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[Roze]

 I start the germination of 5 seeds of P. Viridis, in 15 Jan. (According to the moon guide it was a great day to germinate seeds)

Soaked them in a 1000/ppm solution of GA3 for 12 h.

I dont use any artificial lights, only a small pre- heated incubator/ dome, near a window with 10h of direct sun light. The temperature was constant between 18 and 25ºc and the humidity very high.

After 2 months, 2 seeds come to life!

I didint take any extra care with them , actualy I almost forgot about it..

So my friends, this prove that is possible to grow this magical specie from seed!

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[isaak]

Awesome work Roze! That's very exciting Thank you for describing your process. I'm really looking forward to giving this a go. Well done!

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[Psyguy]

Congrats.  Keep us posted with pictures of the little ones. 

[TBM]

40% germination rate with a 12 hr soak of 1000 PPM GA3? That's quite impressive! I am planning on sowing my P. viridis seeds after a GA3 soak soon, but I hadn't set my mind to what PPM to use... perhaps I'll use a different PPM than you so STS can have more data for P. viridis germination rates...

What type of soil did you sow your seeds into? Also, how deep did you sow them?

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[New Wisdom]

Great job!!!  Thanks for sharing!

[Mandrake]

That's really awesome, thank you for sharing!

I've tried twice without success, and that brings a question - were those fresh seeds? if not, how old were they, and how were they preserved?

[Roze]

 Thank you guys!

Its a pleasure to share some of my achievements with you, I also have learn a lot from this great community so its my time to contribute!


so... I used a 60/40 humus and perlite soil, and sow them apx 0.5cm deep, the seeds had some months old but they were moist all the time ( I keep them inside the fridge on a vacum container, wrapped in wet paper).

now, after 2 weeks without any grow I decided to take the seed out of the sprout , it was still very hard so I give a hand to my little plant and inside it was already 1 par of atrophied small yellowish leaves..  maybe one more week without help and they die..

Maybe I miss one important step...  perhaps scratching the surface of the seed will increase the germination?
 

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[Roze]

Here they are with 2 months old:

They germinated both at the same time, the size difference between them is because I take the seed shell out on the biggest one and in the other I let nature take its course... it results in a considerable difference!

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[XDX]

Any suggestions?
I have 2/5 germ as well... Almost!!

I started with 5 seeds in jan as well; soaked 12hr in ~1% h2o2 solution, then 3 days water (changing 2x a day), then 15min 3% h2o2 solution. Planted in cococoir starter pots filled with 50:40:10 peat-based seed start mix:cactus blend:perlite with a tiny layer of vermiculite on top; placed inside clear, sealing "to go" tray from a restaurant with a bed of hydrated perlite on the bottom, tried to keep everything pretty clean; sealed (FAE every month or so) and placed in indirect light. I almost forgot and checked them 5 months later, and 2 had sprouted, full moon, may 14. Moved to full light (cfl), cracked the seal and give daily FAE, and now not much has happened in the last month...
The pics aren't great, but there's a tiny bit of healthy green stem pushing out of the seed, but no cots yet, they seem stuck...

[Roze]

Those seedlings are well known for their slow development.. be patience! 

I only saw some upgrowth when I remove the seed shell out..  but be careful if you do that , despite being a hard shell the seedlings are very delicate..

wish you luck!

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[TBM]

You can try to help the seedling out by dripping water onto the shell with a dropper bottle to help soften it so the seedling can push the shell off more easily without needing to pry the shell off the seedling and risk damage.

[Frog Pajamas]

Hi Roze!

Just curious how the babies have done. Still alive and growing? 

[Chicsa]

Im having great success with mine, when should I move them from the coco to regular soil mixture?

[Frog Pajamas]

Awesome!

You should post some pics, Chickasaw Man. I was looking for pv from seed info yesterday, and while we have excellent information from Bach, it didn't look like we have grow logs with pics on the site.

[Chicsa]

No problem.... I'll have to admit its really easy living in this climate to do this (I think we might actually be turning in to 10a O.O)
First I recieved the bag and forgot about it... I noticed that they were already germining in the bag, so I started putting them in Coco...

I have these outside in a shaded area pretty much under a palm tree and a rubber tree
These are just the ones that have broke surface with either the seed coat or broken the seed coat.

Temps are between 70-90*F with 55-99% humidity daily

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