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Banana Seed Germination Forum As one of the toughest seeds in the plant kingdom to figure out the keys to germination success with, this is a forum with banana seed germination tips. Please entitle posts like "Musa balbisiana," or "Musa cheesmani," etc. People would then post a reply under that heading, sharing their germination successes (and failures), what materials and methods they used, germination percentage, etc.


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Old 03-24-2010, 05:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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when soaking banana seeds, are they supposed to sink or float because i was told if they sink then they are healthy and if they float then they are bad
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Old 03-24-2010, 05:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Floating seed
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Old 03-24-2010, 07:26 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hey Steven I'd go with that they are dry and take your chances. At the worst you will only get better @ germinating difficult seeds.. Then its all down hill. :^)
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thanks, i was gonna try and get an even exchange for fresher seeds, but if they have a chance....
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Default Re: seeds float or sink?
I've heard the same float/sink thing. Not quite sure how true it is...I had several that sunk and not a single one germinated
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I recently had a an ensete germinate that did not sink so you never know.
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Put seeds into a jiffy greenhouse thingy and used jiffy seed starter soil
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Did they start for you, Steven? Nice setup by the way.
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only the red abyssinians have poped (3)
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Cool, I just ordered some seeds.
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