Do I. indicas produce seeds?

And if so, how would I find them?

croclover - Ipomoea indica can produce seeds,but not if the flowers are pollinated by pollen that is incompatible as I mentioned in these threads
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/512400/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/591601/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/546532/

Ipomoea indica dried seedpods and seeds image link...
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/68661/

Scroll down to the image links for Ipomoea indica seedpods that I have added on this page
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/51653/index.html

Hope this helps...

TTY,...

Ron

This message was edited Jul 2, 2006 6:21 PM

Thank you Ron!
After viewing those photos, I definitely have never seen seed pods on my indica then. Do the indicas that do produce seeds only produce them at a particular time of year?

croclover - in your climate zone the seedpods may be produced potentially at any time of year,but for those in the cooler zones the seedpods would most probably be produced later summer through the Autumn...

TTY,...

Ron

OK Ron,
Here's another question- does the vine have to reach a certain age or maturity before it starts producing seeds? More specific to my particular plant, would it have produced seeds by now if it's this big?

This message was edited Jul 2, 2006 3:22 PM

By the way, this is what it looked like on April 17th of this year...

croclover - if you don't see any seedpods forming on the pedicels where the flowers have bloomed,the plant is most likely clonal and therefore self-infertile...the clones are self-infertile because the pollen from itself is too(!) closely genetically related to it's own ovules to allow fertilization to take place...you would need pollen from a plant of the same species,but one that is different enough genetically,for compatible pollen to allow fertilization to take place...

TTY,...

Ron

This message was edited Jul 2, 2006 10:41 PM

So Ron,
Then in laymen's terms, are you saying that each bloom is too closely alike to the one next to it, etc., that the pollen that is transferred from bloom to bloom is too similar to its own, therefore it cannot brcome fertilized and produce a seed?

So then, in order for a clonal plant to produce seeds there must be another indica planted very close to it- close enough for a bee to transfer the pollen from one plant to another, AND these two plants must have different enough genetics so as not to be "immediate family"?

croclover - in answer to both of your paragraphs the answer is YES!

I'll add that in addition to a bee or other insect pollinator transferring the pollen,that a human being interested to practice some hand pollination can also transfer the pollen from one plant to another...

Check out the details of how to perform hand pollination on various Morning Glories as per my response to this thread here
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/533754/

TTY,...

Ron

Yippee! I got it right! Wow, so all the indicas growing within bee-distance to mine are too closely related, or the bees fly with Purel Hand Sanitizer and wash between plants...

I will definitely check out the hand pollinating- I'm wondering if I can grap a bloom or two off my dad's gorgeous indica about a mile away from me.