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I dunno....cuttings are a pratty traditional way to propagate date palms. They say if you DON'T dead head them, you'll have voluntters (useless and usually parasitic) all over the place)

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Note to self: when you see typos like THOSE, it's time for bed.

[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.