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Re: Seed Cleaning

Hello.

Thanks for the suggestions; I may still be looking for the appropriate
solution, so I'd be happy to hear any more...

Or it's possible I just need encouragement from more people who have
actually gotten the familiar methods to work.

And a lot of my trouble probably is in the threshing
stage, along with the particulars. A lot of the Lamiacales seem to have
features for retaining the seed that prevent just shaking them into a
bag (and time contraints, I ended up just cutting off whole tops just to
get them indoors at all. And bringing in things that weren't even ripe).
Stachys thirkei, the Monardas, and many others continue to drive me nuts
in this respect.

I once thought rolling pins would extricate the seeds from the
receptacles, suffice to say I was making the seeds into flour...

Alot of Composites seem retentive under certain conditions also... I
made mincemeat out of my thumb stripping Artemisia stalks this year,
live and learn...

I seem to be thinking that the ideal thing is some kind of one-peice,
smooth, leather bag that chaff won't stick to, for threshing the seed
in, but it's all I can think of and I have no idea where one can be
obtained. Plastic bags will work for a lot of things, but are easily
ruptured by a lot of spiny things and stems. Maybe I want some kind of
upholstery product or pond liner?

Good gardening!

Rob
ChroniPepperoni@webtv.net
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