Re: HYB:Aging Seed Pods

It sounds like there are regional variations on how the pods look when they're ready! I guess it will be a matter of trial and error before I figure out just when mine are ready shy of having them spill their seeds all over the ground.
Thanks to all for the great input!

Molly D


Down here in Texas, before the seed pods split, they will fade to a greenish
white. Then when they get closer to the ripening stage, the pods will start
to shrink a little in size, as they are turning brown. The last stage is when
the top of the pod will dry and split. Occasionally I will have a seed pod
stalk rot, so I harvest it early. I had two of them to do that this spring.
The seeds were fully developed, but white. Not sure how others treat the not yet
ripened seeds, as for me I go ahead and put them in the refrigerator in
paper towel burritos! I have seedlings from un ripened seeds.

Also a note to your earlier question, about seed pod ripening stage from
zone, to zone. I harvested my last three seed pods, of thirty crosses, this past
week. The last few years I've been making crosses on TB's in late February!

Jim
Fort Worth, TX
Zone 7b

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