Current Date Palms for Sale – Grown from Seed planted March ’23 – SAFE to plant without guard in protected locations. Once in ground – provided you maintain moist soil – they are easy to establish with regular small applications of water.
Dates only thrive in deserts with irrigation – they need access to moist soil to produce a crop – however once established they can survive extended dry periods. They respond to humus rich soils.
All Dates grown in 160 mm Super Tubes now 250 mm inc Tube with roots just starting to emerge = Box of 4/20 ORDER Below at Bottom of Page
Palms are at ONE SINGLE LEAF Leaf Stage = SEE PHOTO 7 Below.
NOW is OPTIMUM AGE of Palms to PLANT so Palms can develop new inground roots
QLD NSW VIC ONLY
Mixed Date Varieties grown from Medjool – Thory – Zahidi – Bou Skry – Bou Fergus
P. dactylifera
Form: Palm to 3 -6 metres. Evergreen.
Functions: Livestock do not eat mature palm leaves – which makes Date Palms ideal for planting on dam walls to stop livestock from trampling the banks.
Frost and Hardiness: Handles minus 10 C. This is a mix of varieties grown from FIVE VARIETIES OF SEED see Photo Below. All seedlings are mutants – that is – not identical to parent stock – so the exact type of date palm grown from seed is always a NEW VARIETY. Palms like a hot dry head with wet feet. Not suited to high humidity as the fruit may rot – however the palm itself will grow. Dates needs water – from an oasis or spring – or on the edge of farm dams. Suitable for most part of Inland Australia with water.
Planting: Year round. Tree guards may useful but not essential if planted in a sheltered spot.
Product: All seedlings grown from a blend of dates with significant potential variations due to multiple male pollinators used.
Ultra TUBES: Seedlings in New Longer 200 mm Ultra Tubes
Growth Rate: This palm (in photo) reached 2.5 metres by about year 8. Dates will all have variable growth rates and formations. Medjool is more short and clumping – while others are tall with straight trunks.
Natural Range and Soil Type: Grows here in heavy clay that was dug up from dam.
Predators: To date tested with sheep and cattle. Cattle ignore mature palms. Sheep and cattle will eat small palms.
PHOTO 1: Date Palm at Janahn Forest – Jimbour – with fruit. This tree has self pollinated and without a male pollinator has produced a seedless date.
PHOTO 1a: 2 year old date Palm on edge of Adgingbong.
PHOTO 2: This Date Palm was grown from Medjool Seed – planted 2007 – produced first mature fruit March 2019. Planted here on dam ledge with Old Man Saltbush. It has never required water as its roots have accessed the dam wall.
PHOTO 3: These 2 Palms were planted into a burnt out Leucaena Clump on edge of Water Hole. Now responding with rapid growth after big rain of 2022.
PHOTO 4: Dates at 2-3 Leaf/Fond Stage. 4 Months Old. 400 mm Tall including 200mm Ultra Tube. DATE of PHOTO: Jan. 2020
PHOTO 5: Dates taking shape – in Ultra Tubes DATE of PHOTO: Oct 2020
PHOTO 6: Four different varieties of Dates – We only grow datres from seeds – the result is potentially a better plant with more natural fertility – or a similar plant – or a completely new variety.
PHOTO 7: Four month old Palms at Single Leaf Stage – with roots starting to emerge from base. Dates have fast growing roots – so this is the optimum age to plant – roots can grow 1 metre in length in soft soil within first 12 months – roots are a mesh like structure that spreads out in all directions seeking water. On edge of waterhole roots are 2 metres deep and can now be seen as waterhole drys up to expose roots.
