Ensete Ventricosum - Sprouting Now
 

Here is my first Ensete Ventricosum sprout!!! :woohoonaner: It has three tiny little water droplets on the sprout. Isn't it cute?





In this picture I pushed away the peat so you could see the top of the seed itself. With this being the first one I didn't want to disturb it to much. But will try to show the roots of the next one! :)


I received these seeds the day before Thanksgiving, so this is right at 6 weeks from receiving them to first sprout. Hope I will have more to follow soon!

~JaNan

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WOOT!!! YAHOOO!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

THRILLED JANAN!!! :D ~Cheryl

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Great feeling ;)
Congrats!
:woohoonaner:

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Second that! The couple I kept from seed( E. Glaucum and M Sikkimensis var. Darjeeling Giant) are among my favorites. Congrats on the sprouts!:woohoonaner:

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Wow that is neat :^) Congrats

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2nd Day growth has almost doubled in size! :woohoonaner: My camera flash is bleaching out the color a bit - it is a light green.





I want to thank Zoloff for sending me these seeds!!!!! :goteam:

~JaNan

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Very nice! Congrads!

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I have already had to put this one in a cup. It grows very fast!



~JaNan

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Last week I knocked my grow light onto my Velutina and Ensete seedlings. :( The Velutina fell to the floor and it didn\'t make it. The Ensete immediately bruised and I thought it would die as well, but it has pulled through. :goteam: The darkness you see on the pstem was where it bruised and it has grown that much since the accident. The slight deformity and discoloration on the leaf tip was the bruise. Here is my darling Ensete today 1/14/09:

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Good News! :woohoonaner: I have my second Ensete Ventricosum sprout. I just put it into a cup and we will see what happens. This is from the seeds I received from Zoloff the week of Thanksgiving and the second group I have attempted germination. :goteam:





The first sprout shown in this thread didn't make it, I am sad to say. But I have another chance now.....and hoping I will get a few more to sprout....and hoping I can continue taking pictures as it grows into a BIG ensete! :)

~JaNan

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I am so excited for you, way to go!!! Keep us posted with new pics :lurk:

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Sorry to hear about the other sprout :( Best of luck on this one...glad you have a second shot at it!!

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5 ENSETE VENTRICOSUM

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aw baby bananas are so cute.. they look sorta like corns don't they : )

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Hi, i just ordered Ensete seeds, can't wait for them to arrive. I noticed your seed is on the surface of the soil. Does seed push up that way? Do you plant it the depth of the seed? I also ordered a heating matt. Appreciate any information you can give me.
Thanks Raggedy(Lynda)

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Raggedy - I put the seed under the peat about seed depth. I brushed the peat back to show the seed for the pictures. You can see in the first pictures the little mound behind the seed. When I transferred to the cup I just let it stay exposed. This second sprout the seed is completely covered. Patience will be the key factor. It was 6 weeks before I saw anything with the first sprout and have read it can take longer (for some people sooner - but that was not my experience). I recently acquired other types of banana seeds and 4 weeks have been the soonest to see anything. I try different methods for germination. I do soak all the seeds 24 to 48 hours before planting. I have scarified and haven't (with all the different types of seeds), and with these two sprouts neither were scarified. Hope this helps and Good Luck!

~JaNan

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I have some seeds that seem viable. I hope they turn out like yours :^)

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Few new ones



I keep them in germ. box for all time now and just add new seeds in. So they are popping every week now. Its easyer to maintain them this way than with many of them at once.
:woohoonaner:

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Mine are just being stubborn :^) (Probably have Olives coming up first for me)

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Any updates?:bananas_b

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My third Ensete Ventricosum seedling:

July 31 2010


August 2 2010


August 8 2010


August 20 2010


How is everyone's seedlings growing now?

~JaNan

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I have not had any luck with the Ensete seeds. I dont think they were viable to start; they seem to kinda have neutral bouyancy in the water before I planted them. I planted them in early September last year and not a one has sprouted... Seems like good money thrown out the window! Great job JaNan, they look like they are well on there way to becoming monsters. I f by chance they flower I would love to pay you for some FRESH seeds!

Drew

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way to go jananas!! i dont have any ensete seeds planted..but
i think im going to get some..
ones i have planted so far..no sign of sprouting..but im patient..
i think..LOL

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I planted 20 Ensete Ventricosum seeds a few weeks ago. I was excited because after 6 days, one sprouted. Unfortunately, that was the only one so far haha I used a tupperware container sitting on top of my cable box.

The one that sprouted is doing well. It is working on it's 3rd leaf now.

I'll give the rest of the seeds another month or so before I scratch/nick them.

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Ok Cheson; just 19 more to go, and as fast as the first sprouted, you should get at least a75% rate do you think? where did you buy your seeds, if you bought?

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way to go cheson:goteam
im jealous.. still waiting on my seeds to show sprouting..
i do have varieties that will take awhile to sprout..
so..patience.. sigh..LOL

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Remember to never give up on those 'duds'! I just found some seedlings after 4, 5, or 6 years....can't even remember how long ago I threw them into the discard pile of soil.

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no sign of sprouting here YET>>> lol
ive seen on ebay a hobbiest..im guessing.. is selling some
of their seeds ensete varieties.. BIG seeds is the advert..
i dont have any ensetes (as seeds)..so thinking of buying some
and see how they do..
? my understanding...? help me here.. is most ensetes are easy to
get to sprout???
sort of feeling like spring here.. :woohoonaner:

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I bought mine on ebay from a seller name Georgia Vines (?). The rest didn't sprout. So my ratio was 1 out of 20.

The one that sprouted is still under T5 lights. I'll wait a few more weeks before acclimating it outside.

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Did the plants survive? I'm trying to grow some from seed. Did you use a grow light? If so, any insight?