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 Zexter
 
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 datura germination question
#8538708 - 06/18/08 09:43 PM (5 months, 11 days ago) |
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i knicked and soaked roughly 10 datura seeds and sowed them into soil today. they are in a small pot, and i put saran wrap over the top (after misting it with water, for humidity)
its getting 80-90 degrees f. around here in the middle of the day. which means its probably close to 100 under the saran wrap. is that too hot for the seeds to sprout up?
and after/if they do, when can they be in normal, outside humidity? do they live well outside? (ive grown datura inside very successfully, but as its summer, i thought id let them be outside for a while.
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 weiliiiiiii
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Re: datura germination question [Re: Zexter]
#8538768 - 06/18/08 09:58 PM (5 months, 11 days ago) |
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where are you located at? I think they should be alright. Brugmansia and datura inoxia both grow wild were i live(GA)they thrive all over the place down here.
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plainswalker
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Re: datura germination question [Re: weiliiiiiii]
#8539240 - 06/19/08 12:21 AM (5 months, 11 days ago) |
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They'll do fine in normal humidity and conditions immediately upon sprouting. And yes they'll do fine outside, they are a plant and plants naturally grow outside. 
Some people germ them quite easily and for other people they can be quite tricky. I have found that cold stratification works wonders for them.
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Zexter
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Re: datura germination question [Re: weiliiiiiii]
#8540044 - 06/19/08 08:17 AM (5 months, 10 days ago) |
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weiliiiiiii said:
where are you located at? I think they should be alright. Brugmansia and datura inoxia both grow wild were i live(GA)they thrive all over the place down here.
i live in MO so they should be fine. thanks guys.
yea ive ready about people hving trouble germinating them also. but the other times ive grown them indoors, they germed without any stress.
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cpw1971
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Re: datura germination question [Re: Zexter]
#8540176 - 06/19/08 09:06 AM (5 months, 10 days ago) |
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sometimes they take 3 months to germinate
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mr_minds_eye
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Re: datura germination question [Re: Zexter]
#8540752 - 06/19/08 01:03 PM (5 months, 10 days ago) |
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Different species are more or less difficult. Datura inoxia not at all whereas Datura metel is much more so. Bottom heat helps the D.metel. Once I was burning some D.metel seeds as an offering and a few fell of the charcoal. They didn't seem very damaged so I planted them in my garden. All of they germinated. I was reading this herbal seed and plant brochure and the guy was talking about a few plants whose seeds benefited from being lightly scorched. I am going to experiment with it soon with D. metel. I think it will help.
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MycoGlowFlow
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Re: datura germination question [Re: mr_minds_eye]
#8540860 - 06/19/08 01:37 PM (5 months, 10 days ago) |
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many plants grow stronger and faster after contact with flame. infact many types of seeds will only advance to seedling stage if theyve first been burnt. this is a natural reaction to things like forest fires and a altruistic advantage to regulating species population and consumption soil essentials if im not mistaken.
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Zexter
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Re: datura germination question [Re: cpw1971]
#8541251 - 06/19/08 03:57 PM (5 months, 10 days ago) |
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cpw1971 said:
sometimes they take 3 months to germinate
both times i grew them they only took 4-5 days
cool info MycoGlowFlow, thank you!
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Edited by Zexter (06/19/08 03:59 PM)
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