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Homemade Seeds
Jun 8, 2007 | 4:36 PM PST
Tag: Seed Collecting

I just started collecting seeds - just about a week ago.  It's my new hobby in the garden, to look for any new seed.  It all started when I was checking on my purple patio plant (not sure what the name of this plant is) when I saw a seed pod that had burst open on my purple/yellow/white pansy drooping into the patio plant.  So I've been reading up on all the seeds I could possibly have in my garden!  Today I was thrilled when I noticed my Sweet William had a few open pods!  To store the seeds, I've taken plain computer paper, fold and seal 3 sides to make an open envelope, and label the front with the name of the plant (common only, not the Latin, as I don't know those yet!!).  These will store in my garage, or a dark, cool closet that gets decent air flow.  The next step will be to see if I can get these little guys to grow :)  I don't have the room or the need to grow all these little guys myself, so I would love to share!  My garden doesn't have too many exotic or out of the norm plants, but it's so wonderful to have my own seeds!

Here's a list of the seeds I have so far:

• Snapdragon (blooms orange/pink)
• Sweet William
• Morning Glory (mixed)
• Datura/Angel's Trumpet (blooms white)
• Johnny Jump-ups
• Petunia (white)
• Pansies - blueish purple, yellow, white/purple/yellow (I'll list the names that were on the packets of the parent plants), I wonder if they will not bloom the same as the parent plants too.
• Fleabane/Santa Barbara Daisy (not sure on the exact name of this plant)
• White Cyclamen

I do have to add a funny story to this - 2 or 3 years ago my spider plant sent out seed pods.  I didn't know anything about gardening, so I threw them all into 2 four inch pots.  Nothing happened, right away anyway.  Several weeks later I had over 100 of these spider plant babies!  I still have about 60 of them, ready for a new home.  I'm having a garage sale soon so maybe I can sell them, or even give them away!