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Cazieman
05-01-2008, 12:52 AM
i have been trying to germinate this seed for 3 months and it finally sprouted this week! i had scored the seed with a soft sand paper (3M p-500) or about the same as a nail file finish side. and soaked it in water over night and then planted in a 3in pot with miricle grow seed starting soil. i soaked the dirt initially and then put it on top of my water heater. i watered it about every 10 days but a coupple of times i forgot and the soil completelly dryed out.
well it at last germinated and has sprouted a little white stalk with roots.
any advice for helping this one along in to adult hood??

sandy0225
05-01-2008, 06:57 AM
watch your watering real carefully. Not too wet, not too dry. Bright light and warm temps. Not much fertilizer at the first, only like 50 ppm. very weak!
Overwater them a few times and they're goners at that size

Dean W.
05-01-2008, 09:38 AM
Cazieman, good luck with your seedling. Give it plenty of TLC. :woohoonaner:

Dean

Cazieman
05-03-2008, 09:21 PM
i had noticed the shoot was white(was in dark) and since i moved it to a window it has greened up and you can start to see the leaf split in the shoot.

thanks for the advice!

mskitty38583
05-04-2008, 10:12 AM
congrats on your new sprout!!! i havent tried nanas from seeds yet, but yall are giving me hope!:twonanners::bananajoy::0497::07:

tropical-pete
05-04-2008, 10:58 AM
Congrats Cazieman - I'm hoping to get some seed of this Ensete soon, so hopefully I'll be able to get some to germinate too, as it's a beautiful nana!

Thanks, take care

Pete

damaclese
05-04-2008, 11:14 AM
congrats seed can be hard to sprout your thumbs are looking mity green my friend:2748: