Date Palms

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Originally posted by Rene Siracusa

I have two large mature Medjool Date Palms grown from seed and they have never fruited. I did some checking years ago and learned that we don't have their preferred pollinator here in Hawaii. And with all the spikes on their fronds, I am not about to climb up with a feather and do the job myself.

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The problem with seedlings is that you have to have a female tree to get dates. Its about a 50/50 chance, but you could have been lucky with your date palms and have a male and female. Like most fruit, however, date seeds aren't "true". That is, you will more than likely get inferior fruit from a seedling palm. Commercial Medjool growers always use cutting from from superior quality, heavy bearing palms.