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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Need some help in growing jaboticaba from seed.
« on: March 28, 2024, 11:45:35 AM »
from bellamy trees i purchased my very first jaboticaba seeds, which i sowed on 21 february. here's a recent pic...
look how big they are! just kidding, the big seedlings are the nitrogen fixers, in this case albizia julibrissin. the jabo seedlings are much smaller. the jabo seed in the pot without nitrogen fixers hasn't germinated yet. correlation doesn't mean causation.
i'm curious why you guys don't include nitrogen fixers with your jabo seeds. this is how they grow in nature. actually i don't know if this is true or not.
my pots have drainage holes cut around an inch from the bottom. this creates a resevoir of water which i think helps in my relatively dry conditions. at the bottom of the pot are rocks from my overgrown front yard for inoculation of hopefully beneficial microbes.
the medium i use is a very well-drained mix of seedling bark, peat, perlite, pumice and sand from a local stream bed, again for inoculation. on top of the seeds i place a 1/4" layer of very lightly damp sphagnum moss. basically i take a small handful of wet sphagnum moss, spread it flat and round in the palm of my hand, squeeze out as much water as i can, and then gently press it down on top of the seeds.
here's more pics and context.
look how big they are! just kidding, the big seedlings are the nitrogen fixers, in this case albizia julibrissin. the jabo seedlings are much smaller. the jabo seed in the pot without nitrogen fixers hasn't germinated yet. correlation doesn't mean causation.
i'm curious why you guys don't include nitrogen fixers with your jabo seeds. this is how they grow in nature. actually i don't know if this is true or not.
my pots have drainage holes cut around an inch from the bottom. this creates a resevoir of water which i think helps in my relatively dry conditions. at the bottom of the pot are rocks from my overgrown front yard for inoculation of hopefully beneficial microbes.
the medium i use is a very well-drained mix of seedling bark, peat, perlite, pumice and sand from a local stream bed, again for inoculation. on top of the seeds i place a 1/4" layer of very lightly damp sphagnum moss. basically i take a small handful of wet sphagnum moss, spread it flat and round in the palm of my hand, squeeze out as much water as i can, and then gently press it down on top of the seeds.
here's more pics and context.