SPU: Seeds from Spontaneous Pods
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- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 08:32:28 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
From: Carryl Meyer <carrylm@bigsky.net>
Anyone have any luck with Spuria Seeds? when i went to cut stalks--there
were great big seed pods full of seeds!!!On 5 of 7 Spurias--will it do me
any good to plant them and hope for little-different ones? I remember
reading that they can be self-polinating, which means that all babies would
be like parents? Is that what i will get from the pods? When do I plant?
With bearded I put seeds in freezer for the winter--usually out in the
unheated garden shed--and plant in Spring--do the same with Spurias? Any
info twould be appreciated.
Carryl,
Out of curiosity, on a couple of occasions I have sown seeds from
spontaneous pods that developed on Spurias in my garden. These were
undoubtedly self-pollinated pods, as they were on the only Spuria that
bloomed for me in that particular year, and there are no other Spurias
growing within a half mile of my place. The seedlings when they bloomed
showed a family resemblance to each other and to their parent, but had
about as much variation in color, form, and plant characteristics as I
observe from crosses of two similar TBs.
I planted the seeds in the ground in the fall, along with my TB seeds. I
never got any first year germination from the Spuria seeds, but there was
adequate germination the second year. Someone with more experience growing
Spurias from seed could probably suggest a more efficient method.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
