Cocoa Seed Germination Experiment

After receiving a cocoa pod from our friends at the Festival of Chocolate in West Palm Beach, we decided to try a germination experiment with the seeds. As you know, Florida is a little too far north to grow productive cacao trees, but with a little TLC, we're hoping to get a few decent-sized plants. Our first step was to open the pod and place each seed inside of a Jiffy pellet. As you can see in the slideshow, we're starting to get our first sprouts. We will be posting periodic updates to the slide show, as well as to our Facebook page. Be sure to drop by in a few weeks and check the progress, hopefully we'll have some seedlings by then.