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Seeds from this species ...
... are easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
These little bananas seem to think that they are weeds. I planted 100 seeds in a flat of seed starter mix and it looks like a jungle! Daytime temps of over 100 degrees F and plenty of moisture seem to agree with them.
Submitted on 31/07/2006 by William Read weread@mac.com
... are very easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Just put them in baggie with moist seed starting mix and pretty much forgot about them on top of a shelf. Checked for any signs of germination every week or so. The other day when I checked almost all 12 of the seeds I got had germinated all at once. Planted them in regular potting soil. One rotted away the rest still showing signs of growth. The biggest one is getting ready to unroll it's first leaf after only a few days. The others still in the baggy are now germinating too. Germination was about 4 months.
Submitted on 27/11/2005 by J Hamilton quitsteppingonmytail@juno.com
... are easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Soaked in water for a couple days put into moist seed starting mix in a baggie. Nothing for about 3 1/2 months, then about half the seeds have germinated in the past few days. I'm sure the rest are soon to follow.
Submitted on 19/11/2005 by J Hamilton quitsteppingonmytail@juno.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Very fresh seeds are soaked in 150 ppm Gibberelenic Acid for 1 to 2 days. Seeded at 35°C and in sunny position
at soil surface. Germination beginns after 2 weeks. At the moment after 5 weeks germination rate is up to 50%.Gibberelenic
Acid is not a must be, but helps faster germination. Without may be seeds need 1 to 2 weeks more.
Submitted on 19/02/2005 by Michael Nippgen VetMed-M.Nippgen@t-online.de
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I just put it in a pot in a plastic bag and waited for a while. The bag was thouroughly moist with some water
at the bottom, and the seed was in miracle grow soil with a 40% mix.
Submitted on 27/04/2003 by Kyle Wicomb Kewondom@yahoo.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
It took 4 months to germinate the seed. This was the first seed I every tried to germinate so I just put it
in a plastic bag full of very moist soil and I placed it infront of the west facing window(at the seattle latitude
of 48 degrees from january to may) i waited and waited and later lost hope with it and went on vacation and
when I came back there was a small sprout. I didn't do anything besides plant it so thats why I say it is easy
to germinate.
Submitted on 19/04/2003 by kyle wicomb kewondom@yahoo.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Soak in water a few days. Sow 1/2 inch deep in well drained soil. Moisten soil lightly. Provide bright light,
warmth and high humidity.
Submitted on 19/02/2003 by Patricia Mary Boyle pboylecharley@hotmail.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I soaked 6 seeds for 3 days in warm water in february and then I placed them in a zip lock bag at 30C. I hung
a heat lamp over them while I believed that room temperature (18 C) is not enough. 50% (3 from 6) sprouted within
21 days, and I suspect the rest will follow soon.
Submitted on 09/03/2003 by Ahti Lyra ahti.lyra@lilleait.ee
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Soaked for a day or two, planted in ordinary potting soil mixed with sand, kept warm (80 to 90 degrees). 1st
germination in about 5 weeks.
Submitted on 01/03/2003 by Steve Flynn sflynn22@mac.com
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 1 month to sprout.
verry easy i did it the simplest way possibl.First i soaked the
seeds for 2 days and did not refresh the water like some people
say , i took coccopeat in did it in a plastic bag where i mixed
the seed in.Than i hang the seeds on the sealing in the livingroom
where it is during the day 15c and evening and nicht about 25 to
27 c, this is because the warmt go's up.the first seedgermination
also apeart after 13 days.So now you now my secret ,its verry simple
and i hope you can try my tip also succesfully.
Submitted on 03/01/80 by johan johan.boeckmans@pandora.be
...very difficult to germinate and
need more than 1 year to sprout.
Also end of May 01 I got from rarepalmseeds seeds of Musa velutina.
No germination now, 7 month later. Even some Internet sources says
that they are difficult with a poor rate to germinate.
Submitted by Jens JensBluetling@onlinehome.de
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