Yesterday or today, one of the seeds germinated, and I'm pretty sure it's the one that that had the root bubble. It's on the gibberellic acid side, and just looks like a little white blob. I poked a small hole in the plastic wrap over it so it could grow freely. Because it's white, and the other set didn't even look green for about a week, I'll delay putting the tray in the sunlight until a few others germinate.
Because only one of the seeds have germinated, I can't yet look at any data on the effects of gibberellic acid on the germination time. Though it's taken a little less time than the previous set of seeds, those were also soaked in the gibberellic acid, plus I'm doing things a little differently based on what I've read and learned from mistakes, e.g; The container size, number of waterings, soil composition, length of gibberellic acid exposure.
I sort of wish I hadn't thrown out the seed I cut open to check for freshness, I just thought about whether it could have split into two plants.
Comments and suggestions are appreciated.
I've had no luck with my seeds. I ended up unable to get ahold of any gibberellic acid. The seeds arrived dry as they had been stopped at the border for about two weeks (3 weeks in transit). It was clear that the newspaper there were wrapped in was originally damp, but this moisture was all but gone. I'll try again at some point in the future, and I'm still interested in hearing about your results.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that, but don't give up though! If you can germinate and grow them well it will be very rewarding in the end. I suggest getting the seeds from an American seller, there are almost no cons to doing so, and you can actually get live seeds.
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