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Re: Miscanthus sinensis

Rick,

You're welcome.  I agree that seed development must be late in the season,
even here in USDA z.7.  It is midwinter before the heads turn from rust
color to beige and start to disintegrate and blow all over.  That's when, I
think, seed must be shed naturally - and, hence, be ripe for picking and
storing.

I know on another species, Pennisetum 'Moudrey', the seed doesn't ripen
until late Nov. or early Dec., when it starts to fall off the bottle-brush.
 It doesn't really change color, just  sort of fades a bit and loosens and
comes off (and sticks to you) if you brush the plant or pull a brush
through your fingers.  

I'll have to pay a bit more attention to mine this year and see if I can
tell when seed begins to ripen :-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> Thanks for the info.  What you have observed makes sense.  Seems to me
that
> seed development is a little late in the season (z5/6) --- I checked a
> flower on a clump of Strictus, and the seed were visible, but still green
> and just beginning to swell.  The seed stalk (for lack of a better word:
> rachis?) is saw-toothed, and the seeds alternate in the notches.  I'll
give
> it a shot!
> 
> Thanks again,Rick Grazzini
> Centre Analytical Laboratories
> rickg@centrelab.com
> USDA 5 or 6 // Sunset 43
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