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Originally Posted by Tropicallvr
Has anyone had any luck germinating musa seeds in a truly tropical climate? They seem like they need the temp fluctuation, but is it possible in the summer, or even in the winter? And what species have worked for you?
Thanks
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Well I was looking at this old thread by Kyle and there was no answer to his
original question. Look at the pix below and you will see the small 'naner sprouts on the right side of the pot.
Now here's the story; it's an unintentional thing which I did actually. I had a bunch of ripen
M-a-s-malaccensis fruits in the car porch and a tree shrew came around and ate some of the fruits and littered the floor with seeds. I had wanted to throw the sds away but then I thought why not chuck them into a pot and see what happens. I just threw them onto the soil and
did not sow them as I would with soil on top. Then I forgot about it. Some 3 wks later I noticed a couple of green shoots in the same pot and then only I realised that the sds have sprouted.
The pot is in the open in the garden and during that time it was raining quite regularly and if it didn't, I watered the whole area as usual. The day time temp is around 90F+ and night about 80F. So no magic here.
The thing I noticed is that the sprouts come up
more robust than those I have germinated in the clear deli boxes. Probably the sun light helped them alot.
Go figure....
