Prickly Seed Pods?

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Posted by @greene on December 17, 2013

Last year I removed seeds from some dry, prickly Leonotis seed pods - with my bare hands. Ouch! Having learned from my mistakes, when I was fortunate enough to gather more pods this year, I tried to remove the seeds while wearing gloves. Alas, I was not destined to be a brain surgeon and was all thumbs. I needed a better idea...

Rather than tell you my idea, let me just show you. Follow along:
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Seems that my camera has an 'Anti-Shake' mode, so no photo. Here, how's this? ;

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That's it! Your seeds can now continue drying and soon will be ready to share, trade, or plant. This also works for many other types of seed pods, prickly or not.

Comments and Discussion
Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Prickly seed pod what is it please by Janpay	Aug 15, 2017 12:25 PM	0
prickly seed pods by rositoes	Dec 21, 2013 9:11 PM	1
Love this tip! by plantladylin	Dec 18, 2013 10:58 AM	11
I'm sold by crittergarden	Dec 17, 2013 6:02 AM	0