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Olafhenny · 05-03-2012, 02:26 PM

After 7 weeks finally some signs of life

Well, the ‘signs of life’ occurred about 5 or 6 days earlier, but I wanted to make sure, that I was not
fooled again.

I am still puzzled, how out of this convoluted mess a respectable citrus tree can emerge.

That is one out of the four, which I had soaked on March 15 and planted on March 16 in peat moss
pots. Later, following advice, I transferred 2 of them into plastic bags with some moist peat moss.
Since I had to handle these bags for inspection (the peat moss caked around the seeds and made it
difficult to find them), the seeds tumbled around a lot. Since it occurred to me, that this could not
be good, I transferred the two survivors once again into little pots, covered them only very lightly
with peat moss and the whole thing with Saran Wrap, thus hopefully providing the same
humid environment as in a plastic bag.

That is also the method I am now using on the 5 (out of 6) survivors of the next badge. The high
mortality rate is mostly attributable to clumsy handling and inexperience on my part.

05-03-2012, 02:26 PM	#33 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 297,528 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: Seeds for Quất, possibly the most attractive and hardy citrus… After 7 weeks finally some signs of life Well, the ‘signs of life’ occurred about 5 or 6 days earlier, but I wanted to make sure, that I was not fooled again. I am still puzzled, how out of this convoluted mess a respectable citrus tree can emerge. That is one out of the four, which I had soaked on March 15 and planted on March 16 in peat moss pots. Later, following advice, I transferred 2 of them into plastic bags with some moist peat moss. Since I had to handle these bags for inspection (the peat moss caked around the seeds and made it difficult to find them), the seeds tumbled around a lot. Since it occurred to me, that this could not be good, I transferred the two survivors once again into little pots, covered them only very lightly with peat moss and the whole thing with Saran Wrap, thus hopefully providing the same humid environment as in a plastic bag. That is also the method I am now using on the 5 (out of 6) survivors of the next badge. The high mortality rate is mostly attributable to clumsy handling and inexperience on my part. __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.