Baobab pods anyone?

[andyoxon]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7506997.stm

We used to pick these up as kids in Zim. The tartaric acid containing powder around the seeds certainly cleans your teeth nicely...

And...if you fancy bonzaiing a baobab for the odd hundred yrs - scarify the seeds, pop into compost, cover the pot with a bag, and stick in airing cupboard until they germinate...

Mine didn't last too long...

 

[Keith Oates]

I wonder why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zimzum42]

The tree is one of the most amazing, beautiful trees around, maybe not as pretty as a Jacaranda, but really worth having.

Hope they can grow some in the UK, though I'll not be alive to see them!

 

[Dayvo]

Hope they can grow some in the UK, though I'll not be alive to see them!

Sorry to hear that, ZZ!

You might get better, though!

 

[zimzum42]

immodium is holding it all in at the mo....

 

[andyoxon]

I wonder why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Water at the wrong time probably - it rotted. Seedling phase is from germination to 15 yrs. I might have another go - it is possible http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewsus/2335909162/ (not me)

Given they can probably reach 1000yrs - might have to be a family heirloom...