Re: Tagging poppies

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• Subject: Re: Tagging poppies
• From: n*@ucsd.edu (Nan Sterman)
• Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 15:43:28 -0800
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Heather -- have you tried tying a nylong stocking around the flowers you
want to collect seed from?  It might solve your problem.

Nan

>
>I have a question for the group:  what is the best way to tag plants
>that you want to collect seeds from?  I have a stand of mixed poppies -
>many different kinds.  I only need the seeds from one or two kinds, and
>want to mark them so that I know which they are.  Last year, I tied a
>string around each individual plant, but the string slid down and I
>ended up deadheading some of the ones I wanted (sob!)  Any great ideas?
>
>Heather in Markham, Ontario
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>McAlpine, Duncan G wrote:
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>> What are you propagation plans for July? Are there certain plants which
>> you take cuttings
>> from? Any pointers we should consider in collecting seeds and for which
>> species?

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Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
Olivenhain, California
Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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