Jananas Bananas

I have been successful sprouting a variety of seeds, but in the hardening off process I usually lose them. Please share your methods and pictures if you have them - any and all plants. Miss Hollyberry Lady inspired me to try again and suggested sowing the seeds in the environment that they will be grown in.

Here are some pictures of mine that are still alive (knock on wood):

This is an avocado grown from seed planted directly in the soil.


This is also an avocado sown directly in the pot. The leaves on this one are as long as my forearm from my wrist to the elbow. It was planted at the same time the smaller first one was.


Mango seed grown started in a moist paper towel in a baggie then moved to soil.


Jigsaw Variegated Pepper seeds sown directly into soil.


Black Pearl Pepper seeds sown directly into soil.


This is a Sapodilla tree sent to me in a trade off GardenWeb. The lady sent me 5 seeds - I only got one to sprout, and is still living.


This is a Royal Poincana tree sent to me in a trade off GardenWeb. The lady sent me 6 or 8 seeds - I got two to sprout, and one is still living.


Advice, comments, recommendations are welcome! ~JaNan

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Abnshrek

I'm still waiting on ym banana's (seed). I have 2 Canary Island date Palms I germinated in may.. one had 4 lil leaves.. lol

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conejov

While this might seem ridiculous but I never thought of Trying to Sprout them in the conditions they are going to be living in. I've always used special Coir soil and wrapped them to make it like a little greenhouse. But Now that I remember I sprouted my Mango and Avocado by just putting it in a pot with soil and watering it enough to be moist like a sponge.

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Jananas Bananas

I know! It's not really anything I thought about either! I always got the little seed starter trays with the clear lids to make the little "greenhouse". Special grow lights, bottom heat, you name it I tried it. None, I repeat None of mine ever made it. And I CAN grow things!

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Abnshrek

I put the Canary Island D Palms in the closet elevated near my water heater til they sprouted.

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bikoro child

If you can use google translator read this:
LE FORUM DES FOUS DE PALMIERS - Afficher le sujet - Nouvelle méthode de semis...
and this:
LE FORUM DES FOUS DE PALMIERS - Afficher le sujet - Reportage photos...les semis et la germination des palmiers

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Jananas Bananas

Bikoro Child those are great links. I love all the detail and the pictures. Google translator works pretty well. Thank you! ~JaNan

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momoese

I've been broadcasting lettuce and various greens seeds for ages. Works great.

Jananas Bananas

Anyone else?

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bikoro child

3 alloxylons are sprouting today at home
Sorry I've a technical problem for posting the pic which is in my gallery...

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MjdTexan

The only seeds that I have saved are okra seeds. Okra good. I have some if yall want some. PM W/address

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Abnshrek

There's nothing wrong with some good okra.. now yah here.. lol

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wordwiz

I have not tried bananas yet - just ordered some this week - but have germinated hundreds of tomato, pepper, basil, bean and flower seeds.

My son works in a restaurant kitchen and he brings leftover food home in those plastic to-go trays, the ones with a lid. I drill small holes in the bottom and add about an inch of Ferti-loam Premier potting mix. Using a tweezer, I place the seeds just barely in the mix, then cover with about 1/4 mix, usually sifting it to make sure there are no large pieces.

The tray then goes in a tub of water and the mix is completely saturated, to the point of seeing water sitting in it. The tray is removed, the lid closed, and it gets set on the top of my grow chamber (which has 105-watt CFL bulbs). I usually remove the lid once a day so any moisture can drain off. Almost always, the seeds will sprout in 4-5 days, sometimes three.

Once the first seedling appears, the lid is removed and the tray goes under lights. I use Tomato-tone fertilizer, diluting it one tablespoon per gallon of water. When the mix starts to dry out, I bottom water, again until the soil is wet.

When the seedlings get close to three inches tall, I transplant them into nursery-type flats. To prepare the containers, I fill them with potting mix, stick them in the tub of water and make sure the mix is packed. Once completely soaked, the flats are removed and set to dry for a day.

Using my finger, I poke a hole in the soil in the flat containers, gently pull up a plant from the seedling tray, stick it in the hole and press the potting mix around it. Repeat for the other cells in the flat. When it is full, it goes back in the tub for another soaking (which helps the roots settle in better). After draining, back into the grow chamber and under the lights.

After that, I only water when the plants start getting stressed and always bottom water. But unlike the first stages, I try not to allow the top of the mix to get wet. This helps keep the plants from damping off.

About two weeks before I am ready to sell/plant the seedlings, I start hardening them off. My backyard is sort of strange. Thanks to the house, a shed, a neighbor's house and some huge trees, I can set the trays where they will get about an hour of morning sun, a couple hours of shade, a couple hours of sunlight, then shade for the rest of the day. After a week of this, they get moved to where they get about 10 hours of sunlight and plenty of wind a day.

Can't say I have 100 percent success but the rate of surviving plants is in the very high 90s.

HTH,

Mike

Jananas Bananas

Mike that is very interesting. I would have never guessed soaking like that. So you don't have any problems in the hardening off stage? Or with wind? Do you have any pictures? ~JaNan

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sunfish

I've had the best result staring my seed on top of the water heater


and in my van


and on top of the water heater cabinet


in the greenhouse


outside on warm days

Dalmatiansoap

Or if You are in a lack of van as I am U can use computer monitors or old TV

Now U can see why I hate LCD screens

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Patty in Wisc

Those are all great ideas!

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Dean W.

It depends on the weather. This year and years past when to cool, I'll start inside.

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kemistry

i've started an avocado using toothpick/glass water submersion method. It rooted in 4 months. Now growing nicely.

I have two jackfruits that i just sowed directly into the potting mix.

Now i just use the ziplock method since it's more convenient and doesn't take up much room. I place it on my internet dsl modem for bottom heat.

I'll post pictures of them later.

Jack Daw

Thanks for the links, bikoro! They really are helpful.
So that nobody has to do this linking and translating again, here are the direct translations of bikoro's links:
Google Preložiť
Google Preložiť

Ante, I guess it won't be possible with the OLED monitor I want to buy soon, right?

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Thnx to Marcel, Ante, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar and Francesco for the plants I've received.



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