Collecting Seeds From Annuals

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daisy96 Warwick, RI(Zone 6a) Jul 18, 2010

This might seem like a stupid question but my very limited gardening experience has been with perennials only. I have some annuals this year in my gardens and would love to collect the seeds and replant them for next year (ie: cleome, petunias). How do I go about collecting the seeds? Thanks!

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Mountainbeauty Clyde, NC Jul 18, 2010

Check out this URL:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2327/

Happy day! ;o)

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Gitagal Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a) Jul 18, 2010

daisy---

The two annuals you named are actually good biennials....
Petunias will self-seed, especially the Wave petunias....and Cleomies will also self-seed.

it is a good practice to let some of the seeds to fall and winter over in your garden and then sprout the next Spring....It is Mother Natures own version of "Winter Sowing"...
Cleome seedlings will look just like miniature adults....same divided leaves....Petunia seedlings will have small, rounded leaves---easy to ID.

Other self-sowers are Impatiens, Digitalis, Rudbeckias, Daturas, 4 O'Clocks, Morning Glories, Tomatoes (from compost), any kind of Melons and Sunflowers, Balsam, Coreopsis, etc....I am sure a lot more....

Some other flowers just multiply from root-stock...and keep on growing.....
Like---Shasta Daisies, Evening Primroses, again--4 O;Clocks, Digitalis, Rose Campion, perennial geraniums,
and many more, I am sure in your warmer plant zone....

Go to the appropriate Regional Forum to see and to communicate with people in your own zone..
You are NOT that far off to the Mid Atlantic--so just keep hanging around here and you will have a bunch of friendly folks to chat with and to get advice from..

Gita

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lorilovesplants Albany, MO Aug 11, 2010

Most annuals will produce little seed pods and I just clip them off and hold a brown lunch sack under the pod when I cut, that way you can catch the seeds. Petunia seed is very tiny and there are many in one little pod, Then next year you can replant them and they should do good. I replanted some of my seed indoors in march for earlier growth under gro lights and they did well. Plus cutting the seed pods off the plants will also help the current plant rebloom versus going to seed to enjoy longer bloom. Good Luck I was able to produce 200 plants from seed I extracted the year before. Would have done more but had no more room lol

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