RE: Datura seeds?

Pat,  If your flower was pollinated, your seed pod will ripen, turn brown
and eventually split exposing hundreds of seeds.  That's when they are ready
to harvest.  One pod will give you plenty of seeds and then some.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Pat
Sent:	Monday, September 04, 2000 12:01 PM
To:	Perennials list
Subject:	Datura seeds?

Now that I have these delightfully wicked Datura (meteloides - I think)
seed pods ripening, how do I know when the seeds are mature?  My seed
pods are green and very spiky (the kids in my life give them a
wwiiiiddddeeee berth - since I told them the plant was poisonous - and
the pods make it look sinister!).

My growing season is short here in zone 5, and we've officially reached
meteorological autumn without one day of 90 degrees or over (but the
temperature station is close to Lake Michigan and that keeps the
temperature down), so I don't know that the Datura seeds will ripen on
their own in the short time remaining.  Do the pods turn brown?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
--
Pat
pattm@execpc.com
Zone 5 SE Wisconsin, inundated by toads

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