About. Annona seed germination?!

[zwanif]

I. Don't. Get it I have different types of annonas as seeds in multiple plastic pots
I placed them. Under the sun under a DIY protective green house
After 4 months no germination at all
Checked some seeds they are still. Valid
Seeds are some. San pablos sugar apples illama and more seeds
Don't. Get at all

[Faldon]

When you received seeds, just put it in the small ziperbag with little wet cocopeat. And place on the warm place. Maybe in the 2 weeks, all germinated.

[zwanif]

When you received seeds, just put it in the small ziperbag with little wet cocopeat. And place on the warm place. Maybe in the 2 weeks, all germinated.

And the ones in pots will. They ever germinate?!

[Julian R]

I've had sugar apple seeds take over a year to germinate.

[LeafDays]

I think generally Annona seeds can take a while to germinate so I would say just be patient. Good luck on germinating them!

[zwanif]

I think generally Annona seeds can take a while to germinate so I would say just be patient. Good luck on germinating them!

A friend of my
Germinated San Pablo in on month
Lol. I don't understand those annonas seeds
The weird thing is that I checked them and the seeds seemed fat like. Ready to pop out and yet nothing

[Pau]

I had a cherimoya seed germinated inside the fruit and had roots. I agree they do take long to germinate. Heat pad with humidity dome speeds up germination.

On a side note, Pawpaw seeds takes even longer to germinate.

[growinginphoenix]

I haven't read these all the way through yet but it seems treatment with Gibberellic acid makes a big difference in time to germination. And presoaking for 72-96 hours also improves germination percentage.

https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue6/PartA/6-5-382-424.pdf
http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?pid=S0120-99652016000100003&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234660159.pdf

Further reading

[Lumi-Ukko]

I put some Saramuyo/Sugar Apple (Annona Squamosa) seeds from one of my mature trees (so from fresh fruit) in some soil last year and got one to germinate within a week.  Then, sometime about 3 or 4 months later several more seeds surprisingly germinated inside the same pot of the original germinated seed. It seems to me that they have a bit of a "mind of their own", so to speak.

My advice, keep patient and keep your germination medium moist as it may take a while.

[zwanif]

I haven't read these all the way through yet but it seems treatment with Gibberellic acid makes a big difference in time to germination. And presoaking for 72-96 hours also improves germination percentage.

https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue6/PartA/6-5-382-424.pdf
http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?pid=S0120-99652016000100003&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234660159.pdf

Further reading

I don't want to use it it makes the seedling fragile and weak

[growinginphoenix]

I haven't read these all the way through yet but it seems treatment with Gibberellic acid makes a big difference in time to germination. And presoaking for 72-96 hours also improves germination percentage.

https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue6/PartA/6-5-382-424.pdf
http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?pid=S0120-99652016000100003&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234660159.pdf

Further reading

I don't want to use it it makes the seedling fragile and weak

Good to know!

[spaugh]

Llama seeds take forever.  If you just leave them dry for a year then use them, they sprout right away.

[SD Dan]

I sowed a bunch of ilama seeds last May and had the full range of results. One popped immediately and shot up vigorously, a few others popped a few months later and sort of languished. The rest were left for dead inside pots that dried out over winter. I decided to water them a month ago and the seeds popped within a couple weeks. They seem to have quite the range even from the same source so gotta be patient with them

[zwanif]

Llama seeds take forever.  If you just leave them dry for a year then use them, they sprout right away.

Man annona seeds are weird and one. Of. The most difficult seeds I worked with no. Wonder some trees grown from. Seeds of some. Rare annonas are sold. For expensive prices now I get it lol but I will. Not surrender I will. Keep. Them. Till they germinate
The issue with annona is that when you take out some. Seeds to test them... They will. Look fat and filled ready to pop out but then nothing
Lol

[CWAL]

I have had much better luck with the following:

1) Place 300 ish grit light colored sandpaper on the table. Scrape the seed edge (split area where cotyledon and root will emerge from) along the sandpaper just enough that you can see it leaving a brown mark.

2) Soak seeds overnight.

3) Plant in roughly equal mix of perlite, vermiculite, and worm castings. Place in full shade outside with bright light. Use micro spray on a timer to keep it wet.

I may be a bit wrong on the constant moisture (most sites say to water once it dries out, but I’m often unable to check frequently enough and prefer them not to dry out too much), but it seems to work for me. I would like to supplement this with heating under the pots, but haven’t got around to it yet.

[brian]

Brad's suggestion of leaving ilama seeds to age a while before planting really worked for me.  6mo old seeds sitting in the closet that I just planted are 50% sprouted so far with more popping each day.  I didn't scarify or otherwise treat them.  Previously when I tried fresh seeds none germinated.

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