I have a few banana seeds to play with :) Can you all tell I've got tropics on my mind? How do I plant them?
Banana seeds
I've never done bananas from seed,if they have a hard seed casing,you may need to scarify by using sand paper or a nail file,thats if they are hard like canna seeds I use a piece of sand paper,what do they look like?I'm sure you will get a pro along soon,to school us both,where did they come from,did you have some go to seed?
I bought these from PineTree Seeds... $1.25 for 3 seeds. I'm suppose to be getting a few more in a trade. The seeds are pretty big and they do have a hard seed coat. I'll try to get a picture of them.
Poppysue, I think they are Musa ensete / Ensete ventricosum. I've succesfully grown them twice from seed, it is very easy.
First nick and scratch the hard seedcoat, then put the seeds on a glass of water, and let them soak there for a day or two. Change the water if it becomes dirty. The viable seeds usually go to the bottom.
Plant 1,5-2,5 cm deep, keep moist and warm. Germinating takes from 3 weeks to 6 months, even more, but it's rare. Mine have always sprouted within 3 to 4 weeks from the sowing date.
Good luck with your 'nanas ;)
I've never got any other banana seeds to sprout, I've tried Musa rosea, Musa zebrina and M. velutina. They have small seeds, they just have never sprouted, don't know what's wrong. I will still try anyway.
Thanks Evert for the info. I hope they germinate :)
Nice Evert,I knew a pro would be along,poppy what have I got i could trade for one of em,LOL judging from the other thread,I was sure you brought home some nanas from IGA,and picked out them little bitty onesLOL
Root - I'll try and remember to put a seed in your SASE when it comes. Maybe between the two of us we'll get lucky.
I'm like you,I picked up an Ear at market,Malanga,used to cook.little bugger is sproutin nice
I wondered about those plantains?? They look like a banana but they're brown. Do those have seeds in them? Are they like a banana plant? I don't even know how you eat them....
Fry em,I zip you an E to show you Shirleys baby nana
You've got mail
Ss'nana
Sue,I planted some banana seeds a few years ago,2 out of 5 sprouted,the pup I sent you was from those seedlings
I planted some seeds a month ago,still nothing......
CC - I never did tell you. The baby croaked. I was bummed about it too. I think it just was too cool and wet in the fall and it rotted. I probably should have kept it in the house from the start.
don't feel bad,I have so far killed the baby's eclipse and gts sent plus a baby like the one I sent you.I do have the sister pup to the one I sent you,I can send it now before I kill it or pray for the best and send it in the spring,plus I still have the 2 seedlings that are now large ones