Has anyone here germinated Banana seeds before? I have several that I am waiting for to do something.. It has been about a month at 80-90 degrees and high humidity and they havent done anything.. Thanks April
Are you sure of your seeds or did you harvest them yourself? Some varieties have up to 1 viable seed per 300 bananas. In other varieties like Cavendish (the usual supermarket banana) the seeds are scarce. Ralph
'Cavendish' bananas are always sterile, so I hope it isn't that! 80°C is far too hot, it will kill the seeds. Checked up, you want to aim for between 20-22° for outdoor ornamental bananas like Musa basjoo.
Hi, Thanks.. It was actually 80 degrees F, not C. No Cavendish, but I do have Velutinas, Violacea, Zebrina, Snow bananas etc... Thanks April
I planted some Musa velutina (pink bananas!) seeds about a month ago, still nothing, the person who gave me the seeds said they can take anywhere from 1-6 months to germinate. I've got them in moist soil on a seed germinating heat mat.
I started some musa ensete seeds last spring. One seed germinated in a month. The others never did germinate, though to be honest I sort of threw them out after a while because all I needed was one plant. It made a very attractive yet unusual annual for the summer, reached about 4 feet high. I was thinking of overwintering indoors, but don't really have the space. Now I have purchased seeds of musa zebrina (blood banana). If these are lucky enough to sprout, I figure the plants would be a more manageable size, grow in a pot on the deck and I will be able to overwinter indoors. It sounds like lightly moist soil at room temperature is the key? Unfortunately, for seeds that take a long time to germinate, I usually forget about checking on them and the soil ends up drying out too much. Germinating anything difficult isn't my thing. Regards, Glen
