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Collecting viola/pansy seeds
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Posted by fuzzbuzzle 9b FL (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 21:39
| Hi, new to gardening, brand new to Garden Web :o) Hope it's ok to ask this question in this forum. I have a bowl of violas, johnnies, and pansies that are all but done for here in the Florida heat. Should I just keep the bowl undisturbed for new ones to grow - I've heard that johnnies are very prolific? Or is there a way to harvest seeds from the spent plants? Thanks for putting up with a dumb question :o) |
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RE: Collecting viola/pansy seeds
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If you want to harvest seeds, best thing to do is keep the plant well watered and healthy even if it looks unpleasant wait for seed pods to grow from spent flowers. Then when they get bulbous and dried out looking ( which may take some time) Then the seeds are mature. Although I am no expert on this so maybe someone else has a suggestion.
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RE: Collecting viola/pansy seeds
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| I've been keeping the seed heads from my pansies forever but never bothering to use them. Tonight, while collecting seed heads, I noticed that one of the flower heads had opened into three sections revealing many pretty little brown seeds. One other also had brown seeds. Of the others, some had white seeds and some had not yet developed seeds. I suspect that only the brown or tan seeds are viable, that the others are unripe. Just an opinion. It'd be fun to plant them and see. |
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