Questions tagged [seeds]
Small embryonic plant usually with stored food for germination
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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 their flowers. I want to collect the seeds, but the pods are still green. How long do I wait?
They look like in the picture below, a couple of pods and ...
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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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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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Seed identification
Wondered if you could help me identify those seeds I received:
(the delivery number has no matches within my eBay orders)
I tried uploading this picture and image search via Google but nothing there.
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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
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Optimally Starting Seeds
Live in Southern Ontario:
Planting beet, carrot, green bean, and pea seeds directly into raised garden beds. I've seen in a few places a recommendation to soak the seeds for 12-24 hours in water ...
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Are my pepper plants growing at a decent rate?
Planted bell peppers a month ago in seed starting cells, and they have grown slower (germinated slower too) than the tomatoes and zucchini I planted at the same time. The leaves are turning a ...
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Plant seed from tree in pot?
I was riding bike today and I saw this beautiful tree with red flowers.
So I took a seed pod home because I’d like to plant something like this in my garden.
Can the seeds be planted in a pot? The ...
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How to seed grasses correctly if the area has moss and lack of sun
I just bought a bag of seeds from Costco: Pennington Smart Blend
https://www.pennington.com/all-products/grass-seed/pennington-smart-blend
My lawn has many dead grass spots due to some plants being ...
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Wet pre-sprouted seed potatoes, is there an hurry to plant them?
I inadvertently left pre-sprouted seed potatoes on my balcony and they suffered a severe shower today. I didn't plan to plant them before 4 days at the very least.
Is there an hurry to plant them ...
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Found a seed in my garden and planted it
So, I live in France, and about a month ago I found a sprouting helicopter seed of some sort in my garden, so I planted it in a pot and now it's grown and I can't identify it.
Could someone tell me ...
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What are these seeds from China, that are supposed to grow tea?
I bought these seeds online thinking they were supposed to grow tea. The site I used said they came from a farm in China. They look random and strange to me. They remind me of a cereal I used to eat, ...
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Unknown tree/shrub with star shaped seedpods, white flowers
No one can seem to work out what kind of tree/shrub this is. The seedpods are a distinctive star shape, it has smooth green leaves and it has small white flowers in spring/summer. Growing in the UK. ...
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Are cherries from the market irradiated?
I bought some sweet cherries in season last summer and decided to see if I could germinate some for planting. I "de-nutted" maybe 20+ of them and placed them in damp paper towels in the refrigerator ...
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Why growing fruit trees from seed won't yield the same fruit of the same tree?
Why is it necessary to graft a tree to get the desired species and not rely on the tree's seeds?
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What is this seed pod?
My friend found this is her yard after the rains, she’s seen it before and once it dries there are little “cups” of seeds. Any idea what it is? We are in southern California.
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Almond twin seedling
I accidentally dug out an almond seedling to realize that all the 3 shoots come from the same seed.
Is this a common occurrence?
What is the branch in the middle with a brownish tip that I broke ...
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What is the shelf life of vegetable seeds?
I bought a packet of vegetable seeds from Costco a few years back. I still have seeds left in individual packages. Is there a life to these seeds after which it is not recommended for use? What is ...
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The English name of yellow seeds fed to pet birds like budgies?
I asked at a bird seed shop in India, but the person called the seeds "kangni", which is Foxtail millet, and the seeds are different from what is also listed as "kangni" on other websites.
I'm ...
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What plant is this seed of?
I live in NY Long island and of course it's fall season
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Do tomatoes produce seeds that are true to the parent plant's characteristics?
I had an unusual tomato plant this year with off leaf formations. It seemed to fruit reasonably well despite this. If I collect and grow on seeds from this plant can I expect to see similar ...
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Can I take the seeds of the plant Strychnos nux vomica out of its packet with bare hands and sow them in my farm with bare hands?
Can I take the seeds of the plant Strychnos nux vomica out of its packet with bare hands and sow them in my farm with bare hands? Or they(i. e., the seeds) would cause me a poisonous effect due to ...
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Separating lettuce seeds
I grew some good lettuce this year, cos (white seed) and crutterbunch (dark seed). I like the crutterbunch better and it is sometimes tough to find the seed in the store so I made sure to cut all the ...
