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Tue, Oct 11, 05 at 12:15
| Can someone please tell me what the echinacea seeds look like? I've got a terrible feeling I've been saving the wrong part. No searches have produced pictures of echinacea seeds. Thanks for your help.
Nancy |
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| The seed on mine are light brown and 1\8 to 3\16 inches long. One end of the seed is square and the other tapers to a point. They have to be really dry before you try to get the seed out. |
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| Here's a picture Nancy. The seeds are not the first things to drop when you start fiddling with the head. I found I literally had to pick them out with a tweezers. They're pretty deeply imbedded. It can be a painful seed to collect. Ann |
Here is a link that might be useful: coneflower
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| If you go to the FAQ pages, you'll find a description of the seed as well as a way to get them out. |
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- Posted by seedbandito 7 NC (My Page) on Tue, Oct 11, 05 at 16:51
| Oh my gosh!!! I've been throwing out the seed and keeping the chaff!!!! Thank you so much for setting me straight. I can't imagine why some poor soul hasn't set me straight after all my trades of them. I am such a boob!!! Thanks again. Nancy |
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- Posted by little_dani 9, S. Tex Coast (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 05 at 23:29
| You are not a boob! We have all done something like that. It is called the process of learning. I have to put my echinacea seed in a baggie with some damp vermiculite and chill for about 6 weeks. If I chill them, they germinate just fine. If I skip that step, they don't. I don't know why. Janie |
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| Yeah, I've had people send me the spines. The seed looks like space shuttles... |
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| Echinacea seeds do not require any chilling. Just keep them moist not soggy, @ 68 to 70F. Germination in begins in 3 weeks. I have always had 100% success. Janie, Happy Gardening, Josie |
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