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Is this the Desert Quandong seed in germination?
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Posted by tom888 Qld Aust (My Page) on Sun, Aug 21, 05 at 19:38
| I bought a few tubes of Small Leaf Tamarind 2 weeks ago and while I was repotting them to planter bags, I discovered what looked like a Desert Quandong (Santulum acuminatum) seed among one of the tubes. I have seen plenty of Desert Quandong seeds (but not other Santu,lum seeds) and have tried to germinate them without success, but this one is not perfectly round, instead it has a slight flat surface to one part. Also it has 2 small protrusions from the hard shell. They look like leaves not rootd to me. So, 2 questions:
1) Is this Santulum acuminatum or some other Santulum species?
2) Does it germinate with leaves first before the radicle?
Tom |
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RE: Is this the Desert Quandong seed in germination?
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| A picture would be very handy :) If it is a quandong, I'm not sure your tamarind would be able to support them at that size - might be better to put them in the ground with a grass or something? |
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