Re: harvesting hosta seed pods was: hostas blooming
- Subject: Re: [SG] harvesting hosta seed pods was: hostas blooming
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 00:32:47 -0400
The pods split when the seeds are ripe. They are generally (at least
on my plants) black papery items.
There are some real hostaphiles on this list who need to speak up
here about whether you can harvest the pods before they split and/or
whether frost damages them...come on guys - you know waaay more about
propagating hosta from seed than I do!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Terry King <taeking@ENDLESSHEALTH.COM>
> Date: Saturday, October 20, 2001 9:12 PM
>
> How do you tell when the seeds are mature? My Frances Willam has
produced
> pods but I'm not sure how long the seeds take to mature as this is
my first
> year growing hostas. Its already been quite cold here a couple of
nights so
> I'm afraid that leaving the pods until dry is probably out of the
question.
>
> Terry
