Todd wrote:
On 05/26/2014 07:19 PM, Fran Farmer wrote:
They adapt as they go through the cycle of sprouting, living, setting
seed, dieing. Good old basic science of natural selection.

Hi Fran,

I was thinking genetically identical. Of course they would
not be. The better seeds would do better the next season.

My current Parsley has little green flowers on their tops.

How do I know when to pick them?

How do I store them?

Thank you for the help,
-T

It will develop star-shaped clusters of tiny flowers at the top of the
stalks, after the petals fall off you will have clusters of green seed pods.
When the pods are ripe is the time to harvest the seeds. As they ripen they
will change colour to yellow-brown and get drier eventually releasing small
black seeds. If the head is crumbly and you can rub it between your hands
and get black seeds separating easily then you can collect the seed before
it falls.

Google 'seed saving' for lots of information on how to collect and store
seed of many kinds.

D