Propagation: Stonecrop sedum seeds/pods?, 0 by Weezingreens

Weezingreens wrote:
OK, I finally took some time to do a little research. I couldn't find a photo of Sedum spectabile seeds online, so I got out the trusty digital camera and looked through my seed tote for seeds to photograph. Now, keep in mind, all my sedum seeds have some chaff. I rub the seed heads through a kitchen sieve several times to remove the large chaff, then consider it as close as I can get without losing a good deal of seed to remove more chaff.

I poured some of my seeds out onto white paper and photographed them with my macro setting. My camera is a mid-range point and shoot, so the images could be much better with a better camera, but you can get the idea. There are two distinct shapes and textures. One is long and cylindrical or rectangular, and one is more spherical. Both have substance when rolled between my fingers, so I'm not absolutely sure which is which. Until I can get some sort of confirmation on the web, I'd still suggest you sift it down to the smaller parts, then just include both so you don't remove the real seeds.

I have noticed that rolling the mix around on the paper tends to separate out the two shapes. However, if I blow lightly on the mix, I seem to be blowing away a good amount of both. Maybe this is why most sedum seed has a bit of chaff included. This photo shows the my two fingers... the one on the top has what I believe to be the seed.. spherical. The lower finger has what I believe to be the chaff rectangular or cylindrical.