Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Clivia seed, need help, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Hi Linda. I have had great luck in germinating cliva seeds in rockwool. I will tell you I understand they rot easily so all the things you use must be very clean. And if you use dirt, use sterile dirt meaning you pour boiling water thru it before use.

I was just at a clivia grower's house last Wednesday and she showed us how she starts them in dirt. She uses sterile soil heavy in perlite, maybe all perlite. I will have to ask again. If Patricia sees this post I bet she remembers what was said. Anyway, she just lightly presses them in and puts tupperwear into a clear plastic bag and seals it. Hers were coming up all over.

I just stick the seed in wet rockwool that is in tupperwear. I then cover it in clear plastic or a clear plastic bag and put under my grow lights.

Here are 2 containers from just now. I used that Glad plastic wrap, Press and Seal as a lid.


Edited to say Mary does soak her seeds for a day. I will ask her again how she does it and post here for you. She is an expert, I am a wantabe. I never soak my seeds but mine are all fresh picked. Well that is not true, I have done ones I bought from China but I didn't soak those either.


This message was edited Mar 5, 2007 12:03 PM