My Little Seeds Diary

6 Feb 2019: This time propagating on tissue paper first. Picked out 30 seeds from a dragon fruit. Left on open shelf outside balcony. (Bright area) 9 Feb 2019 3 days.. All except for 1 sprouted! Will wait a few more days before potting them. 11 Fen 2019: 29 seeds sprouted. Roots already stuck to paper towel. Damaged a couple of sprouted trying ti take it out.  Instead of breaking more roots, I ripped up the paper up and planted the sprouts with the paper towels attached.  29 little sprouts, hope they'll all grow well. 25 Feb 2019 Not doing well. More than half suddenly died off and disappeared! Could be due to a very hot sunny day.

10 Jan 2019 Washed 5 cherry stones and placed in a ziplock bag of soil. Left in fridge to mimic cold. Will check in after a few months. 26 Feb 2016 - soil frozen in zipbag at back of fridge. Moved it to another part of the fridge. Hopefully will defrost.

6 Feb 2019 Cracked some cherry seeds/stone open  Potted in some seedling raising soil. Cover lightly and watered.  Wrapped with cling film and poked holes. Placed in a bright area. 26 Feb 2019 - no sign of growth.

10 Jan 2019: my friend told me I can slice up a tomato, take the rind/skin off and lay it on a bed of soil and scatter a light layer of soil over it. Water and let it grow! I did just that with store bought perino tomatoes. 16 Jan 2019: 3 tomato seedlings. 22 Jan 2019: More seedlings. 30 Jan 2019: no new seedling and 2 seedlings started drooping down. Decided to repot the healthy strong looking ones into little cups. And left some to see if they still survive. 5 Feb 2019: More seedlings sprouted from the original box! V And the ones in their own cups still looks ok. They have extra leaves. 27 Feb 2019 - seedlings are varied in sizes. Seems like depending on pot size. Some seedling died due to strong wind. Current location is indoor.

10 Jan 2019: Potted 2 mango seeds in one pot. Husk removed before planting. KP mangoes are polyembryonic which is supposed to grow true to fruit and multiple seedlings will grow. 29 Jan 2019: 1 seed started to have one shoot. 5 February 2019: The 2 biggest seedlings are from the same seed. The smaller of them looks like 2 stalks have fused together.  The seed on the left has started to sprout too, but it also looks a bit strange unlike the biggest seedling. 27 Feb 2019 - have separated the 2 seeds a while back. One was left outdoor. The other indoor. And indoor seedling was doing much better. Moved the other indoor.  A fourth seedling is beginning to grow. Has 3 seedlings but 2 of them are joined at the bottom.

26 Jan 2019: Honey gold mango seeds are polyembryonic. Meaning one seed can produce multiple seedlings.  Read that only polyembryonic mangoes will grow true to the fruit. I removed the hard shell/husk before planting into some all purpose soil. Leaving a bit of seed exposed. 5 February 2019: No activity above soil. 25 Feb 2019 - unsuccessful, the seed rotted and had tiny maggots eating it! So scary. Disposed off.

25 Jan 2019 - Since the first batch hasn't shown much activity, I decided to try another 4 seeds ( store bought organic Valencia oranges). With advices gathered from various websites to peel off the outer layer/shell of the seeds. This is suppose to help it sprout much faster. 5 Feb 2019 - no activity above soil. 27 Feb 209 - 3 seeds sprouted. The smallest seedling is a twin.