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picking flower seeds
I've never been good at this but will try again this year harvesting
seeds from the plants. Do I need to harvest after the plant dies or can I snip the seeds off now? I have a lot of moonflower and morning glory seeds just waiting sitting there all closed up on the vine. |
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picking flower seeds
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 14:06:56 -0600, Mark Anderson
wrote: I've never been good at this but will try again this year harvesting seeds from the plants. Do I need to harvest after the plant dies or can I snip the seeds off now? I have a lot of moonflower and morning glory seeds just waiting sitting there all closed up on the vine. Most flower seeds, in my experience, express their readiness to be planted by starting to spill from the plant. That is, if they're enclosed in pods, the pods dry and split; on others, the petals drop off and the center 'seedy bits' become more prominent and dry. As I recall, morning glories form a round pod that gradually turns papery and dry, and begins to split, exposing the black seeds within. If the flower seeds are "ripe" -- usually tan, brown or black, not green, and dry -- they are ready to be harvested. Of course, given the variety of the plant world, there is no single rule for this. |
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Mark Anderson wrote in message y.net...
.. I had planned on harvesting a lot of seeds to start seedlings indoors next Spring for my garden and to give away. I have a lot of morning glory and moonflowers and there are a lot of pods. If I understand right, I should let them sit out there and ripen on the vine for awhile and then cut them free. It is very tempting to just snip them all off right now and place them in a bag but I feared that maybe the seeds aren't quite ready yet and they wouldn't germinated if harvested too soon. Mark.. if your morning glories are like mine, you will have plenty of volunters next spring. i have been, even this late in the year, scruffing out sprouts! ...but still...it's a good idea to save a few just in case! lee h |
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