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elgordo
10-11-2010, 07:25 PM
Hello everyone. I received the seeds about two months ago, soaked them for three days, and put them in a starter medium and covered the pots with Saran Wrap, putting them in front of the fireplace or in the greenhouse to generate some high humidity. They haven't even begun to germinate! Am I doing anything wrong, or are they just really hard to germinate?
Syndie
10-11-2010, 08:40 PM
I germinated these last summer! Soaked 8 seeds only 24 hrs, planted them in starter mix inside of one of those glad plastic containers with a few holes poked in the side and placed them on top of my cable box where it stays warm. 5 seeds sprouted, the first one in 6 weeks the last in 10.
In fact I sprout all kinds of seeds on my cable box, most recently medjool dates that sprouted in just over 1 week. Out of 12 seeds I got 11 plants now 6-8 inches tall sitting on my window sill. the cable box doesn't get hot but it does provide nice even warm soil temp and keeps the humidity up.
elgordo
10-11-2010, 11:27 PM
I guess I still have to wait. I started dates from pits as well, and they take no time to germinate! They take forever to grow, though. One is a year and a half, and it still grows immature leaves.
natej740
10-12-2010, 11:23 AM
it took me almost 6 months for my velutinas to sprout... I was seriously about to throw them out and when I checked one last time I saw a sprout....I ended up with almost 40 but I'm only down to 2 plants that survived....
coast crab
10-14-2010, 08:51 PM
This probably won't help, but what the hell....
I had a nice clump of velutina growing and fruiting in one area of my garden. I quickly learned to cut off the fruit and throw it away because they came up everywhere. I dug the plants and moved them to the other side of the property, and made sure to throw away any bananas. Three years later I still have seedlings coming up where they were planted before. Moral of the story... velutina seeds stay viable for a long time. They are like timed-release banana seeds. I know that no one likes looking at a pot of dirt for 2 years (or more), but it may take that long.
That's my 2 cents.
Russell
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