I'm looking for jewelweed seed, I've seen some pretty cultivated pinks but either pink or the natural orange is fine by me. You can see my trade list on my member page.
Thanks
P.S. Does anyone know how to successfully lift these plants? They grow wild around here and I'd like to ...aquire... a few next summer.
Looking for Jewelweed
I have simply dug wild ones with a fork, put them in a bucket, and carried them home. I planted them in the unamended clay soil against the north wall of my house, and they've grown so prolifically i've taken most of them out now. (I think this is the 3rd year I had them.) They're obviously very easy since I really took no care in either digging, siting or planting them. Good luck.
Michelle, I think I have some seeds. Will look when I get home. I have dug up small plants successfully.
Brenda
I have a few seeds of a rare pink one I got from Netherlands..Haven't grown it yet but can send some. Also I have the red/orage ones. Mine are spotted with red..LMK and we can work something out. Michelle, They do not transfer well at all. You would have to constanly water it...Best to grow from seed and let them reseed. Which they do prolifically.
Kim
Hmmm. I have common jewelweed all over the property, but I never thought of harvesting seeds. I'm not sure if I can find them once it snows but I'll check. The hummers love them and my quince bush.
Thanks guys, I'll take you all up on any trade offers. I'll have alot of empty spots in the woods from when I clear out the garlic mustard weed. There's a lot of poison ivy (although I seem to be immune..?) and I thought it'd be handy having a bunch around.
K...Already mailed..
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/8643/ and
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/24983/
I hope they do well for you...my kids picked the spotted ones! LOL LOL They scare me so I never pick them.
CaptMicha,
I have both a yellow version, http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/73313/index.html and a orange version.
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/spotted_jewelweed.htm
They thrive in shady moist areas here in the Northeast. I had managed to find a dwarf sized two toned pink plant from around the area bu the darn thing dies before I could get any seeds.
They are often called touch-me-not for good reason as a mere touch of the seed pod will cause the seeds flying from their pods up to 5ft. Capturing seeds can be tricky.
Let me know if you are still interested in a few.
Brian
Ummmmm Ohhhh Brian....Kimmie beeez interested in them yellow seeds :-D
Pleaseeeeee
Do any of you use Jewel Weed for poison ivy? When we were kids we brought home the plants. My mom would crush the translucent stems and soak them in alcohol. It made a good tincture to relieve ichy poison ivy.
I have not done it, though I did read about it recently.
Ohh kimmeee! How could I refuse one who has dug deep into her secret stash of seeds for me! I'll get some out this week.
Thanks so much! The yellow are gorgeous...didn't know they came in that color :-D
I saw them side by side with the orange onse this summer... Their 5 min from the house.
We had some growing by the creek near our house and you could hear the seed pods popping and flinging the seeds. I heard they can be quite invasive, but they are pretty.
I wonder if the balsamina impatiens touch me not is used for poison ivy treatment.
They must need moist conditions because I tried growing them a couple of times and they just did not germinate.
Windy, we always used the orange ones tha grew wild along the woods and damp places. (That was very near the poison ivy too!)
They're usually found near posion ivy and that's what they're used for. I'm certain about the wild orange but not about the others, but it'll look very pretty with masses of different colors! I don't do anything fancy, I just rub a leave between my palms to release the juice and rub onto my skin. I'm not effected by poison ivy so I use it for insect bites. Seems to help.
Thank goodness for this thread. I grew a butterfly/hummingbird mix last year and I was working in the bed and decided to deadhead some unknown flowers. When I touched the first one, I thought something live had gotten inside and "jumped" when I touched. Well, I can tell you, it scared the daylights out of me. It happened again with the next one and rest assured, I never touched another one.
Sure is glad to know what is was
Jan...
Lol. Reminds me of when I went to collect some milkweed seed. I grabbed a bunch of the fluff and clenched my fist to prevent it from blowing away. I felt something moving and I opened up and there was this HUGE milkweed beetle buzzing in my hand!!! I screamed and threw the stuff... of course I did it a few more times during the summer but mostly I never go out w/o my gardening gloves. My neighbors must think I'm crazy by now.