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Tropicallvr · 10-06-2006, 05:23 PM

Quantity really helps for getting at least a couple to sprout, but then sometimes you end up with too many if it is an easy sprouter.
My easiest fresh or old seed have got to be Musa cheesmanii first(just germinated some really old stored ones), as well as M.nagesium(one that have same seed shape/look as cheesmanii) followed by Musa acuminata types, then Musa balbisiana, Musa paradisica types, Ensete ventricosum, E.glaucum, E.superbum (India).
Just sprouted some Musa sikkimensisX paradisica(one had three shoots), Musa sikkimensisX Naj Giant, Musa sp 'Violet', and all the M.Cheesmanii that I sowed.
Just changed my sprouting method from baggie to a setup like Erlands, except I'm leaving the top off, and have a fine screen mesh over the top to keep out those pesky black gnats that lay teeny clear worms in the soil, and eat the insides of the seeds. Also changed the medium(which seems alot better) from peat moss/perlite to Coco coir/perlite. Seems to be working great. Good luck all!

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Tropicallvr Member Tropicallvr's Photo Gallery Name: Kyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,032 BananaBucks : 435,436 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 230 Times Was Thanked 414 Times in 163 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 14 Times	Re: What seeds have germinated for you? Quantity really helps for getting at least a couple to sprout, but then sometimes you end up with too many if it is an easy sprouter. My easiest fresh or old seed have got to be Musa cheesmanii first(just germinated some really old stored ones), as well as M.nagesium(one that have same seed shape/look as cheesmanii) followed by Musa acuminata types, then Musa balbisiana, Musa paradisica types, Ensete ventricosum, E.glaucum, E.superbum (India). Just sprouted some Musa sikkimensisX paradisica(one had three shoots), Musa sikkimensisX Naj Giant, Musa sp 'Violet', and all the M.Cheesmanii that I sowed. Just changed my sprouting method from baggie to a setup like Erlands, except I'm leaving the top off, and have a fine screen mesh over the top to keep out those pesky black gnats that lay teeny clear worms in the soil, and eat the insides of the seeds. Also changed the medium(which seems alot better) from peat moss/perlite to Coco coir/perlite. Seems to be working great. Good luck all!