P. suberosa seed starting

18 years ago

I just gathered some ripe suberosa fruit from my small vine that I have growing in a container and was wondering if you folks had any hints as to starting these seeds? The actual seeds must be tiny as the fruit is so small. I have had a few babies come up from an area where I just tossed the fruit at before and forgot them but I'd like to monitor their germination. I really would like to start a large number of suberosa, incarnata and biflora for use as fodder for my caterpillars.

Should I just plant the entire fruit while it is still fresh? or wait til it dries out?

Use soilless mixture or reg. potting mix?

Comments (3)

TigerLadyTX
18 years ago
Wait until the fruit gets very wrinkly before opening it. Plant the seeds as deep as they are thick into a mixture of 50/50 play sand and good potting soil. Keep the soil moist by misting it with a water sprayer so that you do not disturb the seeds. Keep the pots in a warm sunny spot...and hope.
Sometimes they sprout fast, other times they seem to take forever.

~Tiger
Krstofer
18 years ago
Don't forget to take the 'sauce' off the seeds. You might soak some for a day or 2 in orange juice, see if those sprout any faster.
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TigerLadyTX
18 years ago
I have found that fresh seeds do not need the "sauce" taken off of them. The pulp that surrounds the fresh seed is far superior to using orange juice to score/weaken the outer portion of the seed and enhance germination rates. All I do is gently smoosh the seed between thumb and forefinger to break the pulp sack - then stick that puppy onto the soil leftover pulp and all...

~Tiger