I've been struggling to germinate my Bergera Koenigii seeds from eBay seller 'dinidumilan96' in Sri Lanka. My own errors are definitely somewhat to blame for my problems. I didn't understand how small they were and didn't notice that the dried fruit flesh was still on the seed. I soaked the seeds for 20 minutes in Hydrogen Peroxide diluted in tepid water. The seeds started falling apart and splitting in half so I hurriedly rinsed them and put them in the hot water cylinder cupboard at a constant temperature of 28C/82F. They were in a tupperware container on damp tissue. They almost instantly went mouldy.

Tried peroxide rinsing again and removed the skin this time. Again mouldy after a couple days.

After another peroxide rinse they're in a cococoir/perlite 50/50 mix on a warm windowsill with no mould visible but no sign of action in 2 weeks.

TBH, the were a year old. However, many people in the Indian Subcontinent swear by air dried seeds from the previous season. It would appear that most Western info sources recommend fresh seeds.

I then emailed every Sri Lankan Bergera Koenigii seed seller on eBay asking when they were harvesting seeds. I specifically wanted to order from Sri Lanka because their economy is in freefall at the moment and ordinary people are struggling to eat.

These sellers all reported fresh seed now in May: abma_855, dimay8140, legit_mart_store2, witchmaster2012, sunflower_store39, dissanayake_store, chanpahala_0, canitstore.

My orders from abma_855 and chanpahala_0 arrives in a few weeks and I intend soak in warm water for 12 hours and remove all traces of skin and plant in the seedling mix in a warm propagator.

I'm based in London, UK and am trying to learn how to propagate from Sri Lankan seeds to grow curry leaf houseplants for family and friends.

Any advice would be much appreciated.