ktbown

I was suprised by the first sprouting sikkimensis seed after only 12 days following a 2 day soak........ did the alternating temps 60 at night 80 day .. the ensete's I have grown took twice this long to germinate.. I did these in the damp paper towel method .. Thanks for all of the informative threads these really helped me alot!!!!!

the flying dutchman

Congrats





Ron

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Mark Hall

Are they the same seeds we all got from kyle ?

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Time Flies like an Arrow.....Fruit flies like a Banana.

D_&_T

going to try to plant ours this weekend, and what % of germination?

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Dan & Tara
in need of greenhouse

ktbown

I did get these seeds from Kyle..... they must be really fresh seed !!!

Tropicallvr

One thing I forgot to mention is the M.sikkimensis X paradisica seems to be pretty touchy about transplanting too soon after germination. I made that mistake and lost a bunch, but alot of the survivors were doubles.
I also found that the temps were pretty low(high 50's to 80's) for germination, and the M.balbisiana seemed to prefer a little higher temps.
The seeds aren't brand spankin new, just stored well.