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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 03-04-2017, 02:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I bought seeds of musa: yunnanensis, sikkemensis, thomsonii, helens hybrid and red tiger from rare palms. After my previous attempts resulting in failure I wasnt hopeful, but I soaked the seeds in 800ppm ga3 for a day and a half. Well 5 weeks later I have had between 25 - 100 percent germination with more popping up every day. Will upload pics but very happy.
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yeah, I have not been hopeful either. 800 parts per million of ga3. thanks. sorry for the ignorance, but what is ga3?
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yeah, I have not been hopeful either. 800 parts per million of ga3. thanks. sorry for the ignorance, but what is ga3?

GA3 = Gibberellic Acid = A potent hormone plant growth regulator. It is used to improve plant growth and yields.......
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Any chance of sharing some first pics yet?
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Tried to upload them, keeps telling me error file cant be uploadef contact admin. Was from smartphone. Will open up laptop and try from there.
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Ok, thats convoluted but got it to go. Most look like this. Will take more pics tomorrow and upload them.
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One at a time theyre all poking their heads up.
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A pic of the average growth of each seedlings species. Left to right;
Musa sikkemensis red tiger, musa helens hybrid, musa sikkemensis, musa thomsonii, musa yunnanensis. Pic is a week old now. Given them a feed since.
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Red tiger and Helens hybrid are box beautiful you will enjoy them. Especially Helens hybrid.
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They look great! Thank you for sharing
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I have plans for the yunnanensis and thomsonii, so hoping they catch up.
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