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Title: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: Cane Blossom on July 13, 2013, 12:50:07 AM

i have just recently moved to maui, from a subarctic wilderness, so i am very excited about the prospects of growing tropical plants in a beautiful paradise.

i recently germinated and planted 6 mimosa hostilis (more yet have germinated this morning, i have yet to check) and two of them have popped their head up since being planted (in a fairly large pot, just dug up some red dirt from the ground, it seems like poor substrate - very dense and not well draining - but the plants seem to love it so far)

got a heavenly blue morning glory (and lots more seeds where that came from - first i will see how it handles the blazing sun) going putting out its second leaf (fourth if you include cotyledons).  a good 4 inches tall.

i planted a couple germinated passiflora, but no sign of those  (local organic passionfruit are easy to come by, so i will try planting some of those in the future) i hear the seeds can take months to germinate, so i guess i was lucky to get 2 to germinate so early (that was from a small sample of my seeds - considering planting all of those to see if i get some more early germinations - maybe i will have better luck with proper soil)

all of my ololiuqui seeds have burst on germination, and the only guess i can come up with, is that i shouldn't have soaked them like i did after they became swollen, i should have just planted them - so i am going to attempt another batch of those and hopefully that goes well.


i have a real interest in getting my hands on some malpighiaceae vines (particularly banisteriopsis muricata, but really all of them intrigue me), and lophophora.. diffusa  seeds  ;)

i have a few trich' seeds left (i grew some and slaughtered some in my previous sub-arctic habitat - where the living ones now continue their merry lives without me :'( ) mostly achuma and macrogonus, which i plan on planting.

i have some artemisia absinthium seeds that i have no real plans on using.  along with a considerable amount of grandpa ott's morning glory and a few lilac poppy seeds.


anyways, i figure that is enough rambling about myself for now.

love the site, btw. great concept

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: New Wisdom on July 13, 2013, 01:11:03 AM

Welcome to STS buddy!

I hope your ololiuqui seeds germinate next time! 

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: Cane Blossom on July 13, 2013, 01:21:43 AM

Quote from: New Wisdom on July 13, 2013, 01:11:03 AM

Welcome to STS buddy!

I hope your ololiuqui seeds germinate next time!

thank you, friend.

i hope so too, i have two un-scarified, but they haven't swollen a bit, so i am fairly sure that scarification isn't the issue (though i may have over did it)

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: Seed Collector on July 13, 2013, 01:59:28 AM

Cane Blossom,

Welcome to STS. I'm glad you joined, and hope your stay is long and awesome.

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: olyd88 on July 13, 2013, 04:34:44 AM

Hello friend,

Im new here too  ;), Welcome to STS  ;D

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: isaak on July 13, 2013, 10:09:26 AM

Welcome to STS friend! You've come to the right place to make maximal use of your plant-friendly environment  ;)

Title: Re: seedlings in hawaii
Post by: Mandrake on July 15, 2013, 11:36:06 PM

Hello Cane Blossom,

sounds like you have a respectable collection of seedlings coming up, and nothing like a seedling to look forward to the future.

I hope you share with us your findings, successes and failures - they're all good to learn from.

Welcome to STS!

Mandrake