virginia plant seed pods

[cowboyjames74]

Is there any way of drying seed pods in the oven for virginia seeds?
What would be the oven temp and how many hours would it take?
I have a bunch of pods , probably over 60 pods that have allready had the flowers fall off.
Any info would be appreciated!

 

[deluxestogie]

Allow them to dry naturally, if you want viable seed. That may require as much as several months. The oven will cook and kill them.

Bob

 

[SmokesAhoy]

You picked them? When the seed is mature the head turns papery and splits open. I don't think you have viable seed there no matter what is done to it

 

[cowboyjames74]

I didn,t pick them yet. the pods are still green on the plant in the garden.

 

[FmGrowit]

Don't pick or otherwise remove in any manner the seed pods from the plant until the seed pods are fully brown. Some of the earliest flowers will produce the first dry pods. Pick one pod and open it up. If the seeds are light brown, they're not ripe. If they are dark brown, leave them on the plant for another month.

THEN, cut the entire flower hear off and remove the pollen bag. Pull as many dead flowers out as possible and put it in a paper bag...upside down works best. Staple the paper bag a couple of time on either side of the stem that is sticking out of the bag.

Hang the flower head by the stem/stalk with the bag covering it in an open area under roof until January.

 

[Daniel]

I wait until the stem leading to the pod turns brown then clip them off and let them air dry for a week longer or more. I also got the strainers Bob mentioned in another thread and strain the seed saving only what will not pass through a 400 micron strainer. This hopefully will help with the germination rate. I didn't have the best germination from my MCY seed from last year. I sifted it and the rate jumped to very close to 100%.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Oh lol I dont know why I read it like that. I thought you picked the flowers, I was thinking wtf? Hehe

 

[Jitterbugdude]

. I also got the strainers Bob mentioned .

Hey Daniel, Remember when you go to strain your honey to use a different set of strainers..

 

[Rayshields]

Oh lol I dont know why I read it like that. I thought you picked the flowers, I was thinking wtf? Hehe

To be positive, is to be wrong, at the top of one's voice....chuckle, chuckle.

 

[johnlee1933]

To be positive, is to be wrong, at the top of one's voice....chuckle, chuckle.

I finally achieved perfection! I made a perfect ass of myself. Twice! ;<)) (Old Brit gag.)

John

 

[Chicken]

yes i'll be using a strainer this year,

from what ive seen, it is very effeciant, of getting just the seed, and not the '' trash'' from the broken apart pod,

 

[johnlee1933]

yes i'll be using a strainer this year,

from what ive seen, it is very effeciant, of getting just the seed, and not the '' trash'' from the broken apart pod,

I've been using a tea strainer. Seems to get the trash out OK but maybe I will invest in two strainers.

John

 

[BarG]

Posted by Deluxestogie, and on my list of things to do.

"The filters are only $4.31 each, and available from US Plastics Corp.
400 micron: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=37445
600 micron: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=37442"

 

[Tom_in_TN]

Yeah got to get those filters. Anyone who got seeds from Deluxe had high germination rates because the seeds that probably didn't make it to maturity just passed through the 400 micron filter. The 600 micron filter did a good job of keeping debris out too. In the early days before I learned better and bought some seed from an outfit with the name seed and man in it the germination rates were very poor and the quantity of seeds was very small. Just an offhand guess but based on the prices I paid to get poor results then the value of the seeds from Deluxe was about tenfold and that's not counting the wasted time and all that jazz.

 

[Daniel]

Hey Daniel, Remember when you go to strain your honey to use a different set of strainers..

I sell honey that you will get addicted to. sales are going through the roof.

Just kidding folks.