Looks good so far Randy. You should be able to keep humidity up in there as well to try and germinate some "open air" containers. I have found that Zone 5 Indiana is not as germination friendly to tropicals as my old Zone 9B California...to say the least.
Fluctuations in temperature is one key in my opinion but so is fluctuation in humidity and light. In my testing with Musa, Ensete and any palms/cycads I seem to be able to get better germination from many of them cycling seeds from moist to nearly dry while cycling the temps once a day.
On the topic of light, I don't really know if any Musa or Palms absolutely require it but I can't get some of my seeds to germinate without bright
au-natural sunlight???
Somehow in nature something triggers germination at an appropriate time for most plants.....let me know when you figure it out.
