ishareflowers said:
God only knows how many oopsy Daisy viable seeds I threw away when cleaning my collected seeds.
ishareflowers said:@janinililu
Did you notice how soft some of those light ones were when pressed on?
rockpile1369 said:Great info from all of you!!! Love this discussion and absolutely, the more we share with each other the more informed we'll all be.
I wonder if that calendula you pictured Michelle, if that part isn't the actual seed, but did contain what we are now thinking IS the seed, it is in fact just the protective coat on the seed and it just decided to hang around a bit. Is it possible if we split those larger chaff pieces we'll find the seed inside and that they may germinate either way? With or without the shell?
*Off to check my calendula seeds...
ishareflowers said:In your photo #2 . The discs are dark brown. Did you remove that coating to expose the smaller hooks?
MrsBinWY said:
I'm curious @rockpile1369 if your calendula seeds have similar sizes and forms. I'm guessing the small, dark ones are from the disk flowers; but do the ray flowers make the big, "puffy" seeds or do they make the medium-sized seeds that look like rib bones or something else completely
MrsBinWY said:The first seedling to begin making an appearance is from one of the big, "puffy," "squishy" ray-flower seeds that had its seed coat removed.