Materials Need For Germination..

[Kris]

A new addition to my already growing stock of hardwares..

a tub of a little bigger size was bought to air dry the wet coir medium !since its helpful to also mix chemicals or fungicides at the time of putting the medium in the baggie bag !

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I have started using these water-proof hand gloves lately ! for protection against injurious & toxic chemicals ! till last year i did not give much priority to these items but since iam married now...came with it these responsiblities too !  

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I also purschased shade house cloth for protection to the young saplings from our hot summers,which is fast approcahing in a month time...and where & how i have used this nylon cloth..i will show stills of it later !

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Now lets see the New arrivals of seeds from RPS..

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the contents of that parcel...

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Now lets see a visual of the gift seeds from Ortanique Seed. the seeds have been placed in baggie bags and are now in dark room !

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Now lets see the visuals of the seeds socking process of the C.hospita & C.Zebrina !

first day it was socked with very mild bleach solution..

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the following day...i socked the seeds with very powerful Fungicide but the solution prepared was indeed mild in nature..

And as you may see that i have taken only 4 seeds from each species and trying my experiment on these..

here are the visuals !  

the still that you are seeing is of Copernica Hospita seeds..

[Kris]

this still is of Caryota zebrina..

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Dear friends  

kindly bear with those blurred images,though i want to give the best illustrations,but the canon 3IS is really a pain..i have to fix my macro lens attach each time i shoot a close-up ! which seems to be totally not practical..

Okay after the socking,On the 3rd day morning the seeds were left to air dry in room temperature for about 30 to 34 minutes..

And gentlemen here are the visuals..

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the above seeds were put in baggie bags,the medium was prepared well in advance..here i have even improvised with this slightly moist coir dust.this is the first time i have used plant grouth increasing chemical in the germination medium..

i do not know what will the effect be.but some one should test the waters to tell others how deep is 'Really Deep !'

this is done purely on experimental basis..it can be very adverse too,but i used only 3 small drops of that chemical called 'Miraculan' for the entire medium that was put in 2 baggie bags..so you imagine how mild the effect would be..

Rest of the seeds will be tried in the usual method..and iam going a bit slow on this...since summer has not yet arrived !

love,

Kris  

[Edrow]

Kris

What is the curly palm in the bottom of the pic in the  thread # 374?  I have some like that and not sure what they are.

Thanks,

Edrow

[Kris]

Dear Eddie Chambliss  

that is the result of a seedling living too long in a baggie bag ! those are Phoenix Rupicola,once the leaves fronds open up they will exhibit normal characteristic..but for that i have place it in a bigger sized pot or container..! some of my Cidp's have also exhibited this quality.

love,

Kris  

[Kai]

I got my order from RPS! Happy happy joy joy! Happy happy joy joy!

[Kai]

Now let's see inside!

[Kai]

I made a cocktail with luke warm water and a drop of palmbooster for the soaking:

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And soak the seeds in labeled test tubes (from my former job) :

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This is what I hope to see very soon:

[Kris]

Dear Kai  

first of all a big thank you,to you for giving us all lovely visuals and the visual-man(Me) is very happy to see your gernination procedures..

And i hope to hear from your of your high germination successes rate ! Wish you the very best..

can you give us the list of your imported seeds in that bag ?

Since it will be easier to clock the seed varities..!

thanks & lots of love,

Kris  

[Kai]

Yes, the seeds are:

Archontophoenix myolensis

Brahea armata

Ceroxylon alpinum

Copernicia fallaensis

Deckenia nobilis

Dypsis schatzii

Gastrococos crispa

Heterospathe elata

Iguanura wallichiana var. major

Kentiopsis magnifica

Parajubaea sunkha

Ptychosperma schefferi

Syagrus orinocensis

They will today go into the baggies, and of course I'll keep you informed about their progress. They'll be germinated with temperatures between 22 and 35 degreeds Celcius with day-night fluctuation.

Greetings,

Kai

[The Germinator]

(krisachar @ Feb. 16 2008,02:06)

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Dear David(Alice2000Hunter)  

this is the shower can that i use for watering my plastic bottles & young sprouted palms ! and once i see the water rising above the soil level i immeidetly stop watering that pot or container...

by this i realised that the palms servive better even with out the use of harsh fungicides..etc.

Love,

Kris  

Hey Kris, are those your Rogue palms, Have any ever escaped......

Great Coverage Guys nice pick of germed up seeds..... Its Like Palm Porn.

[Kris]

Dear Kai  

thanks for the lovely line-up of lovely palms and a special thanks for the additional information regarding the temp used

in this process ! and iam eager to see stills of even those germinated seeds in months or days to come-by !  

And i hope many will also follow suit in posting their seeds  germination process carried out in the baggie method.

lots of love,

Kris  

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Dear Ed Mijares  

its a pleasure to hear from you after a small break ! and iam very glad you visit this thread often ! and iam very happy that you like it...

lots of love,

Kris  

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this one of the Valcano X Med Fan palm Seeds that i received from Max...

here is the visual..

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Here is a still of a germinated napels med fan palm seed..

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the following 2 stills the seeds variety names have not been noted down,but can be used as a nice example that baggie method does great job..!

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Now lets see the Jubea x butia seeds germination...they are also from Max...

here you can see 2 packs..

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Now to the opening cermony or ribbon cutting work...

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out of the 2 bags only 3 germinated fully one is about to,while the other 2 are sleeping...and i must tell you that no special bottom heat is given in any of my seeds germination process..

here are the stills..

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A close-up still of the one yet to fully germinate... And by the way this macro was shot using the macro attachment lens..since initially i had some difficulty with my digital camera..so that is the reason iam pointing this out !  

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Now lets see the soil or the potting medium i have used..!

[Kris]

this is how they look after the sprouted seeds are placed in those bottles..

[Kai]

That's really great Kris,

I've got some Jubaea x Butia seeds in a baggy too. How long did you have to wait to see this?

By the way, are you working for the zip-lock baggy industry as a salesman?      

Cheers,

Kai