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Nice experiment Bob, it'll be interesting to watch as it continues.
As Har said, that is what they do in nature, fruits falling down in September, then the seeds stay in ground through the warm winter,to sprout with the first rains in June of next year, Dr. Gustavo Valladares author of the book "ilamas en tierra caliente del balsas" said they opened some ilama seeds right away and to his surprise most didn't have embrios, he thinks it continues developing after fruit falls and that is the reason why they take so long to germinate...
I started my Ilama seeds from Raul late because the US post office lost the package for three weeks. luckily they found it and I soaked some the seeds in 300 ppm GA and others in 500 ppm GA for 24 hours. I also soaked a few seeds in warm water for 48 hours before planting. I used the paper towel method of germination and the seeds were placed in plastic bags on seed germination heating mats. The seeds soaked in 500 ppm GA had faster germination and quicker lateral branching than the 300 ppm GA soaked seeds, but after an additional day on the germination mats, the 300 ppm GA seeds started catching up. Two of the water soaked seed also germinated after 10 days, but have slower growth. So far 70% of the seeds have germinated.500 ppm GA soaked seeds300 ppm GA soaked seedswater soaked seeds