Growing Your Own Miracle Fruit - Synsepalum dulcificum

Step 3 Planting the Seed

Miracle Fruits aren't notorious for their germination, only around 24% do, but we can increase these odds to nearly 100% by using Gibberelic Acid http://unitednuclear.com/chem.htm Whether or not you use it is up to you but if you don't you'll probably need more seeds.
With the peat mixture in the container it can now be moistened and the seeds pushed GENTLY into it so that its just barely visible, this would be the time to spray with gibberelic acid, one spritz for each seed should do.
You are going to want to keep the soil moist and warm, this is easily achieved by placing plastic wrap over the pot to hold in humidity and warmth. Place in indirect sunlight.

Comments

[herehere]

Hi. I have some synsepalum seeds. My seeds have a shell, but I can hear the real seed shaking inside. So my question is: Have I to open it and remove the shell or have I to sow it whit the shell? Please answer asap! Thanks!!!

[frikkinamaaan]

Unfortunately that means your seeds are dried out and dead. Like a pistachio, just not roasted... or salted.. or edible.. : o / Apparently the seeds don't have much of a shelf life at all. A seller on Amazon claims to guarantee receipt of fresh seeds. Good Luck!

[surfsucks]

How much Gibberelic Acid do you put in the mixture?

[SchrodingerCat]

I have found mold to be a problem too, would certainly recommend wearing gloves when handling the seeds.

[mwwdesign]

Looking at your name, I am thinking about the concept of digging up the seeds to see if they are germinating or not, lol!

[The Lightning Stalker]

If you touch the seeds with you bare hands they tend to go moldy. I'm not sure how well miracle fruit holds up to mold, but for most seeds it's best to handle them with gloves.