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...difficult to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
I did the standard soak in warm tap water for 5 days, then dipped in a 20% bleach solution for about 15 minutes and sown in a 50-50 by volume moist mixture of Canadian peat and perlite. These seeds were kept outside during the summer and autumn months in Central Florida and saw temps mostly in the 80s F/ upper 20s C with higher and lower day and night temps. Of ten seeds that I received, 5 ultimately germinated. Two lived long enough to actually produce a green sprout while the other three only produced a seedling root. All five died after I brought the Sterilite container they were in inside my house and they dried out. Germination was very erratic with the first germinating about 15 weeks after sowing, and the last (I'm estimating) about 25 weeks after sowing. Overall they may be a bit easier than I have listed to germinate, but they appear to need moisture and cannot dry out. Also, they may need more than the six months I listed here, but that is probably about the average. Two seeds (9 months after receipt) may still be viable and I'm waiting to see what happens with them.
Submitted on 27/03/2003 by Jason C. Skelly Skellsbells@aol.com

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