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Old 02-12-2007, 08:56 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa Sikkimensis Experiment

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Originally Posted by 51st state View Post
Good call Ron

I was thinking the same sort of thing.

Unbeknown to the wife....... in the airing cupboard, on top of the hotwater tank is a ripe nana in a ziplok bag, I am going to add 25 fresh seeds. As this slowly turns to mush maybe the passing of the 'parent' will help break the seed dormancy ready for planting in the normal way, stands to reason really. we all know that the gas given off by bananas as they ripen, helps ripen others.

we'll see
Hi kev, that is a good experiment, probably you should not wash the
seeds after that as it would not be the natural way i think. The sugars
will keep doing there work further on.
Let us know the results after germination.

ron
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