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Originally Posted by -Carrotcarp-
The next day I went back to the Eden Project and this time in the gift shop I saw a pack of banana ‘Musa Acuminata’ seeds (there was 5 seeds In the pack.) I felt inclined to buy them and have a shot at germinating (and perhaps with a little luck) growing them into plants. I looked on the internet about germinating them and after some research I found out that the plants were easy to keep and raise, but the seeds weren’t. Surprisingly enough I wasn’t discouraged but just more determined to propagate these seeds!
You can probably guess what I’m going to say next…HELP! -But its not all bad, I have made a start and I just want to know if what I’m doing will suffice 
Regards -Josh- |
Josh, your topic title says
E ventricosum but you are talking about
M acuminata....
So is it
M acuminata? If so I have some views about it cos I come from the land of the
Musa acuminata subsp malaccensis and the
Musa acuminata subsp truncata.
This is one of the weirder sds as it does not respond to the normal method of sd germn. I have been very successful with germinating just about any
musa or
ensete sds by putting them in a sealed deli cup. With this species, it just does not work. I have tried at different times with more than 2,000 sds. Eventually I just threw them
onto the shaded pots in my garden. I water my plants a few times daily and the sds just pop up after a few weeks. I guess the sds of the
M acuminata sp need more moisture (water) but need to dry up well too before germinating.