Thinking of growing cabbage palms from seed? You might consider following in the wake of some raccoons. Many animals seem to love cabbage palm fruits, and raccoons in particular seem fond of entire meals of nothing but cabbage palm fruits. The seeds pass through undigested and you can often find small piles of seeds after the raccoon’s digestive system is done with them.
While the raccoons enjoy the fruit, tiny bruchid beetles enjoy the seeds. Kyle Brown found extensive predation on cabbage palm fruit by these extremely small beetles and this has been confirmed by other researchers.
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