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Black Cardamom pods

20 years ago

On a whim I bought some dried black cardamom pods at the Oriental grocery with an eye to planting them. Do you think they might sprout? SHould I open the pods and extract the seeds, or plant the whole thing? Soak first??

Its a running joke among my closer gardening friends that I am unable to grow anything from seed so its an experiment for me.

Would have posted this on Gingers but there's so little activity over there I didn't think anyone would see it. (My gingers are largely dormant at the moment like a lot of folks)

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chickadeedeedee
20 years ago
Hi Bihai.

As you WELL KNOW, I am not an expert on planty things but I have done similar to you.

Like most things usually the fresher the seeds the better. It may be difficult to tell exactly how fresh the seeds are but you really have nothing to lose, ehh? I'd probably open the pod and choose the healthiest seeds for planting. If the seed coat is very tough a bit of scarification and a good 24-48 hr. soaking should help your chances of germination.

If you have several seeds you may try a different seed prep on each one and maybe increase the chance that at least one would germinate.

LOL!!! I didn't think that seed germination was your thing?
The very best of luck to you with this. I hope someone else who actually KNOWS what they are talking about will post a reply for you. :-)

C3D
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