Where to begin, well I have a small Dwarf Cavendish Banana plant which I brought from the Eden Project, its very easy to look after and has tolerated a lot since I got it. For Christmas I was give a heated propagator a heat mat a non-heated propagator some Perlite some Vermiculite and some seed compost.The unheated propagator had a seed tray with (what i think) is rockwall. The next day I went back to the Eden Project and this time in the gift shop I saw a pack of banana ‘Musa Acuminata’ seeds (there was 5 seeds In the pack.) I felt inclined to buy them and have a shot at germinating (and perhaps with a little luck) growing them into plants. I looked on the internet about germinating them and after some research I found out that the plants were easy to keep and raise, but the seeds weren’t. Surprisingly enough I wasn’t discouraged but just more determined to propagate these seeds!
You can probably guess what I’m going to say next…HELP! -But its not all bad, I have made a start and I just want to know if what I’m doing will suffice
I soaked the seeds for 24 hours before putting them in-between two pieces of warm, moist tissue paper. I wrapped the bowl in cling film to raise the temperature and humidity, but the temperature was still under 15c, so I put the heat mat underneath as well and now the temperature is around 28-29c. WILL THIS WORK!!! That’s what I’ve done so far and now I’m waiting for them to germinate, im adamant on making this work and will appreciate any advice.
I am going to experiment with another pack of seeds and am open to new suggestions Thank You
(what soil should I use?) (Should I use vermiculite?)
Thank You All
Regards -Josh-