I was getting a little concerned about the Goldenberry, but yesterday morning a couple broke ground. If you look back at the blog, that puts them at almost a week before coming up. I noticed this one do this weird trick with its seed shell. Usually a seedling will slough off the seed shell in the ground or it will grow it's leaves until the seed shell is wedged towards the leaf tips and finally is pushed off of the tips and falls away. However look at these two Goldenberry pictures below and you can see that they have instead jutted out the tips of the leaves and so instead of being the last part of the leaf to be uncovered by the seed shell, it has become the first.
To the bottom right are some not so big Giant Cape Gooseberry seedlings that sprouted about 9 days ago. They are the same species, but seem as though they might be a different variety than the Goldenberry. It's just a teazer for now, but we'll see how their adult forms look.
This final one is the Litchi tomato seedling with its purple stem. The seeds were planted at the same time as the Giant Cape Gooseberry, but are a lot slower to sprout.
To the bottom right are some not so big Giant Cape Gooseberry seedlings that sprouted about 9 days ago. They are the same species, but seem as though they might be a different variety than the Goldenberry. It's just a teazer for now, but we'll see how their adult forms look.
I found the cape gooseberry a very slow plant to germinate. Takes about 3 weeks+ for a tiny little plant. I hope the plant itself it not as slow growing
ReplyDeleteMe too ....seems like they're never going to come up ! Do you cover them with compost ? I left mine uncovered as I have read they need the light to germinate ...... but now thinking that I should have covered them . Do they really take 3 weeks ? ! Maybe I wont give up just yet then . Debbie
ReplyDeleteخیلی عالی بود من خیلی به کاشت فیسالیس علاقه دارم برای همین بذر فیسالیس از اینترنت خریدم و دارم برای جوانه زنیش تحقیق می کنم. مطلب شما خیلی بهم کمک کرد
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