Planting seeds

[byuind]

Sorry if there is a good tutorial on this page - if so just direct me to that!

 

i picked up about 40 Cuban Royal seeds and planted them all in a starter kit with the self expanding peat pellets that you can pick up at Home Depot.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Jiffy-36-Large-Peat-Pellets-Seed-Starting-Greenhouse-Kit-with-SUPERthrive-J636GS-10H/313965705

I put them in the pellets with very minimal covering of peat per some online advise. I water them each day waiting for germination. They are currently in my garage out of the sun where temperatures stay between 75-85 degrees.

please let me know if I need to do anything more

[kinzyjr]

1 hour ago, byuind said:

Sorry if there is a good tutorial on this page - if so just direct me to that!

 

i picked up about 40 Cuban Royal seeds and planted them all in a starter kit with the self expanding peat pellets that you can pick up at Home Depot.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Jiffy-36-Large-Peat-Pellets-Seed-Starting-Greenhouse-Kit-with-SUPERthrive-J636GS-10H/313965705

I put them in the pellets with very minimal covering of peat per some online advise. I water them each day waiting for germination. They are currently in my garage out of the sun where temperatures stay between 75-85 degrees.

please let me know if I need to do anything more

When they germinate, have some deep pots ready to transplant them.  They could probably stand a bit more heat for optimal germination.  The sweet spot for tropical palms is usually between 85F and 95F.

[aztropic]

Make sure you never put the grow kit in any direct sun. It will cook everything. Garage is a great place to germinate. Once watered and fully expanded,those peat pots easily go a week or two or longer without any additional water when the clear plastic cover is used. You never want the tray so wet that there is any standing water. Seeds will rot under those conditions.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[byuind]

Ok great to here. So in theory my current conditions are good enough to the point where I just need to wait for the spikes to pop? 

[aztropic]

Yes.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[Merlyn]

Yep, around this time of year ambient back porch temperatures are great in Florida.  I usually try to germinate stuff over the winter, and have a heating mat with a digital thermostat and controller.  So I just put it on the kitchen table that we never use for anything other than junk storage...and cook away!  I've used the "baggie method" with best success rate, though I'm more skilled at kiling seedlings than growing them. 

One disadvantage of using a big covered tray is that if one gets the "damping off" fungus then it tends to spread to others in the same airspace.  So transferring to "cone-tainers" is a good choice if you are only doing a small quantity.  The other method is to put them into "community pots" after germination, maybe 20ish seeds in a 6" pot, and then separate them out later once they have a couple of leaves.