Yep...you read right. I accidentally broke off this seed pod carrying in my cutting to the bubbler a few weeks ago so I stuck it in this glass....
Okay..who ever heard of ROOTING a seedpod
a few weeks later..I find THIS - it's ROOTING! Well who would have thunk that???
Diane Krny
so now what do I do?? Plant it? What could possibly come of it??
Diane
LOL LOL. Too cool. You may have found something great here. I would keep it in the water till it gets more root like then pot it up.
If you get a plant around it and end up with the plant and a ripe pod, I will be astounded. TOO COOL Diane!
Please let us know what you do, do with it and your results. I am SO interested.
diane, this is super!
For one thing very interesting for those that break of a pod by accident. That is just really neat!
Fantastic. Keep us posted.
Or cut them off while pruning. I do that all the time. You would think I would learn. LOL
Gee wish I had seen this when I thought one of mt pods were ready, I would have tried rooting it too
To cool, Diane!!! Keep us posted!
:) Donna
Everybody, this was my first year to do anything with seed pods..I took a cutting with a seed pod on it and put it in water...it started to root and then I stuck it in dirt..its now growing.....I am so happy it worked...oh this experimenting really gets the blood flowing...all of you are so supportive in sharing your know how on growing brugs...thanks..Judy
Wonder where or how the growth point will start?
Diane, I'm floored, what fun!!!! I surely know what I'll be doing with at least one pod!!! I have one on an unknown brug that i wasn't going to use anyway, so I'm going to put it in a bubbler tomorrow with a smidgen of H202 and SuperThrive, and see what happens, I cannot wait to get it going!!! Keep us updated Diane, I'd love to know if yours is a first, anyone know??
Great Sherry. Let us all know how you do too.
Judy, that is great it held on for you. Did you get to harvest the seeds yet?
Wow, Judy, you too, I want to hear more about yours too!!
That is so interesting!
Never heard of anything like that
Please keep us posted.
No seeds yet Kell...its going to be awhile before I see seeds..and the cutting that has the pod is very small..it may be quite awhile before I see a mature pod but just the fact that the pod didnt fall off when I shocked the plant....If I think about it I will take a picture of the cutting after I get out of work and post it here....Judy
Really, good job Judy!!!
Interesting Diane, please let us know what happens.
LOL - too cool!
such fascinating things we learn!!! Thanks for the post!
Simply amazing! Please keep us updated!!
Calling Kell and all the rest --- checked today and my weird rooting pod is still rooting nicely but it looks to me like the pod is showing signs that it is ripe. uh oh. What do I do? Leave it till it turns to mush? Cut it open now? What will happen to the rooting stem? Will it rot if I just leave it there? Inquiring minds want to know..
Hahahaha, I've never seen a ripe pod Diane, rooted or on the tree. I do have lots of pods this year and if you will stay right there until maybe after the first of the year, maybe I'll be able to tell you, lol!! Good luck!!
Oh too bad!! Looks like it will now just rot, no more growth! Personally, I would cut it off, put rooting powder on top just for the anti fungal properties and pot up the bottom in dirt and just see!!
I also would cut open the pod Diane, and see how ripe they are. I suspect they are too white. You can still try to germninate them. I did 2 immature pods recently and I got 2 seedlings out of them. Which wasn't great odds. LOL
I still am so interested to see if you can get the peduncle to root and grow a new plant.
Definitely try to germinate the seeds no matter if they are mature looking or not. Sometimes they will not germinate and sometimes you will grow a little forest. I learned this the hard way with my own very first seedpod ever. It was knocked off of the tree way before it was ripe. One of those heart crushing moments. I planted them anyway but I figured I was just wasting my time. In 2 days they germinated like crazy. My very first seedlings from my first very own cross. I was a happy girl for sure! It was faster and easier than the mature brown seeds I harvested later on.
Hope this works for you Diane.
Okay, Kell - took your advise and cut her open this morning..this is what I found. They look mature but are very, very tiny. Hope they aren't all rotted.
the empty pod with seeds
Then I dusted the remaining pod part lightly with rooting hormone to help with any fungus and potted her up...
Then I took all the seeds and sowed them in this small glass bowl - just pressing them lightly into the seed starting mix of mostly vermiculite, covered them and put them on my heat mat under lights. It's a gamble..we'll see if any germinate.
Diane
Well, you do know that I know little, Diane. So follow me at your own risk. Now I tell you! LOL
Actually I would completely cut the pod off the peduncle. I can see where it is turning a decaying color where it joins the pod. If there is any hope to have it not rot, I would think you must take that top off, and put on the hormone powder. I know that leaves you with a very small piece, but small pieces can root.
Are you saying you think the seeds are mature because of the color? I think they may be so dark because they have been without blood in that pod for too long. They turn dark as they dry up and die.
Of course I could be so wrong!!! I sure wish you lots of luck, Diane! You have a neat set up. I can tell just by looking that you have great technique.
Kell is right. Diane I'm afraid those seeds are long gone. They will not germinate when they look like that. When they are white and the texture of hominy you'll have a better chance to germinate immature seeds.
Something is not correct with my reception with regard to this thread re DG. I've tried it several times today and, once I look at a photo, like the one with the tiny seeds, I cannot get the photos and the rest of the new posts on the thread to come up, so I will say this without knowing what others said:
I received tiny, Zinnia appearing seeds, but they were brug seeds from a well known brug friend and I planted about 100 seeds and the only seeds that did not sprout were those seeds and they looked identical to the second photo of yours, Diane. I hope mine were a fluke and yours do great, my Zinnias always have. Good Luck!!
yea, I'm not surprised Vicki and Kell - they really didn't look right. I'll leave them sowed - I don't need the space yet :-) but I too think they had already rotted in the pod. :-(
I will cut off that peduncle and dust the top with fungicide. See what happens with that. If nothing else, this was and educational experiment and a very interesting one at that!
Diane
Hey Diane, nothing ventured nothing gained! I say try, try and try again! Brugs want to grow and flourish, so you never know what will work or not!
Very interesting. Diane, I love your setup, looks like a laboratory. Wouldn't it be great to get a plant from your peduncle.
Diane, you don't know unless you try. I'll keep my fingers crossed for yah! Your setup definitely looks like a laboratory. How do you make the name tags for your containers?
:) Donna