WANTED: (Young) volunteer(s)

I do not claim to understand plumeriae. I try to grow them -- period.

The photo below shows a gathering of plumerias seeds I have just harvested. They are "Brad's White." (See my and Clare_CA's threads for photos)

After consultation with our resident expert, I harvested them. (Since they already started dropping.) I still have a few pods on the tree -- which I am keeping -- and watching.

I will mail some, or all, of them -- at my expense -- to anyone who will promise to spread them around to others who might want some and arrange for mailing.

I am just too old to wait for the seeds to blossom (but I am sure that they eventually will), nor can I give up golf long enough to do individual mailings.

Please d-mail me your address and how many you will be willing to take and redistribute. I hope that the first one asks for ALL.

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This is a closer look at some.

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P.S. I mentioned young in the header. It can be young of age -- or heart.

Oh, please pick me! :)

I'll take some too!
you have dmail

CASE CLOSED.

Robynznest and mistygardener have been the first to volunteer, and they will be the "keepers of the seeds."

Please make your arrangements with them, directly.

Good luck

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Thanks so much, flyboyFl! :)

Oh, Brad. You have such a generous heart:-) Those seeds look just a tad on the immature side, but perhaps they will germinate anyway. It looks like many are missing their coats or maybe they haven't developed yet, but no matter. I'm sure many will be thrilled to receive them.

Thanks so much Brad, I know we will all enjoy them.

Heading over to re-read the seed germination sticky.

Thanks again

Brad,
Thank you for helping people get started with plumies. That is so kind of you. Another Johnny Apple seed of the plumie world.
Mickey

He is a pretty cool dude, for sure! I do plan on germinating some first so I can tell -Who, What, When, Where, Why, etc.....LOL

Brad is one of the coolest DGers around that's for sure.

I agree:-)

Hey guys -- don't overdo it.

Luckily one of the perks of maturity is that you can do what you want to do. This is really a pleasure.

I am having trouble typing with misty eyes, so stop it.

Be well, all of you. And, good luck with the seeds. (I am waiting for more to ripen.)

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Aweeeeee and a softy, too! :)

Here's a picture that my friend Dan sent me today. I thought you guys might like to see what a seedpod looks like when it splits open. He said that his seedpods take 9 months to fully mature and that this is the earliest that he has seen one mature. This seedpod would have had to form in April in order to be ready to harvest now.

Clare that was a brilliant picture - I had no idea they would look like that. Alas not enough blooms last year to encourage any seed pods, but I never give up hope!

There are some pods, still with a few months to go.

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And one, two weeks before I finally harvested it.

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You got a lot of pods, Brad! That is awesome! You must have a lot of thrips hard at work in your flowers;-)

It's not entirely the proliferation of the thrips. I, also, keep soft background music playing -- like Deep Purple, and Skylark. (You'd remember them if you were mature, enough.)

Be well

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LOL, Brad! You crack me up!

Flyboy - you don't really expect any of us girls to admit to remembering those tunes do you?

What about Mister Meadowlark?

Be well -- and be honest!!!

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I have no idea what you are talking about, but if it works I'm willing to find them and play them.

Those were the good old days. You understood the words in the songs to which the kids were listening.

Except, maybe, for "Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy -- a kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"

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I actually know that one. Bing Crosby? I think I remember seeing a Hope/Crosby film with them singing it. Even if it wasn't him I still liked Bing.

I, also, seem to remember it as a WWII marching song.

As times go by.

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