Propagation: Collecting Canna Seeds - Here's mine, 1 by julie88
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Subject: Collecting Canna Seeds - Here's mine
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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 |