Date Germination:
1) Pour almost boiling hot water over the seeds and allow them to soak for 24 hours.
2) Use a heated propagator, keep the soil at or above 77 F.
3) Plant it in a small container with a very thin layer of soil & only half-buried. Never fully cover Date seeds. Keep moist, but not wet, and do not allow to dry out fully.
4) As with any Tropical Palm seed, germination will be erratic, so patience is needed. Some may come up within 3 weeks, while most will take up to several months to sprout. Well worth the wait!