I've just managed to germinate 3 Tamarind trees. They all have their first
"true" leaves opening. Has anyone else got any experience with these things?
Destined to be houseplants I think due to lack of conservatory. Any idea
what to expect?

Les

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"Les wrote
I've just managed to germinate 3 Tamarind trees. They all have their first
"true" leaves opening. Has anyone else got any experience with these
things?
Destined to be houseplants I think due to lack of conservatory. Any idea
what to expect?


Something the size of a large oak tree! :-)

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I grew one a few years ago. They get pretty big. The nice thing about them
is that the leaves close at night.

Fogey

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I've just managed to germinate 3 Tamarind trees. They all have their first
"true" leaves opening. Has anyone else got any experience with these
things?
Destined to be houseplants I think due to lack of conservatory. Any idea
what to expect?

Les

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natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
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ourselves and decide what we wish to become."
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Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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I grew one a few years ago. They get pretty big. The nice thing about them
is that the leaves close at night.

Fogey

"Les &/or Claire" wrote in message
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I've just managed to germinate 3 Tamarind trees. They all have their first
"true" leaves opening. Has anyone else got any experience with these
things?
Destined to be houseplants I think due to lack of conservatory. Any idea
what to expect?

Les

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natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within
ourselves and decide what we wish to become."
Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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Joe Fogey wrote:
I grew one a few years ago. They get pretty big. The nice thing about
them is that the leaves close at night.

Fogey


Just peeked at them in the bathroom ( their first night indoors as
houseplants ) and your right! They do remind me of the sensitive plant,
perhaps a relation using the same mechanism from a different stimulus?

Les

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I've just managed to germinate 3 Tamarind trees. They all have their
first "true" leaves opening. Has anyone else got any experience with
these things? Destined to be houseplants I think due to lack of
conservatory. Any idea what to expect?

Les

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"Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission
natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become."
Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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Joe Fogey wrote:

I grew one a few years ago. They get pretty big. The nice thing about
them is that the leaves close at night.

Just peeked at them in the bathroom ( their first night indoors as
houseplants ) and your right! They do remind me of the sensitive plant,
perhaps a relation using the same mechanism from a different stimulus?

They are both types of Fabaceae.

The family names:

``Fabales; Fabaceae; Mimosoideae; Mimoseae
Fabales; Fabaceae; Caesalpinioideae; Detarieae; Tamarindus''

- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi
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