Posted by Tom Broome on 9/9/2005, 10:25 pm, in reply to "cycas panzhihuaensis" --Previous Message--
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: I have tried germinating before the
: cycas revoluta with no problem. This
: one is giving me a hard time. Can
: you help me please ? The bottom of
: the nut opened up with a tap root. I
: planted them and they got rotten. So
: I thought the medium is not drying
: fast enough. I tried again.
: same scenario except I planted it
: this time in half perlite half
: Miracle gro. Nothing is happening.
: Am I being too impatient ? They are
: in my greenhouse, warm, cooler at
: night, shaded from the bright sun,
: in a pot set on pebbles covered with
: water. The seed/nut is on the top on
: the light medium (it still has its
: hard shell on). Should I cover it
: with a plastic ? Should the seed be
: more burried ? I had 10 seeds...I am
: down to 3 and I would love to do not
: loose these last ones :-)
: Thank you very much for your kind
: help. Nicole
:
It sounds like your medium is better, but the seed is not absorbing enough moisture to sprout being totally above the medium. I bury mine half way down, but so that the crack in the shell where the seed will split open is not buried in the medium. That way it absorbs enough moisture, but there is less chance of a fungus getting into the crack in the seed.
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