GUESS WHO HAS SOME (VERY FRESH) SEEDS TO TRADE???? Me!
And the seeds themselves look almost like a piece of jewlery, almost don't want to grow them....And I'm very good at growing foxtail, so could also give some instructions.....if someone in here is in the mood to give it a try, I'd sure like to trade for some banana corms...
To help original poster: They take about 3 weeks to come up from fresh, fruit-cleaned seed. My experience is that laying them very close to the surface of a lava rock dust, sphagnum peat, also dust, and sand mix with vermiculite soil helps germination. The tree itself is normally found in rocky outcroppings, so does benefit from rock dust in it's growing medium. I treat all my seed with superthrive to get them started, and have more success and lose less seed in this way. The tree is hardy, and a medium-fast grower after you get it up.
Gino