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Old 10-29-2009, 05:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hello,

I recently joined your group so I can learn more about bananas, especially propagation by seed. I've been growing about 5 or 6 different kinds of bananas that are hardy here for about 5 years. I'm in Zone 7/8 in North Carolina. We used to be Zone 7, but now we're warming up to Zone 8.

I have a huge musa velutina that has loads of pink bananas. The peelings on all of the bananas in one clump have broken open. At what point do I harvest the seed? Then how do I treat them to get germination? I have purchased seeds before but had no success. I have read that the seed need to be fresh and now I definitely have fresh seed.

Ten days ago I removed the seeds from one banana that had split open, soaked them for 24 hours and then planted in a seed starting mix. Nothing has happened yet. After reading comments here, I'm considering using bottom heat during the day. They are indoors in plastic with a consistent temperature of around 75F.

Any advice about when to collect and how to start seeds will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Kaye-ccf
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