When and how to harvest sundew seeds

When and how to harvest sundew seeds#116413

By Joey8375 -  Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:27 am
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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:27 am #116413

My flowers have shriveled, are brown, and the bud part connected to the stem is black. How much longer should I wait to harvest and how do i harvest? (Pics to come!!!)

Re: When and how to harvest sundew seeds#116461

By rhys1234 -  Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:08 pm
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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:08 pm #116461

stay calm!! this happened with my sundews before. if the stem starts to become covered in black, its barley alive. so, if the whole stem is turning black, then just cut it, let it die, and harvest the seeds.

( even though it will fall over because of the black parts )

Re: When and how to harvest sundew seeds#116478

By MICKEY -  Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:37 pm
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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:37 pm #116478

cut it before it spreads seeds all over all your pots you will get seedlings in everything

Re: When and how to harvest sundew seeds#116499

By fishandplants -  Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:31 pm
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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:31 pm #116499

If the flower base is black, you may want to wait till the stem starts to blacken as well before picking. Some cps have the seeds swell and start to burst forth from the case, like venus flytraps. You can collect them then if they start to appear that way.

Re: When and how to harvest sundew seeds#116704

By Joey8375 -  Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:24 pm
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- Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:24 pm #116704

fishandplants wrote:If the flower base is black, you may want to wait till the stem starts to blacken as well before picking. Some cps have the seeds swell and start to burst forth from the case, like venus flytraps. You can collect them then if they start to appear that way.

The flower base is black and some of the stem. The main stem is yellow.

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