germination comments by our visitors
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Seeds from this species ...
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I bought 100 Musella Lasiocarpa seeds and put 50 in a baggie with well draining soilless mix and 20%sand added.
I prepared the mixture with a little water to be just moist. I kept them at 90 to 95 deg.F. Germination started
in 6 weeks. Received 24 seedlings within 2 months. The other 50 were placed in another baggie with the same
mix but stored in the refrigerater for 6 weeks. When I took themout I kept them at 90 to 97 deg. F. the firstones
started growing in 2 weeks I was so impressed that I finally had results after many previously failed attempts.
The trick seems to be High heat and keeping the medium rather dry. It also seems to be abenefit to cold stratify,
but that may not be necessary. I will be trying a second batch of 100 in the same way to see if the results
are consistent.
Submitted on 06/06/2005 by Chris Wolfe wolfecbr@mail.ocis.net
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
100 seeds soaked in water with 300 ppm gibberelenic acid (06.03.05). 1 day warm 2 days at 4°C. Seeded low
under surface and stored 14 days at 4°C. After 14 days kept warmth an sunny (35°C). Germination partly
occur after 26 days (02.04.05).
Submitted on 10/04/2005 by Michael Nippgen VetMed-M.Nippgen@t-online.de
...difficult to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I've placed 6 seeds in a container with humus rich soil. The container was in my fridge for about 6 weeks. After
that i've placed the container in a propagator at 25 Celsius. After 2 weeks 2 germinted and started to grow
fast, the 4 others are still there...
Submitted on 25/01/2005 by filip hermans filip_hermans@yahoo.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Placed four seeds covered and moist in the fridge for 5 weeks. After taking the seeds out of the fridge, one
seed took two weeks to grow to about 5 centimeters size. (I was away during this period so can't tell the exact
germination time).Waiting for the other three
Submitted on 19/09/2003 by bram brbrbr@zonnet.nl
...difficult to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I've had a very hard time trying to get this seed to germinate i'm wondring if its possible
Submitted on 21/02/2003 by Elaine Terry elaineterry@ns.sympatico.ca
...difficult to germinate and need up to 6 months to
sprout.
Very tricky to germinate. Make sure to first give them at least a month of cool temps before trying to germinate
them. I put mine in plastic bags full of moist vermiculite, and placed them in the fridge for a little over
a month. Then I took the seeds out and placed them on a heating pad. They've now been on the pad for over 2
1/2 months, making the total time to date around 3 to 4 months. They are currently being kept at about 30 degrees
clesius, constantly. They are not the easiest seeds to germinate but are well worth the effort. Beautiful flowers
if you can get them to grow, well worth the effort.
Submitted on 03/03/2003 by Paul Chafe p_chafe@hotmail.com
...very difficult to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
I didn't have any luck with these seeds. They just rotted away, so I must have overwatered them or had bad seeds
to begin with. I am trying a second batch to see if I have better luck.
Submitted on 11/12/2002 by Leslie Price skinnychick2@yahoo.com
plant cultivation comments by our visitors
Also see germination commnets above.
Plants from this species ...
... are of average ornamental value 
In London in England they need much care and grow fast.
I've managed to kill two of these. In each case, the plant weathered the frosts of a London Winter without major damage, but succumbed to basal rot as soon as the weather warmed up in Spring. I suspect that it is accustomed to dry, cold Winters in habitat and did not like the mulch-and-fleece protection that I provided for my small plants, nor the fact that they were competing with a clump of Hedychium densiflorum for light and air during Summer and Autumn. If I happen to acquire another one, I will treat it with benign neglect and give it no Winter protection at all and a good deal more space - something that is at a premium in my urban garden.
Submitted on 19/11/2005 by David Matzdorf davidmatzdorf@blueyonder.co.uk
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Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most
appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation
success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the
best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.
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