Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)
 

Seeds from Beng (thanks again)

Seeds soaked in water 3 days - on the boiler (water changed daily)

Wet Coco substrat.

Less than 20 days. The first two germinated are these:

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Yeah nice! Mine seeds arrived today :)

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keep us up to date..i might try a few myself

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Nice! Keep us updated as to how they grow. If anyone else wants some seeds, PM me your postal address. They are from wild banana plants in the forest, probably some subspecies of Musa acuminata. The climate here is hot and humid, 90% humidity, daily temperature 25-33C. The bananas grow in full sun (which is hot as it is near the equator) or partial shade, but they grow best in full sun.

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My congratulations Beng!
I´m already very excited of receiving the seeds, too.
In areas with high humidity most bananas grow in full sun best.
Here in Europe with its low humidity in summer bananas prefer partial shade.

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An article and some pics showing where the seeds come from, i am pretty sure they are native to Singapore.

Photo gallery: Amateur naturalist may have found wild bananas here

Wild bananas growing near Dairy Farm Rd?, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Singapore Guides & Articles - STClassifieds

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That's a very cool project. I'd love to grow wild bananas, but I don't think they'd survive very well here.

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Yeaah! mine seeds generated too! :D

Thanks Beng!

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Dear Beng,thank you very much for seeds..Cheers,Aleksandar

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Thanks for the good news! What did you do to make them germinate? How long did it take?

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Hey,

from Christmas they went into the ground, I have three days to weeks, and then left to stand at 25 °. with slightly moist soil. matter of patience then. I really extreme kinds of kiemers separate Musas. you have some pictures of the whole plant / flower you've harvested them from?

Gilian

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Thanks Beng for the seeds, please be sure to keep me updated if the velutina seeds I sent sprout. I didnt do anything special to get your seeds to sprout, I sowed in rich organic soil, at a depth of 2cm, soaked overnight in water prior to sowing, maybe 2.5 weeks to germinate?

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Hi,

here is mine update form the seeds :)








And I have a new site all about musa's!

BananenGekNL
And add me on facebook for update's!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/Henkie213


Gilian

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Thanks for the photos my friends.

Here are some photos of where the seeds come from:

Banana Gallery - Wild bananas in Singapore

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Im looking forward to giving these seeds a try thanks to bengtang who kindly messaged me and offerd me some seeds to try. It Will be nice to see if i can get them to grow. At least i will be safe in the nolage they are fresh.:woohoonaner:

Good to see yours have sprouted H2O!!! Congrats!:goteam::goteam::0519:

Regards
Steve:03:

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Pics update, the biggest ones:

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Looking good H2O Nice and healthy :08::08:

Regards
Steve :03:

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Thanks for the pics, they look good. Once you have those long summer days they should grow fast.

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Hello, friends. I also have fun! Today, on my birthday, came the first germ of Musa acuminata from Beng. Beng, thank you very much once again. You are doing a good job keeping the population of your banana.
Seeds germinated one month. Unfortunately due to the incorrect Google translation, I still can not upload photos and create an album.

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Thanks for the news. How did you make them germinate? What temperature did you keep them at?