Wild foxglove seed saving
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AJ Rank attained: Ash Tree

Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 218 Location: West Cork
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: Wild foxglove seed saving |
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Was out walking last night and noted the wild foxgloves were beginning to loose their flowers. They seem to be plentyful everywhere except on my ditch. So I was just wondering what is the best way to save their seeds for resowing outside my house. _________________ vegandflowertime.blogspot.ie |
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 921 Location: north tipperary
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:51 am Post subject: |
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We saved lots of wildflower seeds last summer, before the local lads "tidied up" the grass verges. We collected the dry seeds in kitchen roll, and left the in brown envelopes in a cool dark drawer. We sowed them in the spring, in John Innes 1, and potted on into multipurpose. We now have foxglove, verbascum, hemp agrimony, cowslip, and "Birr Road mix", to plant out next spring. Good Luck! Ps, foxgloves are biennial, so they will grow the first year, and flower the next. |
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AJ Rank attained: Ash Tree

Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 218 Location: West Cork
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply, I checked the pods last nite, no doable so I suppose they need to be left a little longer to dry out before they can be harvested. _________________ vegandflowertime.blogspot.ie |
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