Posted by Tom Broome on 3/18/2009, 11:11 pm, in reply to "germinate seeds"
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: Hello ,
: i got some zamia. cycas and
: encephalartos seeds. I put them in
: moist vermiculite using community
: pots and water them with a
: "broadband" fungicide. I
: read the article "Potting Up
: Cycad Seedlings by Phil Bergman
: " which was very inspirating. A
: few of the Zamia seeds are
: sprouting - can i leave them in the
: pot till the first leaf
: appear or do i have them repot in an
: other kind of grow media.Do the
: seeds grow the first leaf without
: fertilizer? Whats the best way to
: germinate the seeds till step
: Potting Up Cycad Seedlings.
: Thank you for help
: Mark
:
:
You should read both my germination articles on my website which is linked in the header. You can do things several ways, but the article talks about what I do. But to answer a couple quick ones, the inside of the seed feeds the new plant before it produces a couple of leaves, that is why sometimes older seeds might sprout but then the plant dies. I don't like vermiculite because it keeps cycads too wet, so me, I would take them out of that stuff and use something that is not so wet, like coarse sand, or pumice and then I keep the seedlings in a community pot for as long as 2 years.
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