Propagation: Collecting Canna Seeds - Here's mine, 0 by julie88

julie88 wrote:
This is the first year I've collected the seeds from my canna plants. Until I came to DG I had no idea what those "weird" little green pods might actually hold...and certainly didn't know I could *grow* new ones!

I took some photos of the plants, the seed pods (immature and ripe) and thought I'd share them here.

(A) Left - Immature seed pods / Right - Mature seed pods
(B) Mature seed pods - Split and ready to collect
(C) Method one - retrieve by squeezing pod top to bottom
(D) Method two - Cut entire pod from plant
Center - seeds from three plants (2 - 3 seeds from each pod)

It's easy to know when to collect the seeds. The pods will dry completely and begin to split open or will easily split with squeezed gently . I haven't lost a seed yet as they don't "fly" out of the pod.

Hope this helps.

~julie~

P.S. Please excuse the garden dirt and icky fingernails. :-D