Jatropha multifida

Ok,Ive not nicked the seed, but they are soaking, maybe i should?
I won't be putting the propagator on for these so it will be the greenhouse bench.

 

Not sure where I got my directions (got the seeds from Reunion) but as the seeds were rather large I did and planted up to the first knuckle of the index finger.

 

Spod yesterday with Jatropha podrica with flowers starting ...

Spod3

 

One of mine is moving, nothing happening with the other one.

 

Strange how they loop. Looks dry.

 

It's damp underneath.
Even tomato seed loops, just not so evident, being that these are bigger.

 

Here we go , I got impatient and gave it a tug and it's done exactly the same as yours did @Victoria .

 

That looks posotive to me. Did you take the outer coating off the seed as J did with mine?

 

Yes I've taken off the old brown skin.

 

Took the whole seed off today, I'm sure they should shed this naturally, found the seed leaves, (cotyledons), inside.

 

Looks good and healthy so we are off and running then.

 

Its starting to look better, the other seed I had rotted.


Just an update on the Thevetia, sown January.

 

Gosh, yours looks almost bigger than mine now! They are such attractive plants.

Funny, I said to J yesterday I must ask about your Thevetia. Both of ours are blooming. Is yours the yellow one or each like mine. They are very attractive too.

 

I assume the Thevetia is just6 the yellow one, isn't that normal?
The Jatropha probably looks bigger than it is, but its growing fast.

 

Yes, I believe yellow is the norm, actually called Yellow Oleander ...
Cascabela thevetia - Wikipedia

I don't know where Sis got the seeds, possibly Mexico,germinated them in Germany and brought the little plants down here to me. Here is one a couple of years old in July 2008 ...