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  • EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI
  • EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI
  • EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI
  • EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI
  • EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI
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EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI

EXOTIC TREE OF LIFE SEEDS African Baobab Adansonia RARE TROPICAL PLANT BONSAI

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2x Seeds Fresh From Africa
If Your Inspired by The Disney movie The Lion King You Will Love This.......
Grow Your Very Own Tree Of Life an African Baobab Tree
You Will Receive 2x Fresh Seeds.... With out Growing Instructions

 

Grow Baobabs from seeds – The steps:

  1. Scratch the baobab seeds slightly with a heavy duty nail file (make shore you don't damage the seed inside) and only file the seed on the curved back not the two ends as you may damage the root / leaf part. doing this will help the seed soak the water up and swell. Please watch videos online for tips
  2. Place scratched seeds in warm water for 1-2 days
  3. Gently remove the seed coat with your fingernails
  4. Place the seeds on a moist kitchen towel for another two days in a small bowl with a lid. The seeds will continue germinating.
  5. Earth: Mix cactus or regular soil with coarse river sand. The sand makes the soil more permeable and helps to prevent root rot
  6. Pot: It should be at least 10 cm high. Put the soil mixture in the pot. Baobabs form tap roots and need space to do so
  7. Place the seedlings on the soil mixture in the pot and cover with a two centimetre thick layer of coarse river sand
  8. Water: the baobab seedlings need regular water – but do not water too often. Pour water every two to three days and use rain water if possible
  9. Light: Baobabs love it sunny and warm. In summer they can be placed outside in a warm spot – for example on the balcony, in the garden or on the terrace. Beware, the small seedlings are susceptible to spider mites and they do not like strong wind.
  10. Heat: The seeds need a warm environment, that means temperatures around 20 ° Celsius and above

Adansonia Digitata seeds better known as the African Baobab Tree. In their native environment, Baobab trees have amazing longevity - some are over 3,000 years old. Whist they can be grown as outdoor pot specimens in Europe they are mainly grown as excellent bonsai specimens.

Germination Instructions

Sow indoors at any time. Germination can be slow so to speed things up, scratch the hard seed case in one place using a metal nail file or similar

 then soak the seeds in hot water for 24-48 hours. This is called "seed stratification" and if you are not familiar with how to do this, have a look at 

some videos on YouTube etc - its not hard 

Sow 4-6 mm deep into regular compost with about a third added sand. Ideal germination temperature 21-27°C so ideally on a window sill over
 
a radiator. Keep well ventilated to avoid rot. Transplant seedlings when they are 5cm tall to individual pots and grow on.


Tip - Dont  be tempted to try to remove the seed case from young seedlings - I have tried and it damages the leaves. They will eventually cast off the Seed Coat Naturally. 
Good Luck And Happy Growing 



Growing Instructions

They Can not tolerate even mild frost. Minimum temp. 12°C. Grow in a greenhouse or conservatory. Prefers a well-drained sandy soil in full, hot sun. Water well when the compost is dry. Continue to water even if the leaves are lost over winter.

 General Guide to Seed Sowing!

1) Dont Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost!

2) Google and Youtube are your friends! Take some time so see the methods other people use to germinate the seed. 

3) Think Nature! What conditions do seeds face? For example a seed from a tropical plant will fall to the warm, wet and dark jungle floor. A seed from the mountains of Europe will fall to the floor in Autumn, then have to endure months of freezing temperatures before germinating in the spring. So as growers, what we are trying to do is to simulate the conditions that the seeds will naturally experience and there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the processes somewhat.

4) Good compost pays dividends . The best investment you can make is to purchase three bags - one of potting compost, one of vermiculite and one of horticultural sand. With these three bags I can make up whatever soil type a particular seed likes (although for most seeds I find a 50/50 mix of compost and vermiculite works just fine) 

5) Rot is your enemy. The single biggest danger to seed germination is rot - either before or after "damping off" the seeds germinate. To reduce the risk, ensure you have good free draing soil mix and that it is moist but not wet. Unless the seed variety abslutely requires it I prefer NOT to cover my seeds trays with plastic bags, Whilst germination is often faster this way, it greatly increases the risk of rot. I prefer to place my seed trans inside a watertight plastic tray and water from the bottom - airflow over the surface reduces the risk.
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