Re: Musa Cheesemanii
I read a scientific paper on using magnesium sulphate to aid germination in a type of seed; unfortunately I've forgotten which type of seed, but they used a concentration of 1 g/l to soak the seeds as a control and they went right up to 5g/l before it started to show a detrimental effect.
It has definately spead up the germination time considerably.
My thinking is the seed needs to absorb nutrients in order to trigger germination, some micro nutrients are required for germination. They do get these nutrients through the germinating media, if you use compost, but the uptake is very slow. I think I'm speeding up the process.
I may try a very weak nutrient solution to see if that makes a difference.
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