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Originally Posted by jmoore
Nice one Tog!
However I'm a little concerned to read that my musa sikkimensis red tiger seeds may well be duds! Most displeased about that state of affairs. :-(
I thought RPS supply fresh viable seed. Booooohooooo
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Hey James, I don't think its rps though. I always buy in lots of 100sds and sometimes none will germinate. Examples are
M siamensis,
M coccinea,
M sp Royal purple,
M yunnanensis and a couple more.
There are seed collectors who want to make a fast buck and they tend to stockpile the sds before shipping. Seed cleaning, even if they use a chemical to help out is a tedious process so I guess they do it till a big number is done before shipping to the seed sellers who then advertise them as 'new' or 'fresh'. I have a contact who will get the
M sikkimensis sds freshly collected in Nov this year. So I guess the wait is worth it.
To console you, I have like 300 sds of the both the
M sikkimensis varieties just sitting there for more than a year now. According to my source, his freshly collected sds of the
M sikkimensis normally germinate in a couple of weeks and some come up as fast as 9 days. Gotta check this out then... For me, the Red Tiger variety is a must have, so I don't heck care how many kilos of the sds I am gonna go thru...
