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I planted some Jacaranda seeds back in June of this year.
I had a chia herb green house left over from last year that didn't make it. I put the seeds in the little pots.
Before I knew it they started to grow. Which surprised me cause the seeds were a year old. But kept in their pods in a cool dry place.

Once the litte trees reached top of the plasic green house I moved them to a bigger pot (5" dia.) And they both seem to be doing great! They have been sitting in my kitchen window (one to the south, and one to the east) The funny thing is I thought they were getting to much sun so I brought them down to the counter top and they both started to go limp. Put them back up in the window and they perked right back up.

The little guys will be headed to their future home next month. I will be putting them in a bigger pot so my Dad won't have do it. He wants it as an indoor plant and put it on the patio during the summer (zone 5/6) and make more of a bush of the tree. I think he only wants it to grow 3/4 feet. So I was thinking of a gallon pot for each of them with good soil. The little trees themselves are about 6 inches tall now.

I am just so happy they grew and are still alive. :)

I see its been a few months, but see the thread for "winterizing a Jacaranda." On this thread there was a gardener who had started 10-12 seeds and had plants that were of good size. They will have some good advice for you. Good luck! I love my Jacaranda.

Thanks for the info George. Since these do not grow true from seed is it worth growing them? Will they produce a fruit similar to the parent plant?
Karyn

From what I've read on several sites, it will take at least 3 years for your plants to produce fruit. Some have said it will produce a fruit similar to the parent, some have said you might get a surprise :) I've got seeds I'm planning on planting myself, but I have no idea what a "rapid grow" solution is. And 200 days in the fridge? Wowzers..I'm guessing if you're going to grow these, you need to be in it for the (very) long haul. With loads of patience.

Thankyou for the reply. I'll give it a try in the new year.

These seeds don't store especially well, you'll have better germination if you sow them fresh, cleaned, using the warm, cold, cool method described above. How do you feel about dealing with a seed pot in the middle of a household move :)

I have used the small chinese food take out containers (they are black plastic on the bottom and have clear snap on lids)...drilled holes, and done

and they are free, large enough to plant a dozen seeds at a time but small enough to easily move around

I had also seen recently someone had used a cardboard egg carton...how perfect is that? 12 ready made sections. For $2.50? you get the container and get to eat a dozen eggs!! what a deal.

I never heard of using peroxide, but here in La. I understand that some people use clorox.

Regarding h peroxide, i received an email giving many uses but not for seed. It did say if you have a fungas on the toes it would help. For about a month now I have spraying my big toes with it and it looks like they are growing clean.

It's very useful for a sore throat. My Dr. told me to gargle with H2O2 and water. It DOES work. Almost immediately.

One Republican, one Democrat, loads of rhetoric. You guys could not agree if the world was going to end. You both would take up the limited time spouting off useless information. How about this. Industrialization has changed the environment, and not for the better. Policies initiated in the past 40 years have been an attempt to reverse the damage. Period. Who is to blame? Who cares. Let's fix it.

rbrady,

I agree at least, with somebody.

:)

And perhaps I even have grounds to agree with George on something.

Maybe George doesn't like that word 'Global'. I would agree with him too, on the point of not wanting to see another attempt at a 'One World, One Government' and agree that we, here in the USA, should determine for ourselves how best to solve the problem, without being penalized for our efforts which have been going on long before the Kyoto protocols and Al Gore, Soros and any attempt to have a Treki style Global Federation of Countries. Our entire history as a nation is based on being free from the dictates and meddling of other governments, so that people may steer their own way through representation and agreement upon regulation. You state 40 years above and that's just about right for environmental protection issues to be reversed. We've been proving that we can recognize, analyze and regulate away a whole panoply of pollution problems. Our EPA ( Environmental Protection Agency ) was founded in 1970.

George, we have at least that, in agreement. It just isn't Darwinian at all to have a 'One World, One Government' pushing its weight around when we know we can do the job without that kind of coercion. And it just plain isn't American. International Law is the vehicle for global issues, not a centralized world federation.

Thanks for your input rbrady.

I feel your pain, because I really have struggled with germinating Salvia apiana, mellifera and clevelandii this year. A great book (sold by the CA native plant society and elsewhere) is "Seed Propogation of Native California Plants". I have to admit I'm considering trying gibarellic acid for the recalcitrant native seeds.

If you have enough seeds to experiment, you might try the "baggie method" as well.

Here is a link that might be useful: the baggie method

Wow. If these are the easy to germinate seeds, I hate to think what I'm looking at for the hard ones! I'll try all those suggestions, and, well, we'll see.

Dicot, good luck with the salvias. I planted a handful of salvia clevelandii on the slope in back of my house last year, and when the weather is warm you can smell them a hundred feet away, a really pleasant fragrance.

All I did was pop a couple of seeds in a potting mix, watered, and viola hibiscus.

A small amount of hydrogen peroxide will help act as a fungicidal solution (around 20 parts water-1 part h. peroxide). If your seeds are dry and fungus free, plain water is good enough to soak the tough seed coat and allow the germinating plant to penetrate it.