Thank you so much Randy!!!
Thanks to you I have at least 1 tiny banana plant. I checked last night expecting to see the same lifless dirt I have been looking at for the last 6 weeks and to my surprise there it was, a tiny sprig of green.
Sorry it took so long to post but I have been very busy and just haven't had time to post alot on the forums, and until this point I have had no results.
Here are the details on the germination setup.
The Germinator: Old cracked 20 gallon aquarium with a thermostaticaly controlled heat mat in it and a florescent lighted aquarium cover. The thermostat is plugged into a timer for control of the heating time.
For this batch I chose 12 seeds from the ones that you sent me.
Germination Medium: Ferry Morris Seed starting mix. Nuked it for 2 Mins cause it had mold on it when I opened the bag. BTW 2 minutes isn't enough, mold reappeared after a couple of weeks but not on the seeds!
Pregermination Method: Seeds soaked for two days, no water change
Germination Method: Using the ziploc container method and a germinator
I put the germinator into a day night cycle of 12 Hours of High Temp (90 - 95 deg) then 12 Hours of Low Temp (50 to 60 deg).
Date: Status:
11/1/2007 Placed 12 seed in a Ziploc container in medium.
11/7/2007 No changes yet, still tweeking the germinators temp
12/18/2007 First Sprout!!!
Days To First Germination: 48 Days
I just hope I can keep it alive until summer!
Hey I noticed in your earlier post that we both started our seeds on the same day November 1. I guess you won the race! LOL
Thanks again for your generosity.
I will post more as results come in.