Then I pretty much forget about them for a few weeks at a time. Since it's been a few weeks since I last looked at them (with one exception), today I took a close look.
One of the plants has been out of the plastic bag for a couple of weeks. I've left it wrapped in its now-starting-to-disintegrate paper towel, and it's been sitting in a container with a small amount of water in it to keep it moist.
It's doing pretty well, but needs to get into some soil!
This is what the bagged seeds look like:
Today was the first day I unwrapped all of the other seeds in quite a while, and this is what I found:
Yahoo!
This is what each wrapped seed looks like:
Not too promising, until you look at it from the right direction:
So they're all doing great! Well, except for this one:
This one looks way too dark compared to all of the others.
As you can see, it has not germinated, and in fact is quite moldy:
Straight into the garbage with that one, but I think four small mango plants is plenty for me:
Especially since I'll have to grow these as houseplants.
Actually, four is more than plenty -- it's too many! If all of them survive, I'm going to have to give away a few of them for sure. Maybe I'll make them part of a plant trade...
In any case, I'm excited about my new little mango plants!
If you're interested in trying this, it's super simple. Here's my post on what I did.
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Alan, I was inspired by your earlier posts (like so many times) and stuck a mango seed in a pot of soil. No signs of leaves yet but I want to try growing a mango tree as a house plant as well.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention that the mango seed I put outside in a pot of soil hasn't shown any signs of germination yet. I haven't dug it up, but there's no growth or evidence of roots.
ReplyDeleteYou may want to try the plastic bag method.
Impressive seeds call for impressive germination! Congrats on your success! :D
ReplyDeleteDarn it! I forgot, just threw away a mango seed last night. I can't remember if you really scrubbed off all the flesh before putting it in the bag. I would be afraid of mold forming. What kind was the mango variety?
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing to scrub -- you pry the hairy pit open to get the seed out.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what variety it was. They're not labeled here. When I researched, trying to figure it out, there seems to be one main variety that is sold in most of the US... so I would guess it was that kind... except I can't remember what it was.
Very impressive. I presume it will do better as a house plant and you won't expect any fruit? Mind you reading your blog anything is possible...
ReplyDeletedidn't realize it was inside of the pit. Must look next time.
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