Questions tagged [seeds]
Small embryonic plant usually with stored food for germination
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Can sunlight kill seeds
I accidentally left a plastic container full of vegetable seeds under direct sunlight for several hours. The plastic container is translucent and became quite hot (above 60C, i.e. 140F) and ...
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New lawn has weed rampaging through it
I’ve just seeded a lawn about four weeks ago, and two days in I saw some green growth. I thought it was one of the clover varietals, but it turns out to be a plantain weed.
Fast forward, it has ...
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What are the seeds I can preserve and use in my terrace garden? [closed]
I have preserved haldi (turmeric) since December and planning to plant during this month. This has worked great last year. I will like to know what are the other seeds those I can get from day to day ...
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Help identifying these maple? seeds
I've just found these seeds in my terrace.
I have no idea what tree they came from. Could you help me? I'd love to plant them.
(Clue: I have a japanese maple in the terrace, but I think it's still ...
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Please identify this red flower
I saw this flower in a building nearby. Can someone help me identify it?
Does it have seeds for replanting in a small pot? Or can I cut one of the flowers and plant it in a small pot?
Finally, do ...
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Do you know if these are dent corn seeds or sweet corn seeds, i can’t tell the difference
I need to know what type of corn seeds these are
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Grow tomatoes outdoors inside a transparent plastic box
First time I'm going to plant tomatoes. I read up already on how to plant the seeds into pots.
My question is:
can I put the pots (containing the planted seeds) inside a big (45 liter), transparent,...
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What's wrong with the emerging root of my mango seed?
I recently started to germinate a mango seed in a damp paper towel. Today, when I went to check if the towel was still damp, I noticed that the once soft pink root has darkened from the tip. It also ...
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What is the carbon content of tree seeds and would they be suitable to balance nitrogen rich compost?
On top of my garage was a full 2 inches of densely composted material that I presume has built up over many years. Right above the garage are 2 trees that seem to shed hundreds of thousands of tiny ...
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Tamarind plant growth
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I planted a tamarind seed eight months before and a little plant started gradually to grow.eight-months-ago but it still looks too weak and small,it is about ten strong textcentimeters long......
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Gaillardia seeds - when should they be emergening?
I bought some seeds, and planted them 2 weeks ago but still haven’t seen anything developing yet. Is this normal? Also, how often should I be watering these seedlings?
Some are in small plastic pots ...
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Are these aloe vera seeds viable?
I have a single aloe vera plant outdoors. It started growing what appears to be flowers. The pods near the bottom become slightly drier and eventually fall to the ground. The pods never open up like ...
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Are these Aloe Vera's seeds?
I posted a question a few weeks ago asking if my aloe was going to bloom. Does Aloe Vera bloom?
I have now flowers that look like they have seeds in them but I'm not sure about it.
So I was wondering ...
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Are fenugreek, mushroom herb the same thing?
I just bought a pack of fenugreek seeds. The seller site labels them as "mushroom herb" and "fenugreek", but they came in a packet with Cyrillic letters and a sticker with English instruction to grow "...
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Does the color of the pepper seeds correspond to its viability?
I cut open a organic Shishito pepper and noticed that its seeds had varying colors. It ranged from white, to brown, to black. How does the shade of color correspond to its viability? I'm planning on ...
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Identification of a seed with unknown origin
I have a seed that I would like to identify. I got this from a friend who does not know anything about the origin, so I have tried my favorite search engine with all kinds of keywords, looked up a few ...
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For tomato allergies, finding/shipping Seviocard and other European cultivars to the US
I have a tomato allergy and so am looking for a specific cultivar, Seviocard (hybrid), which is known to be low in the allergen. It's not available at any USA seeds supplier that we can find. There ...
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How do you grow beans from fresh beans bought from the supermarket?
All the tutorials that I could find on growing beans have said to find non-irradiated dry beans from a bag:
I even found one article saying that beans can only sprout when they had been dried.
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What kind of beans are these?
My wife regularly orders seeds online. When these beans showed up they were labeled "star fruit," which is clearly wrong. She planted the beans in a raised bed and they did very well. The bean pods ...
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Are seeds inside dried peppers still viable?
I'm trying to grow the Carolina Reaper chili pepper.
Searching for "carolina reaper seeds" on Amazon shows quite a few scams. Some reviewers say after waiting months for the pepper to grow, they ...
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Looking to identify this seed
We are located in southern Ontario. I found these seeds in a row (flat sides against each other) in my garden. There is a lot together, so I'm guessing a large pod (its spring so maybe it has degraded ...
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Planted chili seeds in regular garden compost: should I dig them up and start again?
I ordered a variety of types of chilli seed (habanero, jalapeno, anaheim) because I can't buy these types of chilli here. I've never grown anything from seed before, so I think I approached this a bit ...
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Browning / Curling leaf on a Brook cherry sapling
I have a Brook Cherry sapling planted from seed that has some browning/curling around one of its bottom-most leaves (leaf #1) and slight curling of its other bottom most leaf (leaf #2). The seed came ...
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Can you substitute Turface for Vermiculite?
I had a recipe for some seedling potting soil that called for vermiculite. I didn't have vermiculite. I did have Turface, so I used it instead of the vermiculite. I figure since Turface & ...
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Does chemical fertiliser have an effect on growing newly germinated seeds in darkness using the “Petri Dish” method?
The situation is as follows.
I am using the "petri dish" method of germinating chilli (pepper) seeds. It is just a takeout container + paper towel + water. The seed is sitting on the paper, not ...
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Does sphagnum peat need to be sterilized for starting seeds?
