Bananas.org - View Single Post

Tropicallvr · 10-07-2006, 04:42 PM

So far sprouted-
E.ventricosum(really easy)
E.glaucum(easy)
E.superbum India, (really easy)
E.superbum(tough) 1 out of 100 seeds, but had temps too high and cooked most of the seeds.
E.klauy pa(tough) 2 out of 10 and it took a year

Musellea lasiocarpa(tough) put in fridge for 2 months then had 1 of 100

Musa paradisica(bananatree.com) easy, beutiful dark leaved waxy plant, not hardy but grows quickly from rhimozomes in spring.
Musa balbisiana(sunshine seeds) easy, but seems to be a dwarf
Musa balbisiana1(sunshine seeds) easy 10 of 10, really fast
Musa acuminata(bananatree) really easy about 80 of 100 killed most off but tested survivors in cold greenhouse, and all survived as very small 5 leafed seedlings with heavy spider mites, and cold unlike many other including larger raji puri(may have been due to mites)
Musa cheesmanii(super easy) nearly 100%
Musa nagesium( super easy) 80%
Musa formosiana 10 of 100,within the first month
Musa Bhutan easy 30 out of 60
Musa royal purple medium 4 out of 10(killed off all but one, that has black trunk)
Musa sikkimensis(bananatree.com) tough, but cooked due to high temps
Musa sikkimensis red flash medium, pressed against window in spring 2 of 10.
Musa sikkimensis' Helen hybrid' 1 of 10
Musa sikkimensisX paradisica 2 of 20 so far easy!
Musa sikkimensisX Naj giant 1 of 10 so far
Musa burmese blue 3 of 10 easy
Musa sp violet 1 of 30 so far
Musa xbananinsis(big flower) 4 of 20
Musa yellow forest 3 of 10 all died easyly
Musa initerans form india 1 of 100, and I killed it too.
Can't remember any more.

10-07-2006, 04:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
Tropicallvr Member Tropicallvr's Photo Gallery Name: Kyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,032 BananaBucks : 435,441 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? So far sprouted- E.ventricosum(really easy) E.glaucum(easy) E.superbum India, (really easy) E.superbum(tough) 1 out of 100 seeds, but had temps too high and cooked most of the seeds. E.klauy pa(tough) 2 out of 10 and it took a year Musellea lasiocarpa(tough) put in fridge for 2 months then had 1 of 100 Musa paradisica(bananatree.com) easy, beutiful dark leaved waxy plant, not hardy but grows quickly from rhimozomes in spring. Musa balbisiana(sunshine seeds) easy, but seems to be a dwarf Musa balbisiana1(sunshine seeds) easy 10 of 10, really fast Musa acuminata(bananatree) really easy about 80 of 100 killed most off but tested survivors in cold greenhouse, and all survived as very small 5 leafed seedlings with heavy spider mites, and cold unlike many other including larger raji puri(may have been due to mites) Musa cheesmanii(super easy) nearly 100% Musa nagesium( super easy) 80% Musa formosiana 10 of 100,within the first month Musa Bhutan easy 30 out of 60 Musa royal purple medium 4 out of 10(killed off all but one, that has black trunk) Musa sikkimensis(bananatree.com) tough, but cooked due to high temps Musa sikkimensis red flash medium, pressed against window in spring 2 of 10. Musa sikkimensis' Helen hybrid' 1 of 10 Musa sikkimensisX paradisica 2 of 20 so far easy! Musa sikkimensisX Naj giant 1 of 10 so far Musa burmese blue 3 of 10 easy Musa sp violet 1 of 30 so far Musa xbananinsis(big flower) 4 of 20 Musa yellow forest 3 of 10 all died easyly Musa initerans form india 1 of 100, and I killed it too. Can't remember any more.