damaclese

I have a very good luck germinating Ventricosum
I always use a peat Plugs they're not sterile. Also on my last batch of the seats in a jar and accidentally left them in the sun for four days the water was extremely hot approximately 140°! But plant them anyway. The first seeds germinate in less than seven days. nine seeds germinated total so far. 11 them are still sitting there planted approximately four months ago. And then planted some Ensete Superbum. That was approximately July 15. Same conditions so far none have Germinated again all Soils were contaminated with naturally occurring bacteria. I just wanna say that for most of my life I have never used sterile soil mixes. i grew up in a farming community with thousands of gardeners and in the old days no one had sterile potting soil. You just took some soil from the garden edit some sand or if you were lucky some vermiculite because that's all you had so I don't know if this is relevant but these farmers seem to be pretty successful at growing food without seed mats germination stations sterile soil warming pads grow hormones and all this other stuff that everyone is using. i Think The rotten fruit and Planting in the garden if If you live in the right zone are Probably going to get the best Results didn't You post A seed Germination study gab that Suggested that nicking was a vary good way to go?

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