I was looking through some old posts and came accross a pic I had posted showing some seeds. I realized that I had thrown those seeds away when I did my winter sowing. I had several unidentified bags of seeds and I threw some of them out thinking they were just common plants in my yard or duplicates of ones I did have labeled. Now after seeing this pic I realize they were of a sundew I have growing outside (a carnivorous plant). I nearly cried as this was one set of seeds I definately wanted to sow. Never again will I collect any seeds without a marker and paper to ID them.
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Seed Marking Lesson
Yes it can be confusing, I guess that is a good thing to learn for all of us.
I had a lot of unlabeled seeds when I went through mine also. Trying not to think of what they might have been. I piled them in a heap and plan on sticking them in the ground all in the same area. Who knows something interesting might come up.
When I collect my seeds, I put them on small paper plates or in paper lunch sacks to dry. I write on the outside of the bag and on the bottom of the paper plate what seeds they are. When I transfer them to a storage container, I write the type of seeds on a label and stick it on the container.
Good girl Stephanie, exactly what we need to do. The ones that usually stump me are ones that I collect when not planned. By the time I get home or find them in a pocket, I have no clue as to what they were from.
Then there are the MW seeds that at the time I know which variety they were but later they all look the same.
Am I the only one who carries around the white paper coffee filters in my purse? I use the 12cup size folded in half, ready to place the plucked seeds inside. I put them in a zippy bag with a black sharpie, to mark the coffee filter with. I also keep one of those mini staplers within the same zippy bag; it's good to be handy, ready to seal the paper coffee filter. Place folded, stapled coffee filters in the same zippy bag till you get home. Don't forget to remove seed "packets" out of the plastic zippy bag also. Replace amount of filters at the same time too.
~ HTH ~ Robin
LOL, I guess you might be Robin! Sounds like a pretty smart idea though.