My plants have had flowered in March and April. Now in May they are setting up their fruits and seeds.
Growing season has started in March or April and is still running throughout summer and fall. So all the seeds I have harvested and will harvest around this year will be sown immediately.
The first seedlings appear very quick - if the seeds are as fresh as I use them - after one to four weeks.
I have placed the glass on the heating of my kitchen. Temperature is around 15 C at night and 25 C at day.
Light is provided by the morning sun. This makes sure that the seeds and seedlings get "soft" light in the morning and are merely standing in a "half shaded" position the rest of the day. Never forget...what is true for humans is true for animals and plants. "Young" ones allways need "shaded" or "soft" conditions while "adult" ones have learned to withstand "no shade no shelter" or "hard" conditions. This is the meaning of becoming an adult one.
As a standard I use glasses with a rubber and removable cover. These have been ex honey glasses.
My standard substrate is BIMS ( = pumice ) with a very fine grade. I might use LAVA as well or PERLITE. The great advantage is that they drain very fast surplus water, hold water and fertilizer as a sponge and let air "flow" around their grains. One disadvantage can be that algae and mosses grow very good too. So the substrate has to be sterilized and the seeds have to be powdered with fungicide. As you can see I did not cover the seeds with fungicide. The fruits are without any fruit flesh and so there should be no fungi at all on top of the seeds.
Here you might see in the center of the photograph one black seed with its "newborn" to its left. At "11 o clock" there too are two seeds which are germinating.
Growing season has started in March or April and is still running throughout summer and fall. So all the seeds I have harvested and will harvest around this year will be sown immediately.
The first seedlings appear very quick - if the seeds are as fresh as I use them - after one to four weeks.
I have placed the glass on the heating of my kitchen. Temperature is around 15 C at night and 25 C at day.
Light is provided by the morning sun. This makes sure that the seeds and seedlings get "soft" light in the morning and are merely standing in a "half shaded" position the rest of the day. Never forget...what is true for humans is true for animals and plants. "Young" ones allways need "shaded" or "soft" conditions while "adult" ones have learned to withstand "no shade no shelter" or "hard" conditions. This is the meaning of becoming an adult one.
As a standard I use glasses with a rubber and removable cover. These have been ex honey glasses.
My standard substrate is BIMS ( = pumice ) with a very fine grade. I might use LAVA as well or PERLITE. The great advantage is that they drain very fast surplus water, hold water and fertilizer as a sponge and let air "flow" around their grains. One disadvantage can be that algae and mosses grow very good too. So the substrate has to be sterilized and the seeds have to be powdered with fungicide. As you can see I did not cover the seeds with fungicide. The fruits are without any fruit flesh and so there should be no fungi at all on top of the seeds.
Here you might see in the center of the photograph one black seed with its "newborn" to its left. At "11 o clock" there too are two seeds which are germinating.
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