getting seeds from impatiens

bettyrkiser

15 years ago

How do I get seeds from impatients? I buy them every year but would like to grow my own.

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sheltieche
15 years ago
they shoot them out by ejection mechanisms so you have to watch carefully later in the summer
albertar
15 years ago
When the flower drops it off, it will develop a small pod, much like balsam, if its ripe it will burst open when you touch it, the seeds have to be brown to be ripe, not white. Around this neck of the woods, the pods will start forming in late summer, early fall. Not every variety of impatients does set pods though, but I know the red ones do and so do the white. Another way to propigate them is to cut them back, set the stems in water, they will develop roots. Good luck.
Alberta
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jas_il
15 years ago
I posted here in GW long back few pictures but can't find it. You can see pictures of impatience seed pod in this site.

Impatience seedpod

Cutting method also works well. I tried to root the cuttings in water but it rot. When I tried to root in moist soil it worked well all the time.
moonphase
15 years ago
I put a bag over the pod -carefully-then pop the pod.Have managed to collect alot of seeds this way.
I am so surprised your impatiens didn't root in water.I fill tons of pots by rooting cuttings all summer.Only takes a few days to root here.
good luck betty.It is really easy to collect these seeds.
moonphase
jas_il
15 years ago
After reading in gw I tried last year rooting method with water but don't know why it did'nt work. All the cuttings became mushy and all gone. This year I did not try to root it in water.

Do you add anything in water or it is just plain water? I tried with coleus before and it works but not with impatience.

How is your health now? I prayed for you.

Yes seed collection is pretty easy.

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