This time I'm going to make sure that I don't brake the pods off to let them dry, like I did 6-7 years ago. I know better now!!! I know to leave them on the plumeria and to loosely wrap them with panty hose or netting.
Randy
My Texas Fiesta Seed Pod.
do all seed pods look like that? I've never seen one of these in my plumies. Mine are new though.
Would panty hose be used to prevent seeds from flying all over the place? do you wait til pod gets brown looking?
Hi! To my knowledge all seed pods look like this. I have seen a picture of a set of four pods on one stem. They generally form on older or established plumerias after they finish blooming.
The pods need o be allowed to dry on the stem until they split open revealing the seeds.
Mine is in the house, so it probably won't spit the seeds everywhere but I'm going to use panty hose just to catch any that may fall out. Outdoors the plumerias would shoot the seeds some distance, especially if there was a heavy breeze present during the opening of the seed pods. I believe they start to crack along the seams and may take a week or more to fully crack open releasing all of the seeds. The darker brown the seed pod gets the closer they get to ripening.
I thought I'd add some pix of my baby "Kaneohe Sunburst" seedlings. They are now one week old.
Randy
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Great pictures, Randy! Congrats on your seed pod!
Thanks, Clare! Your seedlings look awesome as well!
Thanks, Randy! We'll have to compare photos of our seedling's flowers in two years from now! LOL!