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Joe K
03-21-2008, 12:01 PM
Nice fresh seed, about 85/90% germination rate. Conditions are heated glass greenhouse, bottom heat. Seed was very fresh.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/hardytropicals/General%20Sub%20Jan%2028%2008/IMG_3859.jpg
D_&_T
03-21-2008, 12:14 PM
WOW, what kind of prep work did you do?
tropical-pete
03-21-2008, 12:14 PM
Wow!!!!! Where are you, Joe? USA? Europe? And how many seeds did you plant lol there must be loads there! What kind of temps were they at, and did you give them any fluctuation?
Thanks, take care
Pete
Joe K
03-21-2008, 12:25 PM
I'm in New Jersey USA. The seed was not prepared as that does not do anything (in my opinion) but I don't know what you mean, maybe soaking? What else would you do, maybe knick the outer shell? But this was very fresh seed, and I think that this is the only issue with banana seed propagation.
They were sown in Pro Mix PGX and put on a bottom heat that is set at 90 degrees. Sunny days would see temps in at least the 80s or higher in the greenhouse.
But yeah I have a ton of them. I was going to list them for sale on here but it says I need credits or something. I don't know if any nursery people read this though who would be interested in those quantities.
D_&_T
03-21-2008, 12:43 PM
We would be interest in same, as we live in COLD climate winters!
believe with your banana bucks you buy credits to post sales or auctions.
bigdog
03-21-2008, 09:50 PM
Hey Joe! Dude, I'm sorry I didn't mention the "bananabucks" thing. They just started it on here. I have no idea how you could post a for sale add, but seeing as you have several hundred of those babies to get rid of, I'm sure Jarred can figure something out. Or maybe I can just give you mine.
D_&_T
04-19-2008, 10:30 PM
Any updated photos?
Chironex
04-20-2008, 12:09 AM
That is fantastic, I sure hope to have such great success with the seeds I have.
Thanks for the pic too.
mskitty38583
04-20-2008, 09:24 AM
wth the nana bucks you can donate nana bucks to people.ok you can exchange your nana bucks for credits. you need the credits to "purchase" your add on the classiffieds. i had to read the fine print. lol.
mrbungalow
04-20-2008, 03:03 PM
I think that's very impressive joe!!
But I would get them in individual pots ASAP!
Erlend
Dean W.
04-20-2008, 09:11 PM
Cool! Nice germinating!:2703::moonwalknaner::0489:
Dean
Tropicallvr
04-21-2008, 12:47 AM
Last year when I was growing my first one, I was was like "damn this thing grows so fast you could actually sell a crap load of 5 gallon plants in one season, started from seed in December". Nice seedlings, I wish I had a greenhouse.
dablo93
04-21-2008, 01:04 AM
wow, that are LOTS of new naners, congrats with it!!:D
griphuz
04-21-2008, 08:37 AM
Has anybody got some more infor on the species maybe?
Just a collection of Big Sikki's from Dajeerling, or real separate characteristics?
Regards,
Remko.
Tropicallvr
04-21-2008, 12:36 PM
Has anybody got some more infor on the species maybe?
Just a collection of Big Sikki's from Dajeerling, or real separate characteristics?
Regards,
Remko.
It's definatly a hybrid, and based on the leaf characteristics likely a balbisiana hybrid.
bigdog
04-21-2008, 05:50 PM
Nobody's done any DNA work on it yet, and that's not likely to happen anytime in the near future, so we will be left to speculate as to what its parentage (other than sikkimensis) is. It does have balbisiana leaf characteristics, as Kyle said, but so do a lot of other bananas. Seeing as how balbisiana grows nearby (relatively), it's not too much of a stretch to think that it could be.
51st state
04-21-2008, 07:03 PM
Yup thats my understanding of it
Sikkimensis X Balbisiana
Impressive germination %... WOW springs to mind.
tophersmith
03-03-2009, 03:53 PM
Nice fresh seed, about 85/90% germination rate. Conditions are heated glass greenhouse, bottom heat. Seed was very fresh.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/hardytropicals/General%20Sub%20Jan%2028%2008/IMG_3859.jpg
Joe,
How did you over winter these?
Christine1950
03-03-2009, 04:09 PM
Ditto on the WOW'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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