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saving carnation seeds?
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Posted by trudyh (My Page) on Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 10:39
| Pls excuse me if this is a duplicate, I tried searching with no luck.
I am wondering if I can get carnation seeds from cut carnations I bought in a store. I am letting the flowers wither, but I took the first one and its base apart and found no seeds...
Also, should seeds be stored in an air tight ocntainer after they dry out, or do they need air circulation?
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RE: saving carnation seeds?
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- Posted by remy 6WNY (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 21:04
Hi Trudy,
No you can not save seed from florist's carnations. Seeds can be stored in airtight containers, but only once the seed is very dry. Storing in paper envelopes works just fine.
Remy |
RE: saving carnation seeds?
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| Hi, I am a florist and once I had someone going through my garbage flowers hoping for seed. Once the flowers have been cut for so long they no longer have the nutrients for the seeds. Plus they're pumped full of preservative. If you purchased a carnation plant that would be different |
RE: saving carnation seeds?
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| Hmmmm.. I have a carnation plant with green flowers. I have never saved seeds before but would like to. how would I go about this? |
RE: saving carnation seeds?
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- Posted by remy 6WNY (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 15, 09 at 21:44
Hi Glasslady,
You have to let the flowers die naturally on the plant. After flwoering, Tubular seed pods will develop. THey will be green at first and then turn tan as seeds inside them are almost ripe. When ripe, the tops will crack open. Inside you will find black chip type seeds.
Remy |
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