Editing Syagrus cardenasii (section)

===Culture:===
A sunny, sandy, well drained position, and kept on the dry side.
Probably frost hardy.

This was posted by Nigel to the IPS Forums on Aug 17 2005 and deals with ''S. cardenasii'' germination.

In the case of ''Syagrus cardenasii'' I almost lost every seed I germinated. Despite putting them in deep pots they sent down an extremely deep taproot and the new leaf emerged from the shoot at the BOTTOM of the pot leaving no room for any roots as they were air pruned as soon as they tried to form.
It all looked completely normal from above, it wasn't until the seed energy was expended that they started to keel over. This palm has subterranean trunk, which is the reason why, but I had no idea it would go so deep from the outset, therefore if you grow from seed use a very, very deep pot.