Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Insects in Brug seeds!, 1 by Brugmansia

Brugmansia wrote:
I just opened a few seeds that my daughter Amber accidentally dug up and they were infested with insects. Tiny larva that looked like worms. I don't know what they are, but I have found these in my own seeds before when the mother plant had not been treated with an insecticide in a while. So for those trading seeds we might want to think of soaking seeds in a light systemic upon first picking them if one is not sure when the last time one treated the mother plant. Seeds generally look very normal and one can often peel them and find everything inside looks normal. Upon peeling the skin off a few days to weeks later one can find from one insect to several eating happily away. Hope this helps everyone in some way. I for one will treat my own trees a bit more heavily with a systemic a few weeks prior to picking any fruit. These were not from my seed by the way nor were they from BGI. These were from a friend, but like I've said, these things will happen to the best of us from time to time. Especially when seed pods are left on too long or at least thats been my experience