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Posted by napapen ca 15 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 4, 07 at 0:30
| Hi, I have been reading the past posts about planting seeds and scoring them before putting them in water. I have green seed pods: should I wait for the seeds to get hard or can I plant them from the pod now. Thanks Penny |
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RE: canna seed questions
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| First, you should realize that some Canna are hybrids and are sterile. How can you tell? Well, the size of the seed is a clue. The seed I bought over the internet is just smaller than the size of a peppercorn. I have a Tropicanna that produced seed pods and I found that the seeds are small, about the size of the tip of a ball point pen. I suspect they are sterile. Perhaps other lurkers on this thread can confirm that having seeds that small is a sure sign of their sterility. However, should it be that you have nice big seed pods full of nice big seeds, then let them dry and remove the seeds from the pods. Then you can plant them. Canna seed germination was a bit stubborn for me, but it is very hot where I planted them and a lot of my germination experiments failed due to the heat. All of my Canna Seeds eventually germinated though. So they are very resilient and survive the heat. I don't know where you're at in CA, but you put ZONE 15 in your header. Sounds HOT and you must be in Death Valley! I'd start the seeds indoors and put them out after they get going. |
RE: canna seed questions
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| I'm in Sunset 15 which is N. Ca. Thanks for the information. Penny |
RE: canna seed questions
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| I grew canna from seed a few years ago. First of all, the seed I used( traded from a GW member) was a large, dark brown hard seed, about 1/2 inch. I nicked the seed coating with a dremmel drill then placed the seed in a water bottle with the lid on for a few days. This softened the seed and made a little stem grow out. I then planted the seed with the stem pointing up and it grew and flowered that year. I did the process in the early spring. Good Luck! |
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