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I soaked my Musa Sikkimensis seeds last fall for 4 days, changing water each day to leach out germination inhibitors, and to keep the water oxygenated. I had 3 sprout out of 20. The most important thing I think is seed freshness. I am doing an experiment with some musa velutina seeds I had from my own bananas this fall. It seems its popular to soak bamboo seeds in plain salt water 1/10 ratio for 5 minutes. Since they are just extra, and I did not pay for them, I figure I will try it. Fresh seeds are problematic with mold, I hope the salt will kill any spores. Sikkimensis seems to need temperature fluctuations to me. I heated them for a period of time with bright light, and then let them be cold with darkness. I also had best success with germination in damp paper towel in a zip lock bag.

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