Hey yall,
I wanted to share my experience germinating these suckers. I live in Chicago, they’re native, and i’m excited to support local permaculture. I have read a LOT of “misinformation” about germinating these – but primarily, they do not need to be cold-stratified. Most information on the internet suggests that they do. I’m not sure why. Credit to prarie moon though, they did say to germinate in the heat, ~95f. I’ve even seen advice like “soak the seeds in orange juice.” Here’s what i did:
- “scarified” the seeds (clipped an edge with nail clippers, didn’t use pumpice)
- soaked them for 12 hours
- put them in paper towel on top of my grow light, in the dark (in a hat)
It worked great. I wanted to copy this comment from /u/Adventurous-Glass236 who had some great info and put me down the correct path.
prop spot: https://imgur.com/dhN91Qw germed seeds: https://imgur.com/a/VVRD4Qr
I stuck them in some soil, and i’m sure a lot are duds, but I should get plenty of plants. It was pretty easy. Wanted to share first-hand my experience, cuz there was so much conflicting info out there for passiflora incarnata. Hopefully they grow and I can send an update.
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