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Mon, Sep 27, 10 at 14:43
| I would love to save seeds from my plant. It is a gorgeous red with white dots on it. But I have yet to see it produce a seed pod or anything approaching a seed head. Can someone help me with this please? |
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| Hi, Your plant might be sterile. Double Impatiens sometimes are. Remy |
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- Posted by poisondartfrog 7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 1, 10 at 6:52
| Take cuttings and overwinter them indoors as houseplants if you don't have a green house. They will root easily in soiless mix, vermiculate, perlite, or water. If your plant does set a few of the little football shaped seed pods you can harvest the seeds, but expect the resulting plants to be single, semi-double and double. I would be happy with that in a casual setting but if you want uniformity for a formal situation you might prefer cutting grown plants. You could also keep one plant indoors over winter and use it to start multiple plants from cuttings in early spring. Alana |
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- Posted by poisondartfrog 7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 1, 10 at 12:59
| Sorry about all the typos in the above post tk. I must have still been asleep. A |
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| I've got to get out there and clip some cuttings before the plant gives up the ghost. thanks so much for the information. And your right I like the doubles more than the others. |
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