Growing Ficus Benjamina from seed

Perry the Pom · Post by **Perry the Pom** » June 8th, 2013, 9:51 am

G'day,
I purchased 150 Ficus Benjamina seeds on EBay. The instructions in planting them are not very clear.
I would appreciate the best was to plant them so that I manage to get a good result. I live in Maryborough Qld and I really get frost on my property.
Cheers Perry

Jasonb · Post by **Jasonb** » June 8th, 2013, 12:32 pm

Really or rarely? From what I've been told, plant when you would normally repot a fig, ( when overnights are 18 degrees celcius ) I could be wrong though.

Post by **Bougy Fan** » June 8th, 2013, 12:37 pm

I have never bothered with seed - I either collect or propagate by cuttings or air layers. It shouldn't get too cold up there - I would hedge my bets and plant some now and the rest in about August or September.

Post by **kcpoole** » June 8th, 2013, 2:06 pm

Jasonb wrote:Really or rarely? From what I've been told, plant when you would normally repot a fig, ( when overnights are 18 degrees celcius ) I could be wrong though.

I repot allotropic aka when gets over 15 deg , same idea tho

Also never bothered with seed

Perry the Pom · Post by **Perry the Pom** » June 8th, 2013, 3:06 pm

G'day,
By the looks of all the replies I will wait for Spring and give it a try then.
Cheers Guys

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