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hi Nikki,abiu was hard to germinate in my experience.Ross sapote easier.not sure about Malay (I don't have that one)sapote do Mico seeds from Oscar germinated easily 5/8seeds.I might have a seedling a few seedlings to spare.let me check my files...I have seedlings of all the species you've requested, besides the Malay...and might be able to sell or trade.
Hi Future,You wrote "100% failure rate for me so far with abiu." I was a little surprised to hear that. Do you mean your observed germination rate of abiu seeds? I have had 100% success on my abiu seeds (about 10 abiu seeds from different sources). Not sure how I managed that if it's supposed to be hard to to germinate them.Tomas
I too have had perfect germination with abiu, 3/3, and that is with using Palm Beach County Water Utilities Water. I have another batch going no, let's see how that goes.
Quote from: bsbullie on September 28, 2012, 10:19:12 AMI too have had perfect germination with abiu, 3/3, and that is with using Palm Beach County Water Utilities Water. I have another batch going no, let's see how that goes.Ok thanks for the insight Bs bullie...maybe it wasn't the city water...or maybe yours municipality has better water?
Quote from: ASaffron on September 28, 2012, 02:18:10 PMQuote from: bsbullie on September 28, 2012, 10:19:12 AMI too have had perfect germination with abiu, 3/3, and that is with using Palm Beach County Water Utilities Water. I have another batch going no, let's see how that goes.Ok thanks for the insight Bs bullie...maybe it wasn't the city water...or maybe yours municipality has better water?Adam, your intuition was probably correct. They don't like chlorinated water. A lot of tropical seeds are sensitive to chlorine.
I didn't do anything special...I just planted one seed of a marissa fruit...and it didn't germinate (maybe I've heard marissa seeds are difficult to germinate in particular? maybe not?)