sammy
02-07-2014, 07:10 PM
Hi all.
I received these seeds from FlaFlowerFloozie and soaked them in warm water for two days and then put them in a baggie with damp sphagnum moss which I put on top of my electric hot water heater. I then covered the baggie with some insulation to keep the heat in.
I believe the seeds were about a month and a half old when I received them. I started on October 6 and today I checked (Feb 7) and I have three fresh sprouts.
Of course I checked them everyday and turned the bag over so the seeds wouldn't dry out, and gave them a spray with water when it got too dry in the bag.
Now I have potted one up with regular potting soil with added perlite and sat the seed on top of a little perlite island and covered that with more perlite and watered it.
The idea behind the perlite is to help stop the damping off.
I then put a clear cup upside down on top of the first cup and taped the seam to keep the fresh sprout from drying out.
Hope this works.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55677&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55677&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55678&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55678&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55679&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55679&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55680&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55681&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55681&ppuser=15955)
I received these seeds from FlaFlowerFloozie and soaked them in warm water for two days and then put them in a baggie with damp sphagnum moss which I put on top of my electric hot water heater. I then covered the baggie with some insulation to keep the heat in.
I believe the seeds were about a month and a half old when I received them. I started on October 6 and today I checked (Feb 7) and I have three fresh sprouts.
Of course I checked them everyday and turned the bag over so the seeds wouldn't dry out, and gave them a spray with water when it got too dry in the bag.
Now I have potted one up with regular potting soil with added perlite and sat the seed on top of a little perlite island and covered that with more perlite and watered it.
The idea behind the perlite is to help stop the damping off.
I then put a clear cup upside down on top of the first cup and taped the seam to keep the fresh sprout from drying out.
Hope this works.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55677&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55677&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55678&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55678&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55679&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55679&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55680&ppuser=15955)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55681&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55681&ppuser=15955)