I have been growing spicy jatropha for a few years. It blooms every year for me but this is the first time I have seeds. Here is the bloom.
Jatropha integerrima seeds at last
Here are the seeds.
This plant is supposed to be hardy to 9b , but it grows very well here on the cusp of 8a/8b.
Looks like mini tiny weeny pumpkins!!
And, if they come without seeds, wouldn't they be "hollow-weeny" pumpkins? ROFLMAO!
LOLOLOL.......
Way to go!
Congratulations.
If you pick the seeds too soon they won't be ripe and if you wait until they are ripe they will shoot all over the yard. I "bag" mine to catch the seeds. I have also found they germinate best when the seeds are fresh.
I missed em and they burst all over the yard. Boo hoo.
I keep trying to root this 'baby pink' to share with Ardesia........may have to resort to the nursery who swears by his rooting powder to get the job done. Maybe I will start looking for seed?????????
