Mango popped

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:06 am

Fairly spectacular when such a large seed pops:

Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:24 am

Cool.

I have tried a couple of mangos but they died on me over the winter.

Regards,
Jay

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:41 am

Jay,
After all that work cleaning the seed, bummer.
Barb

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:38 pm

Jay and I have something in common. I have tried 3 or 4 mango seeds over the years ............ and nothing.

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:29 pm

Barb,

I am not sure if you knew this already, but the seed can be removed from it's outer shell. I take a butter knife and open the outer shell like an oyster. It eliminates cleaning the outer shell and does not effect the germination.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:38 am

Craig, thanks, wish I'd known that

Nice pic!

How does one know if a seed has an outer shell that can be removed.
Is there some guiding principle somewhere?
Or just hit-n-miss?
Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:43 pm

Craig, Great photo!

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:46 pm

Sorry, I can't take credit for the photo. I found it online and thought it showed the outer shell the best.

Barb, when I am trying a new seed. I usually try to look for info online. Type in your search bar, "How to germinate a(insert the plant type here)" and see what comes up. Rarepalmseeds.co usually has info on germination also, http://rarepalmseeds.com/archive.shtml

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:02 pm

Hi Craig,
Yes, I have read all the testimonials on RPS for the palm seeds I ordered.
Most just involved soaking, now and then nicking the seed.
Generally "anywhere from 3 weeks to 1 year" for germination.
And I've read of some palm seeds that are "blended" with rocks in a concrete mixer or driven over by trucks to break the outer shell.

That search phrase is a good idea. Thanks.
Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:45 pm

I have always cracked the shell. I had two growing good over the summer but through winter they both just died on me.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:20 am

That's too bad, Jay.

If (when) mines grows, will have to figure out their winter requirements in habitat.
Barb

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:34 am

Spider mites got mine last year. They love mangos!!! I started another 3 weeks ago and just noticed that it broke the surface today.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:06 am

Craig,
Great that you started another.
They seem to germinate quickly.

Spider mites? Thanks for the warning.
hmm, sounds like a job for nicotine-juice.

I've been looking for evidence of spider mites to try out the nicotine juice theory (it worked on aphids).
This is the first year I can't find any

Barb

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