Re: Musa basjoo
In terms of attempting to germinate the seeds.. I sowed them extremely fresh.. more or less straight out of the fruit within a few hours of detaching the fruit.
Ive gone about 3 methods for sowing... 50 seeds were sown in a traditional 50 cell tray with no cover on. 25 were sown in a half tray which has then been inserted inside a polythene bag. The renaining 25 were sown on paper towels which were then inserted into a ziplock freezer bag. One of these methods may work hopefully.
The interesting thing about the stands of Musa basjoo is they appear to come from different provenance to each other.. one is taller than the others and they have been cross pollinated. What has pollinated them to produce viable seed is more interesting though... the evidence is pointed towards shield bugs.
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