I have been making my own seedling potting mix, but I have a few questions before I use it. (I posted a previous question about the amount of drainage needed)
This question is about Sphagnum Peat. ...
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Re-seeding lawn over a newly planted winter grass in warm climate
We recently had our septic system replaced about a month ago (in December). I live in Florida, and according to the local code, I had to get grass growing over the drain field by March ("mound ...
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Seedling growing into adjacent seed
I planted 5 seeds for a Norway spruce (Picea Abies) on January 12, 2020, and so far I have three seedlings that are growing at a similar rate (though one is a bit bigger).
I noticed something very ...
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How to germinate seeds using the plastic bag method
I've been trying to germinate seeds (lavender and tomato seeds from store bought seed packets) using different ways of the paper towel in a plastic bag method that I've been reading from the internet ...
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How do I stop my carrots from sticking up too high being nibbled from the top?
I have some purple carrots and there growing excellently. But after a couple of months, they started to stick up 2-3 cm above the ground with one eaten, so I pulled them out before anymore were eaten. ...
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Was wondering if seeds are still good with mold growing on them or need to be thrown out
I recently saved some seeds from the pumpkins I had for decorating this fall. I thought I had them completely dried out and put them in storage bags, but after a couple of weeks some of the seeds have ...
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Does seeds from two tomatos from the same plant share the exact same genetics?
I have a tomato plant with a huge deformed tomato, and other normal ones.
If I save seeds from the deformed tomato, could it result in plants with more chances of giving deformed tomatos than if I ...
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Does the Plant Breeders Rights in CA & US Plant Patent Act inhibit me from using a protected plant for purposes of creating a new hybrid?
This is merely hypothetical;
'Plant A' is a non-protected hybrid plant. 'Plant B' is a protected Hybrid.
Can I use the pollen to 'Plant B' to pollinate 'Plant A' to create a new hybrid, 'Plant X', ...
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Avocado plant leaves drooping ** still in water**
The leaves on my avocado plant are drooping, the difference is, mine is still in the water cup I used to pop the seed. I was waiting to see wilting or burn on the leaves to indicate the time for ...
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Need help identifying seeds
I ordered seeds from a "garder" on aliexpress. I was looking to order Soursop seeds, however the seeds I received were not what I was hoping for. Could somebody help me with figuring out what kind of ...
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Mold with hydroponic cultivation
I recently started a new hydroponic culture with an AeroGrow Aerogarden Harvest Slim.
I put it in my house that doesn't have a good air circulation but bad neither; it's a standard room of ~40 square ...
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How to control mildew/mold growing on soil-less growing medium for (aloe) seed germination?
Help, I wanted to check in on the aloes I planted earlier this week. Making sure there are no problem. What I find is mildew has started to grow in this new moist environment. my instinct is to ...
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Lucifera Crocosmia -I want to collect the seeds -the pods are still green how long do I wait?
I have two Lucifera Crocosmia plants that lost the flowers -I want to collect the seeds -the pods are still green how long do I wait?
They look like in the picture below, a couple of pods and then ...
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Should I cover my germinated lettuce seeds?
I tried germinating lettuce outdoors and had a poor germination rate. Then I read somewhere that they may need light to germinate (I had buried them).
I grabbed a container with sifted compost I had ...
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Can you transplant a bolted plant and still get viable seeds?
I have a few plants in my raised beds (mostly broccoli and beets) that are bolting and producing seeds, but not ready to collect them yet.
I need the space for some new seedlings, and I don't know ...
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My beets are bolting, how long until seeds are ready?
I recently harvested my beetroots, and left the 3 best ones to get some seeds from. They are already bolting and have a truss with what looks will be the seeds.
How long does it takes until the seeds ...
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How deep and at what time of the day should I measure soil temperature?
I've never tried direct sowing. This year I want to try planting cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin, squash, zucchini and a few other directly outdoors. Mostly because I already have >150 little pots with ...
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Why is the seed coat opening now?
After eating a Honeycrisp apple, I thought I would dry the seeds out and attempt the germination process, just for fun. One apple produced eight seeds, so I sat them on a paper towel to dry them ...
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Help identify this seedling (baobab?)
Can anyone identify this seedling?
I bought (what I thought were) baobab seeds online. When they arrived they looked nothing like I expected, small and brown and glossy, resembling apple seeds (see ...
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How to recognize when sunflower seed are ripe for harvesting?
I want to save my sunflower seed, and not for food, but for reseeding in other areas.
Last year, I was too late: Birds ate everything, almost to the last piece of seed. This year I want to be faster. ...
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What kind of seeds/pods are these?
I purchased these on the WISH app. They were under $1 and advertised as Monstera Seeds. I knew 100% that these were NOT monstera seeds, but had to snag them to try to figure out what they are. At ...
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Are hollow jujube seeds viable?
I’ve been reading conflicting articles on how to germinate jujube seeds. Some say to crack open the husk to extract the seed. Some say to plant the entire husk in the ground. I'll try both methods.
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Do plants germinated in heated bed need special care after emergence?
I am planning to start some seed indoors for next spring season. Since the weather is still a bit cold, I am going to be using a heated bed (actually it's a styrofoam box with some sensors and a heat ...
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What seed is this? Oak?
I had this seed for a long time in my kitchen in a dry container. I decided to see if I could just plant it in a pot. When I was inspecting it I sensed that the outer shell was now easily breakable.
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How can i make watermelon seeds?
how companies make good quality watermelon seeds?
can I do it by myself?
why we can't plant seeds from normal watermelon in the grocery store
