On 18/8/07 18:31, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote:

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:54:03 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 17/8/07 20:16, in article ,
"Geoff" wrote:

One of our camelias has several seed "pods" on it.

Can anybody advise on growing some from the seeds which are not yet ripe of
course.


Geoff, my husband waits for the seeds to ripen then he sows them in seed
compost with a 25% mixture of horticultural sand.

AIUI, most camellia 'apples' in this country don't contain viable
seed. Does Ray do anything in particular with the parent plants to
encourage viability?


No. He just takes what comes along. Quite a few of ours produce viable
seed but the south west is Camellia country, so perhaps that makes a
difference.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'