The problem starts when they germinate into active cells, at which point they begin to produce seven different toxins, four of which are deadly to humans.
It can also help reduce family stress and help parents provide a psychologically nourishing environment in which learning and social development can germinate.
Many thought this task was impossible but Salon and her horticulturalist partner Rlaine Salaway succeeded in growing a tree from what Salon says is the oldest date seed ever germinated.