My new passion

Its the first time i have tried passion flower from seed. (some carulea grew accidently when a fruit fell on the ground one year)
These have all been soaked in warm water for over 24 hours possibly 2 days. I changed the water on them all once so possibly longer.
I then sowed them and covered with sharp sand and put them in the propagator at 20-24oC The strip light on the top is on a timer so comes on and off once a day for about 12 hours to top up the sunlight through the window.

There are other seeds in here to but you can see the first few passies coming up.

Any tips on getting the rest to come up?

Mike do you have any heat under neth the passies?

Hiya Paul,
Yeah the propagator is heated from beneath at 20-24oC not sure what that is in your funny farenwhatsit though.
In this pic you can seed a little of the condensation inside the clear lid.
Paul did you see my ode to you in Tropicals forum? heheh

Mike

No but ill look how much did that propagator cost you?

Well it would have been about 70quid but i don't pay full price for gardening equipment since i sell the stuff! lol

So it was about 35 pound it has a thermastatic control etc. Its made by stewarts plastic.

Mike

how many doallors to a pound

Hmmm i think its about 1.8/1.9 dollars to the pound so ..... hmm anyone got a calculator?

I'd get those babies out from under the domes ASAP. What gave you the idea to use domes with seedlings and why? I think the domes block out a lot of light and make them stretch a bunch. I would also think it could make the plants dependent on the excess humidity as well as creating a prime habitat for molds/mildews or other problems that may thrive in that "habitat"
As far as tips for the others... Lots of patience, many passiflora seeds have germination times of up to a whole YEAR! Can you believe that?!? Its sad but true and a very maddening fact.
These beauties are incredible plants and once you get started, collecting them became addictive in my case. The more I got, the more I HAD to have. A never ending cycle especially with new/cool hybrids coming out every year.
Good luck with yours, it looks like you're on quite a roll.
JD

What Happened to Yours Jeff?

Its an english thing. We tend to use them untill the first true leaves come through then open up the vents and after a couple of days there out. Our climate probably allows us to do that. It'll be to do with that usda zones thing again .... its works for you guys but not for us..
Mould/mildew ??? Never so far! lol Spider mite has been a problem once this year.
The moulds and mildews tend to be an autumn/spring thing but never in the house, usually just on new growth outside.

1 year .... yikes i can't be doing with that... lol These babies will be going into the greenhouse if they don't sprout before to long. The greenhouse is nearly full of little pots that take forever to germinate.

Where will i put all my annuals this year?

24 celsius is 75 Farenheit.

Mike, someone from England send me Passiflora incarnata seeds this year. I had about 50% germination and am so happy. I've tried planting them several times, but the seeds never germinated. I always wondered if they were old seeds since they were part of a trade.

Also, I don't know what JLD_II is talking about. We use the domes here in the US all the time. I just use a heating pad on low and it gives about 72F heat under the dome and lights. I keep the pots under the dome till most of the seeds germinate and them take them out. So some of the plants do have their first true leaves by the time I take them out of the dome ... and some germinate after. In your picture, I only see one pot with seedlings.

I did find this information about growing them from seed. And yes, it did say to soak, which you already did. :o)

Hiya toofewanimals,

That makes a lot of sense. You are right there is only one pot with baby passies in there are a couple of pots of none passies in there but i don't think you can see anything coming up in those in the pic.

Nearly everything you read over here says use the domes and everything seems to grow under them. I have loads of the cheap ones i use outside in the greenhouse as well. Never had a mould or damping off problem yet!

I think the seed i have is too old maybe. Its funny that only one type has come up. I will turn up the heat and cross my fingers.

Mike

Mike... this is a dumb question... but, what is "sharp sand"? I've never propogated passion flowers before... is that a necessary item for propogation?/

Sharp sand naahhh sorry... over here you can buy different grades of sand like silver, grit, building and sharp its kind of sand with little pieces of grit in it.
Some people use vermiculite and others use compost to cover seed. I use different things for different items. I find sand is better for things that take a long time as it doesn't go green and cake together as much.

Mike

Mike i make my Own domes out of Pop bottles

Glad you posted this, I have a basket of dried passion fruit I saved from the vine when I trimmed it, with the intent of trying to grow them from seed.
rj

thanks for the explanation Mike.... I was beginningto think maybe you meant that the sand was REALLY smart.... HA!! I'm a newbie at passies... what can I can?/

Smart sand... hehehe ... love the idea.... Sand probably has more brains than my wife though. hehehe

I spy with my little eye..... a little seedling coming up in the quadrangulis pot!

So there coming ..... one by one... there coming!

I'm new to all of this. What kind of heating pad do you use? And where do you get them?

Not sure i'm the best to answer that being across the pond. Cause i bought it from work and its made by stewarts! I doubt that means much though.

I have 2 little baby quadrangulis now.... still fingers crossed for the rest!

Mike

Mike, I had to look up on the web the 'quadrangular'. OMG, how beautiful and it says its"fragrance is delightful". Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your passiflora quadrangular. :o)
I sure wish it would survive here in MIchigan.

passiflora, I bought the cheapest heating pad I could find at Meijers. It's not as big as the larger 'seed starting pads', but works fine. Just leave it on the lowest setting. Any higher kills the seedlings once they germinate.
There are the 'body' heating pads that are larger ... I did buy one of those for my seeds, but once I got it home and out of the box, I decided to keep that one for me ... My old one went to the plants. :o)

toofew~

I'm hoping to create a passion flower wall all along my house wall. I hope to grow just a couple of each type so they all grow into each other.

Mike