Nasturtium seed pods ??

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lainymay BEDFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom Sep 04, 2009


Hi,
can anyone give me advice conserning my nastertiums. i had a magnificent display this year and have many many seed pods from them.
my question is: can i re-plant the seeds for next year?.
i live in England (south) in the uk. i have left the seed pods on the soil but i am not sure if i am doing the right thing.
advice greatly received.



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trinawitch Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO(Zone 5b) Sep 04, 2009

aahh...nastutiums...the edible flower...if you want to be certain...pick up a few of the seed pods and save them for next spring. I'm not sure what your planting zone is there but I am a 5a and my grandfather never had a problem with them returning every year, but he always told me "When in doubt, save some seeds!"

Hope that helps

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lainymay BEDFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom Sep 04, 2009

thanks tw. i was planning on leaving them covered with the soil. we don't have zones in england (UK) but our weather weather varies from tear to year.
one year it can be good , next year bad. but i never normally have problems growing things from seed.
so would it be ok to leave them where they are, do you think.
by the way what are zones.
many thanks.

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trinawitch Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO(Zone 5b) Sep 04, 2009

it's a planting zone...issued by your department of agriculture...I know you have one...we had to pay attention to it when we were stationed in Germany (My father was US Army) but I believe your zone is the same as mine so you should be fine.

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lainymay BEDFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom Sep 05, 2009

well i have lived in england for 45years and never new that.
thanks for that.

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trinawitch Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO(Zone 5b) Sep 05, 2009

Wow....I'd like to live out in the country over there, beautiful country side, not so keen on the cities though

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Sep 05, 2009

Lainymay, here is a link to the UK/British Isles plant hardiness zones...

http://www.trebrown.com/hrdzone.html

And one for Europe in general

http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/forums/zones/hze.html

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trinawitch Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO(Zone 5b) Sep 05, 2009

Moon you truly are the Goddess! I wouldn't have known at all where to even look for a link like that!

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Sep 05, 2009

Thanks Trina. It is incredibly easy. I just type a few key words into the search line on google and hit enter...may take a couple tries, but can usually find what I am looking for.

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trinawitch Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO(Zone 5b) Sep 05, 2009

never had much success with that myself, glad you do we appreciate it!

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