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Seed stratification


Lady Gaga

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Hi y'all, I bought some seeds today. It's livistona chinesis, trachycarpus fortunei and archontophoenix alexandrae. I especially can't wait for the last one, its beautiful palm tree and I didn't even see it in my country at all. So it's very exciting, and I heard that it can germinate very fast. 

I wanted to stratificate my seeds a little and I did, but I'm afraid I went too far. Look at these seeds of livistona 

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Omg tell me I didn't kill those seeds 

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15 minutes ago, Lady Gaga said:

And I want to keep it in water for a week, isn't it too long? Then I'll put it in basic soil mixed with perlite. 

It's tough to tell in the first pic but seeds look good, from what i can tell... esp, if none float ( floaters generally will be "dead " seed )

As far as pre- soaking.. a 24-48 hour bath should be plenty of time before putting in soil to germinate. A week may cause the seed to rot ( seed takes up too much moisture, suffocates the Embryo ). Seed will continue taking up moisture in whatever soil you use to germinate them in, so the extra long soak isn't needed. The " 24-48 " hour soak i mentioned is what i have used for pretty much anything i have germinated, that needed to be soaked before potting up. In some cases, soaking seeds for 12 hours is more than enough.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes..

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43 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

It's tough to tell in the first pic but seeds look good, from what i can tell... esp, if none float ( floaters generally will be "dead " seed )

As far as pre- soaking.. a 24-48 hour bath should be plenty of time before putting in soil to germinate. A week may cause the seed to rot ( seed takes up too much moisture, suffocates the Embryo ). Seed will continue taking up moisture in whatever soil you use to germinate them in, so the extra long soak isn't needed. The " 24-48 " hour soak i mentioned is what i have used for pretty much anything i have germinated, that needed to be soaked before potting up. In some cases, soaking seeds for 12 hours is more than enough.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes..

Thank you, I'll do what you said, I'll keep them in water for 2 days. 

Of course I'll let you know how it go

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Scarification is probably the term you meant to use.   Stratification is simulation of winter temperatures.

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12 hours ago, Fallen Munk said:

Scarification is probably the term you meant to use.   Stratification is simulation of winter temperatures.

Omg right, I'm so stupid 

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