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Gardening

Grasswire2

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21. I saved a large sunflower head from a neighbor's yard...

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2019, 12:52 AM

Mar 2019

...and was getting ready to start the seeds inside. Then I thought (dummy me) about whether the seed will germinate from within the shell, or not! The kernel is really the seed. But I watched a video on youtube and the farmer just collected seeds from the old dry head into the furrow. So I guess I'm good.

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Seeds that are easy to save - some very basic techniques (just the start...) [View all] NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 OP

Be sure to make an offline copy of this post b/c I've heard a "rumor" that beac Dec 2011 #1

don't worry - got a Word doc with my recipes and this thread...so if they go, they will return! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #2

Thanks for posting this. Denninmi Dec 2011 #3

Kicking because I've added quite a bit to this NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #4

this is great! PuraVidaDreamin Dec 2011 #5

Thanks! No, I just have vials, bottles, packets, envelopes of seeds NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #6

Kicking this to let you know I've pretty much completed a first draft.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #7

Thanks. I hope you don't mind. I copied this to my gardening documents file. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #8

Great stuff! Any ideas on how to collect seeds from passion fruits? Gato Moteado Dec 2011 #9

Thanks!! Great info here. backtoblue Dec 2011 #10

Cucurbits such as squash and cukes interbreed and cross-pollinate so readily that kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #11

Howdy - actually, squash only pollinate squash, and cukes cukes - so NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #12

What exactly would the output of the hybrid seeds entail? messenger of god Mar 2012 #13

it depends upon the width of the cross - meaning how different the parents were NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #14

Message auto-removed i am me. i am free. Feb 2013 #15

cilantro is rare as a seedling because it bolts so fast in warm weather... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #16

Message auto-removed i am me. i am free. Feb 2013 #17

I just leave a few plants to drop their seeds in the garden. Old Terp Jun 2020 #24

Be sure to start with good seeds N_E_1 for Tennis May 2013 #18

FWIW... sendero Jul 2014 #19

that works fine - I like to ferment in case of seed coat-borne diseases NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #20

I saved a large sunflower head from a neighbor's yard... Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #21

yes, you are good! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #22

Thanks Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #23