Re: Marking Flowers for Collecting Seed
- Subject: Re: Marking Flowers for Collecting Seed
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 04:34:44 -0400
> From: Kelly Stephens <jim_kelly@mchsi.com>
> Oh No, Marilyn! Now you've introduced another new term to me.
"Cleaning"
> the seed? Shall I look for a tiny little poppy seed vacuum at
Walmart?
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I've often wished for some magic little seed vacuum that would only
vacuum up the trash and leave the seed:-)
Poppy seed usually comes out pretty cleanly, but many seeds end up
with all sorts of plant detritus plus small insects, which you need
to remove to obtain clean seed for storing or sowing. I find it a
rather tedious project for winter evenings;-)
There are as many methods of cleaning seed as there are gardeners.
Kristl Walek (Gardens North Seed) has a page on seed cleaning that
will give you a nice overview of what's involved - she also has other
info. about seed sowing (hit the link at the bottom of the page).
http://gardensnorth.com/site/aboutus/germination.htm#cleaning
And, for much more information about growing from seed, plus a vast
seed germination database, check out Tom Clothier's archived site on
hort.net
http://tomclothier.hort.net/
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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