I came onto some baobab seeds recently. They've been sitting around my work area at the house just staring back at me. Then I got the inkling to see how these seeds could be germinated. Youtube had a video with instructions on how to germinate them within 5 days. 5 days is a lot shorter than the natural methods - where the seeds may actually never germinate. I figured I had nothing to lose so this past Sunday I broke out the Dremel and got started. I ground off a small part of the seed cover. These get soaked in water for a couple of days.
Here are the seeds after almost three days of soaking in water. They've swelled up quite a bit from their original size.
Last night I peeled the seed hull away from the inner seed and now four of the five seeds are sitting in a container sandwiched between two wet paper towels. I got pretty aggressive on one so that is why there are only four left.
Maybe by this Sunday I should be able to plant them in a pot of soil. Talk about a major difference in timing...
