poppy seed, will seed mature if pod picked green?
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Oriental Poppy Seed pods, what to do?
Comments (5)I agree with Kevin :-) In fact, unless you want oriental poppies all over your garden area (and yes, they are very difficult to transplant), I'd just cut off the seed pods, green or brown, and get rid of them. There is such a thing as too many oriental poppies! And are you sure they are oriental poppies? Peony or breadseed poppies (Papaver somniferum) are very common in this area and have now finished flowering and gone to seed. I'd always shake a few of their seed pods around when I pulled out the plants at the end of their season (these are annuals) and that provided more than enough new plants for next season. Typically, these seeds will remain doramnt until early next spring and you can thin or remove as necessary when they appear then and are still small....See MorePix of Mature Datura Seed Pod
Comments (30)It sounds like your seeds are ripe. If the pod isn't completely dry I'd keep it in a paper bag and let it finish drying. The paper bag will allow air circulation and contain the seeds. If it's dry just split it open and take the seeds out. Lay them on some paper to make sure they dry out completely before you store them. Daturas might actually be a tender perennial. I grow them as annuals but did send a double purple plant to a friend in FL before the cold set in here and it's still growing and blooming for him. They are just so easy to grow from seed that nobody bothers to try wintering them over in colder zones. If your plant is already dead or dying I doubt that it will come back to life but you can just sow more seeds in early spring. I usually start them inside in late winter because our frost date isn't until early May. Karyn PS: I don't think the photo in the first post is available anymore. All I see is the red x too....See MorePod maturity to produce viable seeds
Comments (3)As a follow up to my original question on seed viability, let me point out that I'm forced to try saving seeds from an unripe pod because pods never turned red through the growing season. This is my first year growing this strain, which I like because it's not too hot. In previous years, with a different strain, I've had plenty of red jalapenos, which I like to smoke for chipotles. So my follow up question is to ask if there is a lot of variability between different strains as far as ripening is concerned. The plants grew well and early and I had a large crop, but the pods I left on the plants never turned red. I'm trying to overwinter one plant because I read on the Forum that this will give me a plant that produces early. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can produce ripe pods? Thanks for all the help, Tom...See MoreGreen pod seeds
Comments (6)As an experiement, I recently tried this with some produce-stand cubanelles. The fruit was not completely red - I figured that it started ripening while it was sitting in the bin. On 11/06/14 I sowed the seeds in potting mix, three seeds to a cell, with the cells in a covered container. The container was kept at about 80F. I sowed two cells of cubanelles, and two cells of green bells. As of today, 11/13/14, both cells of the cubanelles have sprouted. So far, two two seeds have sprouted in one cell, and one seed in the other. No activity on the bells. Hope this helps... Mike-...See MoreSaucyFossy
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