Re: harvesting seeds

The color fuchsia probably got its name from plant fuchsia. Many of them are partly that color.


On Thursday, July 15, 2004, at 11:14 AM, Kitty wrote:

Pet Peeve time...
Why don't people look at the word before saying it? It is not the color
fuchsia; it is a plant fuchsia. It is named after a man named Fuchs. It is
pronounced Fyooks-ee-uh, not fyoo-shuh. (oo as in tool)

Well, to be fair, I looked it up. On line dictionaries say everything is
fyoo-shuh. But I think Mr Fuchs would have resented being introduced as Mr.
Fyoosh. Modern botanical dictionaries allow for fyoo-shuh, but mainly refer
to it as a popular pronunciation, not as correct.

All you have to do is LOOK at the word! How can the letters chs give a sh
sound? Look where the s IS! Anyone ever heard of phonics?

Ok, I'll shut up now.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] harvesting seeds


Nice fuchsia, Donna. I would guess that you collect the seeds when the
pods are ripe and let them dry before removing them from the pods.
Fuchsias are normally propagated by cuttings, however. Very easy to
root; will root, even bloom while doing so, in water.

On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Donna wrote:

Ok.... I should have been deadheading.... but ya know....

Anyways, here is a picture of an annual (for me) in a hanging basket.
Note all the hips/seed pods?

Ok Jim (or anyone)-- when do I harvest them for next season? Storage?
Thoughts?

http://simplymyworld.com/seedannual.jpg

Donna

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