I confess. Actually a pair of tweezers is most useful at this point. Harold
At 05:13 PM 6/3/2011, Brian S. Duncan wrote:
Do you have the dedication or patience? If so, by gathering the spilled seeds and compost on which they lie they can be saved using a sieve and tweezers… how many of you confess to having done this..? Brian
Wonderful, Brian! Thank you so much for documenting and sharing this. So do you have any idea how long a seed pod needs to ripen on a living stem vs. a stem in water vs. being cut with a few inches of stem as Elise mentioned in her earlier post to the hybridizers robin? I have seen seeds spill out in the garden and have considered it hopeless to try to retrieve them. Perhaps it seems a bit more manageable in the potting shed.
Becky
Becky,
no I have not measured the time to ripen under various treatments. I think pods of different cultivars and species take dufferent times – and of course weather has a big bearing – when sunny and warm it is amazing how rapidly they ripen. The spilled seds i collect are usually from outside in the garden.
I confess. Actually a pair of tweezers is most useful at this point.
Harold
At 05:13 PM 6/3/2011, Brian S. Duncan wrote:
Wonderful, Brian! Thank you so much for documenting and sharing this. So do you have any idea how long a seed pod needs to ripen on a living stem vs. a stem in water vs. being cut with a few inches of stem as Elise mentioned in her earlier post to the hybridizers robin? I have seen seeds spill out in the garden and have considered it hopeless to try to retrieve them. Perhaps it seems a bit more manageable in the potting shed.
Becky