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Re: Hibiscus seed germination

I have several hibicuses as indoor plants. Once I got three seeds on one of
them. I put these seeds in the usual compost and sand mixture that I use for
perennials and left the pot in a window in normal room temperature. All
three seeds germinated after about a month and grew well. The leaves of the
new plants looks a bit different from the mother plant. I have had them for
four years now, but they haven't flowered yet. So may be hibicuses grown
from seeds take longer time to flower. 

Jim Klett wrote:
>My hibiscus is forming seed pods, as it does every year at this time. In
the past, the seeds have 
>appeared to be viable (I believe my whitefly problem is responsible for
pollination).
>
>Does anyone know of a successful method for germinating these seeds? This
plant produces 
>beautiful blooms, and I have tried all of the propagation methods that I
know of for woody plants (air 
>layering, cuttings in both water, soil and soil-less mixtures) with no
success. I believe this to be the 
>only method left. Please advise... 

I have also propagated hibiscuses a lot of times by cuttings of thin
branches, a little woody,  with two or three leaves. I put them in tap water
(some chalk in it here, but I don't know if it matters), and normally I have
roots in three months. I even brought hibiscus cuttings home from Ethiopia
once, and all of them rooted by this method.

Magnar
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Magnar Aspaker                       E-mail:magnar@aspaker.no
Kila                                 Phone #: +47 77 07 55 16
N-9438 Breivika                      Garden in North Norway, 68º north
Norway                               Temp: Min -18ºC  max + 28ºC
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