When to harvest cape dew seeds

When to harvest cape dew seeds#108833

By Sebastian -  Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:08 pm
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- Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:08 pm #108833

Well my sundew finished flowering like 2 weeks ago and i dont know when to harvest the seeds

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Re: When to harvest cape dew seeds#108841

By Matt -  Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:54 pm
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- Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:54 pm #108841

I usually hold a piece of paper under the flower stalk and tap it. When black dots appear on the paper, you're harvesting seeds. The pods ripen from the bottom up, so they're all not ready at the same time.

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Re: When to harvest cape dew seeds#108857

By Eric -  Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:20 pm
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- Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:20 pm #108857

In my experience the first pod ripens around the time the last pod blooms. Although this isn't very effective. What I do now is that I peel off the petals to expose the actual pod. And if you can see that it is splitting it is ripe. Make sure that the pod is black and not green.

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