articles here at the time.

[Sarajevo]

Because I doubt a date seed could survive 2000 years. Awww, c'mon, I planted and am growing a date palm from a seed that I got from the local HEB. No telling how old THAT was! /sarc

[blam]

"There are stories in Texas about the Bluebonnet flower (a lupine) growing on the footprint where century-old houses are razed. The seeds last very long--"

I know about Texas Bluebonnets.

I wanted to plant some and did, for two years and nothing ever came up. So, on the third year I went to the nursery (Richmond, Tx) and complained to a little old lady there about my lack of success.
She looked around in all directions and said that she had been told not to give advise on plants.
After she was sure no-one would hear her she told me to take and boil the seeds, then freeze them, three times then plan the seeds...I had Bluebonnets, galore.
Apparently, Bluebonnets don't come up for three years after they're planted and she had me simulate three seasons by boiling and freezing.

Now, is that a good true story or what?

[uglybiker]

I'm turely interested in seeing the Judaen date harvested once again.

What is the difference between this palm and those grown in the area today?

(other than being from California)

[Carry_Okie]

Dated information.

I wonder if they have 2,000 year old pollen with which to propagate it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Waggs. I think we had a few like this last year, probably different seeds but similar stories, so I'm just adding this to the catalog. Thanks again.

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"2,000-Year-Old Judean Date Seed Growing Successfully"

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[sasquatch]

Dated information.

:~)

[mvpel]

Because I doubt a date seed could survive 2000 years.

Those are finicky plants from what I remember (Scicilian GG-father had 2 that he'd bend over and bury every fall)

A thread was posted here when the seed first sprouted. It took a lot of careful fussing in preparation to get this one seed to sprout, and it took months to germinate as I recall.

[SunkenCiv]

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