JungleShadows said:Paddy,
Love the name! My mom's side of the family is from Black Lake in County Cork so it may be in the Irish blood to breed semps!
Sometimes you can stress the plant into flowering before its true time but often the stalks so produced are shorter and have fewer flowers/ seed. You'll get more and more healthy seed from plants blooming on their normal schedule. I bought a few plants that were potted my first year in Oregon, which gave me a start with flowering plants. Potted plants are easy to cross pollinate as you can bring the whole plant indoors to do your crosses and not have to worry about the bees.
Kevin
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