15 Miracle Fruit Seeds (Synsepalum Dulcificum) - Grow Your Own Miracle Fruit Plants - Fruit Turns Sour to Sweet

Since these have such specific requirements, and I live in a rather arid place, I was hoping to get one, maybe two, healthy sprouts out of the 15 seeds. My hopes and expectations were completely dashed... instead, I have 15 glossy, beautiful, little plants! 100% success! Really, they've been quite worry and maintenance free. The key, I think, was setting up the proper environment from the start. Ingredients: -Plastic Critter Keeper -Decorative glass marbles -Seed starter Peat Pots -The recommended miracle grow soil -Humidity gauge (from the pet store, pretty cheap) -New plastic spray bottle -Water (from the fridge filter, allowed to warm to room temp before use) -15 Miracle Fruit Seeds What did I do? -The night before planting: Rinsed the critter keeper, spray bottle, and marbles with bleach water, then regular water. Filled the spray bottle w/ filtered water. -Taped Plastic Wrap to the lid. Only one side was taped, so I could flip it back and forth to better regulate the humidity and airflow as needed. -Put the decorative glass marbles in the bottom of the critter keeper, filled bottom to about .25" w/ filtered water to increase humidity. The marbles kept the pots up out of the water so they didn't mold/rot/oversaturate. The humidity never dropped below 85. -Filled the peat pots w/ soil. Thoroughly moistened the soil and pots with the water. Planted the seeds according to the instructions. -Put the peat pots in the critter keeper, stuck the humidity gauge inside, closed the lid, checked on them daily. Gave each seed a little spritz as needed.If it started to smell musty, I'd flip the plastic wrap back to let the air flow through until the mustiness was gone. Worked great. -Once they sprouted, I moved the keeper to a window with bright, indirect light. Remain patient. Keep it maintained and regulated. It took a few weeks before I saw my first sprout. All but two are now about 5-6". I almost gave up on the last two, but they popped up a couple weeks ago and are ~ 3" tall now.

Seeds never sprouted. Go buy a plant and forget the seeds.

Seeds were packaged in a damp paper towel to keep them moist during the trip. Seeds are only viable for a short time after being exposed to the air. Be sure to not let the seeds dry out. I followed the instructions provided and had 100% germination rate of the 16 seeds that I planted. Be warned that sprouts are very sensitive to dry conditions and do much better in humidity. I lost some of my sprouts because they got too dry. A great purchase if you have some experience growing plants. Do not try to grow these if you don't have experience growing plants. They are hard to grow if you don't live in a humid place. Best of luck to those who try!

I have about 5 seeds in a mason jar still green. 3 seeds that are actually sprouted all were transplanted into what you see in the photo. And the rest while they were fresh initially they ended up getting fungus and rotting. I just transplanted this large sprout to a big outside pot. Update 7/27/22: Well an update on the 5 seeds in a mason jar. 1 had become moldy so tossed it when the seed wasn't green any longer. There are four seeds left. Of the four seeds three have sprouted a root. Of those three seeds one already had a small stem about 1/4". See photo. The first seed that sprouted from this entire order currently has 3 leaves and is outside under an awning so it only gets direct early sunrise light. For the qty, price and very difficult germination in California (indoors without my seed starter setup) it is really meant for those that like a challenge and want this plant with paying $50 for a 4" pot. Here's my setup. Stayed in the mason jar with a little water. Stayed inside the bathroom. I didn't use a heat mat but I do have grow lights for plants in my bathroom. Changed the water from time to time with tap from the faucet. Wiped any mold/fungus from the seed and jar. A few times used hydrogen peroxide to quick clean both seed and jar. Here's the key to this seeds germination. Live your life and just check on it when you remember it. If it's green it's still viable. I haven't even checked the other one still in that rosemary container. I was happy with the first plant with three leaves. That third leaf took a while to come out.

When i first got these, they were in good condition, and since I was busy I didn't have time to open them or check them out, so i left them AS IS for 2 weeks then I opened the plastic bag and voila! all of them germinated all the 16 of them, I did nothing! I'm beyond ecstatic! The temp was around 15°C/60°F at the time so now I potted them and watered them as needed! I tried experimenting and, I can tell you the seedlings hated the sun especially with low humidity and temps around 30+°C/90+°F, even 60% wasn't enough, also when in high humid place avoid mold from the roof, if some of that mold end up on the seedling, it's game over, place them in a zero cleanroom if possible. 12 are left without incident, the other 4 will try my best to save them! I joined some picture to illustrate, a good healthy seedling vs one that got beaten by sun and mold(i cleaned it for now) any tips on how to save it? :D

Immediately upon receipt I separated the seeds into 3 separate pots of 5 each with varying soil composition and acidity. To my disappointment, not a single seed germinated in any environment :^(

Got extra's and almost all sprouted. One was even sprouted at time of arrival. Was packaged very nicely and appropriately. If anyone is contemplating this purchase, you will not regret it. They arrived very fast and ready to go. Seller takes the time to package them right. Mine are growing fast and looking great.Quality Seller. A+++ One Year Update: Out of 4 batches of 5 only one batch survived. Those were the ones we used only rainwater and few drops of Super Thrive on each month. I don't recommend fertilizer, tap, or bottled/distilled water. Avoid Miracle Grow soil, use organic non fertilized soil. For best results mist with rainwater daily. Also regular household lighting didn't do well. We use a standard grow bulb about 12 inches above pot. Keep it in the warmest part of the house and if they turn purple they are too cold. Another batch was doing good too until we moved it outside to the shaded porch, some direct sunlight hit it a few hours each day and they died. They do require daily or near daily care to keep them happy & healthy. Picture was taken today of my biggest & smallest living plants.

These seeds look healthy, mine haven't germinated yet, still waiting there. But most importantly In the first trial batch after digging up seeds to see if any progress had happened at all, I noticed that there was mold wrapped around the outside. this was attached to the fruit left on the seeds that was shriveled up and now looked very rotten. The instructions did not say to remove this but the images of the seeds shown is without the fruit. I removed the fruit from the seed for the rest of the seeds, hopefully that helps keep them from rotting. At 14 bucks a set you'd hope you'd read about this step somewhere but you don't.