I have collected all my seed except about a dozen dip uf pods. I will have well over 4000 seed this year and have room for 2000. I already have 2000 planted in trays, a lot of them are up. The reason for so many, I did a lot more dip ufs than I have in the past several years and they produce a lot more seed than the tets. I also have a son that hybridizes and need room for his seedlings because he is clearing land at his place that want be ready until next year. I have said for the last few years I would not build any more beds, how things change.

WOW Fred! That's a LOT of seeds to deal with! I'm going to be super lucky if I get one seed pod to survive. So far, I've only had a few, and the ones that looked great a couple of days ago have shriveled up and died. I am not making any more crosses this year. It's just a waste of time with this heat. I've got lots of seeds left over from last year, so I'll just start some of them late and have something to look forward to a couple of years from now.

Natalie, I sent you a tree mail.

to you Mona!

This morning I found 7 like these. This bloom season has been a lot of "firsts."

Dormantsrule - I have dozens and dozens of pods that look like that. I finally harvested a pod today that had all good seeds. Most are either all bad, or have about one-third good seeds and the rest mushy or underdeveloped.

Debra

A bunch of my pods look like that Last year there were a bunch of pods. Now that I
Want to try ...getting squishy I still have a couple more hanging on

Now, so long as the seeds are black, shiny, hard and pass the 'pinch test' they are probably okay, yes? Just not ones that look like raisins straight out of the pod?

The dips tend to look like raisins and they can be ok looking like that. Now if they are completely flat like there is nothing in them, I wouldn't think they are alright.

gotcha, thanks Cindy! These are just for me, so I'll try planting some of the questionable ones and see what happens

Those may be fine also, just as long as they don't go squish. Sometimes they just start to dry in the pod, I guess because of heat. I've learned that not all seeds come out looking the same (plump, round, shiny) just like they all don't dry the same either. My rule of thumb is if they aren't squishy they probably are good to go and I will plant them. Now if they are super shriveled and super pruned and have no firmness to them at all or they feel empty then they are probably no good.

Got yours in the mail today Michele. They look and felt GREAT! Thank you!

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