Some of us are trying Darjeerling tea seeds. I would like to post this as a current reminder.
Some of the germination procedures I’m familiar with are mainly from the “Small scale Tea Bulletin”:
1. Use freshly harvested seeds
2. Soak seeds in water for 24 hours.
3. Use sinkers as your primary batch sowing.
4. Separte the floaters, these may germinate but could become weaker plants.
5. Spread seeds over a black tarp out in full sun but keep moist by frequent watering.
6. Plant seeds which have developed a crack in the seed coat after a day or so.
7. Sow seeds with “eyes” in a horizontal position or parallel to the surface of the media. Sow to a depth of 1 inch.
8. Shade newly planted seeds.
9. Keep the media moist but with good drainage levels.
10. Seeds germinate in about 1 month.
11. Gradually move plants to full sun in preparation for transplanting.
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