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Outdoor Cyclamen
This spring they had a tremendous amount of flowers and they appear to
have set seed. There are many 'capsules' on the end of springy stems. What do you do with these, do you sow the whole capsule? Do you slit it open? Do they have to develope further? Any advice greatfully received. Steve |
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"80/20" wrote in message oups.com... This spring they had a tremendous amount of flowers and they appear to have set seed. There are many 'capsules' on the end of springy stems. What do you do with these, do you sow the whole capsule? Do you slit it open? Do they have to develope further? Any advice greatfully received. Steve Seed Collecting: Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds Seed does not store well; sow as soon as possible http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/p...er/019691.html Jenny HTH |
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from "80/20" contains these words: This spring they had a tremendous amount of flowers and they appear to have set seed. There are many 'capsules' on the end of springy stems. What do you do with these, do you sow the whole capsule? Do you slit it open? Do they have to develope further? Any advice greatfully received. Steve The seeds are in a kind of sugary coating which ants like; they will scatter them if you want to just leave the capsules to split open and disperse naturally. If you want to control things more you need to wait until the capsule turns a bit drier and starts to peel back revealing the seeeds inside. As soon as this starts, harvest the seeds. You have to watch carefully because if you leave them a day or two they'll just disappear. You can sow the seeds about 1cm apart on the surface of very well drained compost - lots of grit and/or sand in it - and cover with a generous layer of grit. When they germinate leave them for a year or two before separating and either pot on or plant out. If that's too complicated you could just try sowing individual seeds where you'd like them to take and just cover them with a bit of grit or fine soil. Janet G |
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In article .com, "80/20" writes: | This spring they had a tremendous amount of flowers and they appear to | have set seed. There are many 'capsules' on the end of springy stems. | | What do you do with these, do you sow the whole capsule? Do you slit it | open? Do they have to develope further? You have to wait until they dry out. If you forget about them, they will self-seed. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Thanks for all your answers - I'll wait a little longer and see if I can catch them. Bet happens when I'm away. Steve |
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