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Seeds from this species ...
... are difficult to germinate and need up to 1 year to sprout.
This species was a mixed bag for me. All of the seeds were rattling upon arrival and almost half remained floating even after 2 days. I found many dried and mouldy endosperms after cutting the floaters open. Very disappointing. This species seems to be very prone to drying out. Out of those which sunk most germinated in a month, placed on the top of moist sawdust in a plastic house. They germinated when the temperatures were in the low 20 ties... but seedlings refused growing until the daily temperature increased to 25- 27 deg C. After 3 months there are still no leaves only hairy caudex base but the roots seem to grow happily.
Submitted on 25/03/2007 by Marian Kubes maros@ltc.sk
...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to
sprout.
soaked 100 seeds for 2 weeks, changing the water daily. Some of the seeds started to sprout in the water. Placed
the seeds in a bottom heated propagator. Temperature was set at 32 degrees celsius. In a few days some already
started to sprout and in about 3 months nearly all 100 had germinated. Fresh viable seeds, thanks toby !!
Submitted on 20/07/2005 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
I bought 1 seed, soaked 5 days in warm water to start, placed in baggie with moist mix of river soil, moss peat,
leafy compost. Put in warm cupboard next to fireplace, fat white root emerged in about 3 weeks. I placed the
very large seed on top of compost in deep pot with root end pushed slightly into compost, left in warm spot
near fire to develop root. Placed pot in sunny greenhouse on bench for Summer (temp gauge up to 50C at times,
outside mostly low 20'sC, night around 10C). The root continued to fatten for about 6 months before the starts
of a leaf showed, then it was slow, by the end of October in Autumn it had 1 leaf with a long stem and nice
pale greenish frond. This has since been in my corrugated iron (dk green) garage with south facing window for
Winter, has been thru 4 frosts of -3 to -5C, looks good other than slight browning on tips of fronds. In England,
Z8-9
Submitted on 18/02/2005 by Janet Rowley garymitsi@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to
sprout.
Easy to germinate if first soaked for 3 days then placed in the airing cupboard in a just damp bag of perlite
and multipurpose compost that was first steralised for a minute in the microwave. Germination after a few months
keep in the bag until the radicle is a few cms long.
Submitted on 03/07/2004 by one of our visitors
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Here is an update to my previous entry:It is now nearly eight months since I sowed my Dioons- and only now are
they sending up the first leaf! All winter I have watched the taproot into the soil become thicker and thicker,
and this first leaf looks very strong and healthy.
Submitted on 26/04/2004 by will willgillis@aol.com
...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to
sprout.
Eady and relatively quick soaked for 3 days in warm water then into multi compost and perlite mix in airing
cupboard
Submitted on 26/03/2004 by one of our visitors
...easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Germination was very fast. I started with five seeds which I soaked in water for two days. Four of the seeds
bobbed, and a fifth seed floated high. I then placed all seeds in a baggie with a moist cactus mixture. Four
seeds germinated within one week. A fifth seed started to smell rank after two weeks and was thrown away. Therefore,
I had an 80% germination rate. Note that the seed that did not germinate also was the seed which floated high
in the water. It is now two months later. One of the seeds 'stalled' in its germination- the radicle did not
anchor in the soil. The other three have not sent up a leaf yet, but are green and otherwise look healthy.
Submitted on 25/10/2003 by Will willgillis@aol.com
...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Seeds were soaked in warm water for 3 days after receiving the seeds. Water was changed 2 to 3 times a day.
Seeds were then places in a tupperware container in 100% perlite over a heat vent (during winter) approx. 75F.
Seeds were kept moist. 3 seeds sprouted in 2 weeks and the rest are just showing signs of growth 2 months later.
Seeds were then placed in a regular potting mix halfway in, laying them down sideways for the tap root. The
first seeds sprouted are just now showing signs of a leaf 2 months later. It will probably be another 6 months
before the leaf matures. Cycads are slow growers, be very patient.
Submitted on 23/03/2003 by Peter Chang goofybb@yahoo.ca
...very easy to germinate and need
up to 3 months to sprout.
Seedlings may sit for 6 months after transplanting without pushing
a leaf, so don't give up. Remember this plant is from lowland rainforest
and needs warmth and water. Seedlings less tolerant of drying out
than other cycads. Soaked 2-3 days in warm (80F / 25C) water changed
daily, then to baggies with barely moist coconut fiber kept at 30C
/ 90F. Transplanted out when shoot 1 inch / 2.5cm long. Do not let
seedlings dry or they will die.
Submitted by Leo Martin leo1010@attglobal.net
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appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation
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