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Chances are it was frozen and possibly irradiated. My guess would be that the seeds will not be viable but if you bought the fruit already there is no harm in trying. If you are thinking of buying through fruit for the seeds only...save your money.
Quote from: bsbullie on September 28, 2012, 08:14:53 PMChances are it was frozen and possibly irradiated. My guess would be that the seeds will not be viable but if you bought the fruit already there is no harm in trying. If you are thinking of buying through fruit for the seeds only...save your money.Durians are not irradiated because they are not a host for fruit flies.
Quote from: fruitlovers on September 29, 2012, 02:27:06 AMQuote from: bsbullie on September 28, 2012, 08:14:53 PMChances are it was frozen and possibly irradiated. My guess would be that the seeds will not be viable but if you bought the fruit already there is no harm in trying. If you are thinking of buying through fruit for the seeds only...save your money.Durians are not irradiated because they are not a host for fruit flies.A friend brought me durion seeds from fruit bought in LA , no germination ....Fruit bought in Canada ( Toronto ) has viable seeds.
Last time I checked all US frozen durians come from Thailand only, and all of them MUST be irradiated (not the case in Canada). So any US bought frozen durian seeds will not be viable. 99 Ranch Market is the only place in US where I saw fresh durians. Also twice as expensive compared to frozen ones. Those seeds might be good to go.