Pineapple Lily Seed

I have a single seed off my 3 year old Pineapple Lily bulb. There was just the one black seed in the pod, so I am hoping it is viable. Does anyone know how to sow these seeds? I am looking forward to trying!
Julie

The way nature would--drop into the soil and barely cover. It will take a while--something like 2-7 yrs to flower from seed. It will form the bulb first then later make flowers. I'll get the info for you and post it later. It is at home. I planted a couple seeds from this this Spring/Summer myself!! Bonnie

Did you soak or scrape the seed prior to planting? They are not hardy here, so I am wondering if I should sow in a pot - so I can bring it indoors for the cold months. My Mama bulb has some offshoots now, but they are not mature enough to go solo yet. (I think!)

I did not scrape mine, just pushed it into the soil til barely covered and watered. I have a seedling. It will be a couple years til it will flower from seed though--anywhere between 2 and 7 yrs I think. Can't remember precisely--might be 7?!! According to my book. Yeah--start the seed in a pot. Good idea. As for the offsets, not ready until they start to fall off on their own. Leave them be I would say!

Bonnie

Last year at season's end I cut off the flowering stems and shook them out. There must of been a couple hundred seeds there. I'll probably repeat that this year and if its anything like last year I'll have a plethora of seed. Should that be the case, I'll send you a bunch.

This plant is such a trooper - comes up & blooms it weird stalk & flower without fail every year, & stays attractive for over 2 months. You can't ask for much more of a plant, can you? And it has a unique appearance as well. It looks neat next to the low growing alliums, I think they are called "alba".
Thank you for the information - I think it will be fun to watch it grow over time!

OK - I have a good one here. I saw on a garden show an interview with a fellow from Plant Delights (sp?) and he said that they could never get true plants from the seeds. He went on to say they had even sent them to a cloning place and that didn't work very well. THEN they discovered how to do it. He said: cut off one long leaf and then cut it into 1-2" sections. Plant these sections in little pots and in ONE month, they make little plants. Well, I got really excited and did just that. On July 8th. I am still waiting... I have pulled up a leaf cutting piece every now and then and they do have a bunch of tiny white clean roots. So something is going to happen. Someday!!!

The lead did not rot? I already have my bulb stored for the Winter, but perhaps I can try this technique next year. I would love to know how it turns out - keep us posted !

I propagate Eucomis with slices of leaves all the time. It takes a lot longer than a month for me but I have about a 90% success rate overall.

I will certainly try this method next year when my single bulb is growing again. I had not thought of rooting from a leaf. 90% is a decent rate too!