My experience with Datura is they germinate easily and will transplant without much care...I usually start mine in the house regular potting soil slightly moist nothing fancy...They took a couple of weeks...Best of Luck!!! I hope you will keep us informed on your progress..
Chena

bismuth, don't go to any added expense on these, just plant in dirt and enjoy! Privately email me and I'll tell you about 'karma's cocktail' that we use here for starting Brugmansia and Datura seeds. Thank you and everyone else for testing our hybrids! Please no fussin' over these, just plant and enjoy!

Well, I set up an experiment with several variables (and a control, of course), so I'll probably take something from that when I plant karmahappytoes' seeds. But yes, Karma, I'm probably doing a lot more than I need to do. From how the plant appears in the photographs, I am assuming that it's Datura wrightii, which we have plenty of around here, so I don't want to confuse the plants. I have seen albinism and variegation passed down from parent plant to seed before, but most accounts state that a tissue culture will not replicate its mutant characteristics in seed except in those insignificant numbers.

That "cocktail" does sound interesting. I doubt that I will be getting too fancy in the end, maybe with a simple decision over substrate, but knowledge of anything to help plants gets started always intrigues me.

I soak my seeds overnight and plant them just under the soil surface. I've had no problems with daturas. I've bought some supposedly difficult to germinate seeds that have been pre-treated with gibberellic acid but have never used it myself. I've soaked passiflora seeds in oj and just made up a batch of willow water to see how that works (mainly for cuttings). KHT I'm curious about your "karma's cocktail".

bismuth, Datura inoxia is my understanding where the Datura Missouri Marble was taken from. Yes the seeds will not carry the variegation but I'm in hopes that with this sport we will have some interesting seedlings with some great stems. I love the smeel of these as peanutbutter fragrance is my favorite when it comes from plants. Also watch your mail for a surprise.

A surprise, eh? Well, I'll keep my eyes peeled.

I do believe that I saw some edge tinting on the flowers of the albino sport. Was that my imagining? The peanut butter scent you describe is definitely reminiscient of D. inoxia. Well, if the cross yields a distinct plant, then I guess you'll have to start thinking of names. Pink peanut butter? No? Perhaps it would be better if we saw what the thing looks like beforehand.

bismuth, you have a sharp eye there. Yes she and her mom have a pale purple tint. I just love this one!! We will have to wait to see what we all get. Wishing everyone that got these the best of luck!! Just keep me posted is all that I ask.