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Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi
Wow...your python experiments sound really cool. I took a field herpetology class in undergraduate and had the opportunity to work with rattlesnakes and a bunch of other reptiles/amphibians. It was very fun and interesting!
Though this thread is mildly hilarious to me. Not that I'm laughing at you by any means. I just find it a bit funny that many of us here have tried sterile growing conditions and a wealth of other complex sprouting methods....but you, you can just toss some wet seeds in a bag or WHOLE BANANAS in a jar and they grow! LOL. Keep on doing what you do!
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Ha! Bryan, I am glad you caught my drift about the sterile germination media thingy! Great! I have actually meant this thread to be a
mild satire on the regular germination methods. I think 'naner sds germination
should not be compared with the germination of sds of
other plant genus as their nature is totally different. As many people are aware 'naner sds are one of the worst to work with.
Here's a summary;
Incident#1 - musa sds seem to have a natural resistance towards fungal growth in a high humidity environment.
Incident#2 - The talk about natural germination inhibitor in the pulp needs to be investigated further as the sdlgs came up from a whole fruit.
As you have read, I did not purposely do both these methods but they came on their own unexpectedly. One of the members here, Christian, have lots of personal comm with me on the subject of germination and I am always stiffed neck about certain theories. We enjoy our regular mails on this subject very much though we argue alot. Of course if I put these theories here, some experts will jump on me at once!
Talking about your experience with
Crotalids (rattlers) please be very careful with them as I have had many before and they are one of the most nervous snakes I have worked with.