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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 3, 2020 19:46:28 GMT -5
Does anyone have experience with letting plants fully mature, flower, and then collecting seeds from them?
With outdoor/traditional gardening you collect the seeds as the plant dries out... but since the AeroGarden provides a reservoir of water and a controlled environment, I'm not sure if the same thing would happen. Has anyone tried this before?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 9:55:22 GMT -5
My recently ended Mimulus project was a second time around project and it gave off tons of viable, copiously flowering seeds. Seed collecting in the AG should work for other plants as long as they are Heirloom. I have tried it with Hybrids and they were not successful as to fruiting like the initial plant...peppers, toms.
It is tricky with the Kits , though because they really don;t specify if the seed is Heirloom other than the Heirloom Tom Kit.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 4, 2020 9:57:57 GMT -5
My recently ended Mimulus project was a second time around project and it gave off tons of viable, copiously flowering seeds. Seed collecting in the AG should work for other plants as long as they are Heirloom. I have tried it with Hybrids and they were not successful as to fruiting like the initial plant...peppers, toms.
It is tricky with the Kits , though because they really don;t specify if the seed is Heirloom other than the Heirloom Tom Kit.
Hybrids are always tricky, since even if you get seed from them, they normally revert back to one of the parent plants... and in some cases, it's illegal to harvest seed from them. Do you know if it takes longer for plants to reach that point in the AeroGarden compared to traditional gardening? |
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Post by Sher on Apr 4, 2020 10:10:47 GMT -5
I am relatively new to Aerogardening, but I know my Thai basil rapidly exploded into bloom shortly after reaching mature size. it would surely have produced seeds if I hadn't terminated it.
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Post by Shawn on Apr 4, 2020 14:22:38 GMT -5
For herbs and lettuce, be sure to keep water cool/cold to help avoid bolting/seeding too fast
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 4, 2020 15:46:10 GMT -5
Thank you for all of the responses!
I'm trying it out with a Early Scarlet Globe Radish for now, since they're fast growers - not sure when I started it so unfortunately I can't keep track of the bolting time, but it will be interesting to see how it differs from the "traditional" end of life for a plant...
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