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Before plating aerate or not?
It has been a couple months I have been working on my yard. Thank you all of your time and advice! My back yard was in bad condition. First I killed wild weeds cleaned and hired someone to trim my ...
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Can someone please identify this seed?
We are located in the Philippines and a bat comes in every night and leaves this seed. We’re really curious what kind of seed is this. Can anyone help?
Edit: half inch to 1 inch is the size
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What are the best planting conditions for primula seeds?
Can anyone help me how to plant these primula seeds? I live in Cincinnati, Ohio. They will be in a greenhouse and this is what I need to know.
What size trays do I need?
Should I cover them?
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Can you identify this plant just by its seed pods?
What is the plant with these seed pods? I remember it was a nice plant. I want to keep the seeds, but I would like to know what kind of plant it is.
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Can I start germinating plant seeds indoors in August, and keep them inside for planting next April?
I intuitively feel this is wrong, but I'd like to start the seeds of a plant indoors now, in August, and keep the young plants in containers until the next spring. I'd want to transplant them outside ...
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Starting seeds in the ground during summer
I heard from a friend that Lunaria annua seed should be started now (July-August) (directly in the ground) since this is their natural time for starting (without human intervention). She actually says ...
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Tips for raising a Ginkgo from a seed?
This will be my first post; hopefully I included enough information from the get-go. Not sure if I'm asking too much for one question, but I assume growing a plant may require a couple paragraphs at ...
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Is this rose seed going to germinate?
I am trying to germinate this rose seed, first I soaked this one seed into the egg incubator at 40 celsius lukewarm temperature water for nearly 1 week or less. Before when it was unsoaked I saw its ...
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Quick blooming flowers to grow from seed in late spring (mid/late June) that will flower in late summer/Autumn
I am new to gardening, and appear to have missed ideal planting time for the year. I want to know if I can salvage the year and get some colour. I would like to grow from seeds rather than buy plug ...
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What are these green weeds on my grass?
One month ago I used weed killer and waited two weeks to overseed and after seeing all weeds dead I overseed and used starter fertilizer and now I have some green weeds on my grass. What are they? ...
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Planting old seeds
I have a couple of seed...ish things I seem to remember getting last fall and hence saving for the spring. But looking at them now, I don't know what they are or if they have any chance of survival.
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Will mowing sprouting silver maple saplings eventually kill them?
I recently seeded approximately 600 sf of lawn and unfortunately the timing corresponded with my neighbor's silver maple (Acer saccharinum) dropping it's samaras. Needless to say the maple seeds love ...
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Is it late to seed? weather 90s , end of May.
I bought Turf Builder Grass Seed Sun and Shade Mix for my yard. I live in Kansas City and weather was around 70s but now all the sudden 90s and seems like it will be 90s for a while. Can I seed now or ...
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Seeding grass with milorganite
I used weed killer almost 2 weeks ago and I think I am ready to seed and fertilize. My yard is around 9.000 sq ft and backyard gets lots of sun light but my trees block the half part so half part is ...
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How to prepare soil for seeding?
I have lots of weed in my backyard and I think I will seed for a green lawn! I was planning on installing sod but I think I will go with the seed. What should I do before I seed? Can I use weed killer ...
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Identify Seed from Vine
Can someone help me identify these seeds? I had them in a small packet labeled vine seeds. I either didn't know the name of the vine or assumed I'd remember it.
Thanks, Katy Bain
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How to grow grass in the shade?
I live in NW Pennsylvania and in the woods. I've tried everything to get grass to grow under the trees. I've put down peat moss and fertilizer and seed for shade but it won't take, I get just moss. ...
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Why are seeds of summer chrysanthemum different between suppliers?
I bought some seed of Chrysanthemum carinatum from two different producers, as seen on photos. How come they are different? The left hand side is 1gr, the right hand one 0.5gr. The price was about the ...
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Do I mulch now or later?
I have already planted, or scattered the seeds, for what I plan to do this year. (Unless the other half has more ideas, that is.) The soil was turned, but not treated in any manner. One bed has ...
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