here is a question on my mind, If you cut a branch and realize that it has a pod on it and stick the branch in water to root will the pod keep growing if it roots? I made a big BOo-BOo!! I am hoping i can save this pod it snuck up on me I didn't no i had any more out there and went to cut my branches back and here I am asking you for HELP!!
I have a POD on a stick
Here is a picture of My big mistake!!! I don't think it would of had time to ripen on the Tree before frost came along and got it
Nice pod. If for some reason it doesn't make it, take the seeds out and plant them immediately. I had one smaller than yours that came off the plant and I now how two seedlings through the soil. The seeds were white when I planted them. Germination isn't as good with immature seeds, but you might get a few to work for you. If your pod starts feeling limp and soft, go ahead and open it and plant. As long as it stays firm, you should be okay.
Same question I asked in another thread here. Do the seeds need to be stratified first? Or can you plant them right away?
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what is stratified?
Daves has a great feature for things like learning what the word "stratify" means. On the right side of your screen there is a link to click on that is called "Garden Terms". Try it and see what you get. All you have to do is write the word in the search box and GO. This is a nice feature of the garden.
Thanks Brugie that was nice I learn new things every day that makes Daves a great place to be
I dont think you need to stratify. In fact, if you cold stratify, wont it kill them?
I would say if a plant won't grow in the cold, that its seeds would not need to be stratified. If you think about tropical plants and the way they reproduce, and you know it doesn't freeze where they are, it makes sense that they would not need to be cold stratified. It is possible that there are some kinds of plants that wouldn't not set seeds that germinate without that cold period, but I don't know what they are. I wonder what would happen to brug seeds if they froze in the mail. Might be a good experiment to do.
You know Brugie... I sent some seeds that I had started to the NE and I think that was right around the time it was snowing and all there, one had sprouted. None even had a start when they left my house! So... hmmm lets send some seeds back and forth to each other, return to sender a few times! LOL just kidding (gaw dont take me serious I WAS just kidding)
But really makes me wonder.... is there anyway a little cold could make them more hardy??
Boy Shelly, it beats me. I have trouble sprouting them under the best of conditions, so I wouldn't be out much playing around with them. I might stick some in the fridge for a while and then see what happens. I doubt that being frozen would work though, but I've been wrong before.