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Originally Posted by mrbungalow
Intersting about KNO3.
But again I ask; If a fair percentage of the seeds are un-viable and the rest that ARE viable usually germinate fairly well at changing temperature-regimes, what's the point with soaking, cracking, etc. etc.?
Erlend |
Erlend,
Tetrazolium tests have been done in the past on Musa seeds that wouldn't germinate, and it was found that well over 90% of the seeds that wouldn't germinate had viable embryos. I must admit, you seem to have more success at germinating Musa seeds than anybody else I know of! I still have yet to germinate one Musa sikkimensis seed. Then I marvel at the picture of your plastic box just full of sedlings recently germinated! Of the 150 seeds I've tried so far, no luck. And I only germinated 1 out of 80 M. 'Helen's Hybrid' seeds, and 1/10 M. 'Daj Giant', both M. sikkimensis hybrids. Whatever you're doing, it seems to be working!
Phil Markey (Trebrown) recommends on the forum on his site to use KNO
3 to soften the Musa seed coat. I haven't tried that either, but I do have access to some KNO
3 at school. Maybe I'll give it a go.
I've found in my research that it takes quite some time for the Musa seed to become imbibed. I would recommend soaking the seeds for
at least a week, preferably two, changing the water frequently. Then after soaking, add the seaweed solution to the mix.
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