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Originally Posted by Mark Hall
Like Brent said the growth rate in such a short time is amazing. I have tried a few times with seed but so far no good.
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Mark, I think it applies to all
Ensete grown in the right condition. My first sp is the
E superbum. The moment it took off, I get
1 new leaf everyday! Yes, 1 per day! I was of course baby-ing it like crazy, 3-4 times watering daily and fert every wk or more.
Sine then, I have germinated
E ventricosum,
E glaucum and
E livingstonianum. I grow them in very porous burnt top soil. Within 1 month of germn, I started feed them sheep dung processed fert from NZ every week. They are now giving me 1 new leaf every 2 days. I guess they really crave heat and water and lots of food.
They all took an average of 12 days to germinate at a day temp of approx 100F and night at low 90F.
