Hi all, excuse my lack of comments of late, I just wanted to post a little about my seeds while I still remember the details. I'm learning a lot about seed collecting. In the process I've tried to harvest some too soon (no seeds formed), left some too late (seeds already dispersed) and caught some about right. I have lots from my arach and some from grey ghost, with quite a few blooms not yet ready to harvest.
I found that passing them a 500µm sieve took out all the large bits of stalk/flower etc, and then passing what came out of that through a 300µm sieve left 99% clean seed! unfortunately, some of the debris blocked some of the holes in the mesh, had it been my sieve I wouldn't have minded too much because it was only a small number of holes affected, but as it was a calibrated test sieve that we use in work I thought I better not put any more through it after my first pass.
DON'T TELL MY BOSS IT WAS ME.......
I've tried to locate a cheap 300µm sieve to buy specifically for seed harvesting, but it turns out that they are quite expensive. Again, DON'T TELL MY BOSS IT WAS ME.......
I'm hoping to set some seeds off next weekend to see if what I have collected are viable, if they are I'm happy to share with anyone who wants some.
