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They should be just fine. Just dont eat those seeds... ;-) Seriously, do NOT eat them!

I have not noticed the white on my seeds. What I REALLY don't like about these flowers is the thorns on the seed pods. Man are they sharp!

I grew guava seeds that you get from the store, as well as those black sesame seeds, they sprouted but died from my own hand. I also sprouted date seeds, they take years to get any appreciable size, fyi. I also sprouted kiwi seeds from the store, they are best sprouted fresh. I also grew ginger like you but I always seem to either neglect it or it dies when winter comes. Horseradish grows easily! Also, I got organic wild rice and that came up nicely.

BTW, I wouldn't harvest wild plants unless either you know they aren't rare/endangered or it's in a place that will be slated for 'development'. Also don't do it in a nature reserve or gamelands, they'll fine you bocu bucks if they catch you.

Well that is a good run for a thread huh? I have tiny tiny delicate poppy seedlings growing in the window sill. The first bunch got dried out and died so I have a sandwich bag over the pot to keep these from drying out.
They are different from the poppies grown for their flowers. These look like tiny bean sprouts whereas the other kind looks like lettuce to me. I threw a whole bottle from the cupboard in the garden early last fall. Maybe something will grow in the spring.

I have grown dill but the flowers were more green than yellow. I got a very interesting caterpillar eating away at them. I have never seen one like that. A visit from him was worth the green flowers! I grew ginger and got lots more ginger but no flowers.

I have a lemon tree growing that came from a slice in my Vodka Tonic. I gave up the Vodka but the tree is now almost four feet tall (indoors of course).

The only thing I harvested from the wild was pretty weeds. One of which still comes back every year. I don't know what they are called but they are everywhere. It�s not like I was hauling away trees or something! LOL

Thanks again. I planted the seeds in a planter with a wide rim, and filled it with soil about an inch below the top of the pot, to avoid the seeds blowing away. I spread them on the soil, lightly pushed them in, and then watered with a spray bottle.

Trouble is, I can't even see them now. I have no idea whether they've blown away or not :P.

Anyway, should I continue to water using a spray bottle once or twice a day or is it acceptable to expose the seeds to rain?

Thanks again

Rain is perfectly acceptable - that's how the plant would plant them :)

I don't think I've ever had to water a pot placed outdoors in Fall or Winter here.

With care, you can grow citrus in your location. But citrus trees require fertilization and water.

You cannot grow grocery store coffee beans, rice, pepper corns, etc. (As asked by you in another forum).

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I got seeds too for this season, luckily they germinated on me or these seeds are just easy to germinate no matter what?
I'm new to seed propagation, so i tried Coleus seeds indoors. The packet said, about 85% germinated. I got a seed flat of 72 cell packs, and I think I have about 100% of the seed germinated, some pack is so crowded. I am just amaze, it germinated in 10 days. I am just waiting if some of them will survive to become baby plant or die off on me. Most of them has just the first 2 green leafs.

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Actually, "moist" we've got, it's the winter rainy season. I haven't had to water my back yard in weeks. But "chill", not so much, I think we're still running in the 70s.

Do you think water crystals would work as my sterile medium?

I don't know, really - no experience there. I've only seen them used as a soil additive for plants with roots.

INDEN... SOAK SEED IN ACID FOR 10-15 MIN THEN IN WATER FOR 1-2 DAYS THEN STORE AT 40f FOR 3 MONTHS..... LIGHTLY COVER THE SEED SOIL TEMP 57-78f TAKES 14 TO 35 DAYS TO GERMINATE MAY TAKE LONGER
kct ... SOAK IN ACID 2-4 HOURS THEN LIGHTLY COVER SEED SOIL TEMP 65-70f TAKING 30-90 DAYS TO GERMINATE
i USE BATTERY ACID

I've had success with Kentucky Coffee Tree germination by scarifying the seed coat with a Dremel. I planted 3 non-scarified and 3 Dremel scarified seeds and the 3 scarified seeds all germinated while none of the non-scarified ones did. This will be the first winter they go through, so we shall see if they make it!

You could try some foxglove and columbine seeds.

I'd also put some spring bulbs in there, for sure. :)

Just came across your old post when searching for info on growing astilbe from seed... I am curious as to what you decided to do and what the area looks like now,a year and a half later.

I must say your honeysuckle seems to be the alien invasive Amur honeysuckle, an insidious shrub that unfortunately bordered the rear flowerbeds in my backyard when we moved here 3 years ago. This year I finally persuaded my neighbor to cut them all down, so I only should have to do battle (in my vegetable AND flower beds AND the lawn) for another few years with the germinating seeds pooped out by the birds from thousands of "yummy" red berries all over my 1.3 acres.
In addition to the 5-6 full-grown honeysuckles along the property line, there were about a dozen of these monsters on our property that the previous occupants had kept pruned back into low (4-6') bushes. I cut every single one to the ground and carefully painted each remaining stump-end with a good, strong shrub-killer (the only time in my 40+ years as an organic gardener I ever have resorted to an herbicide--just shows you how much I detest honeysuckle). I laboriously dug out half of them a month or so later, but found by waiting another year, the other roots gave me less of a battle as they had partially rotted.
I think you would have a much nicer little garden spot if you were to remove the honeysuckle and instead plant a nice little native tree such as a redbud or dogwood. This would still provide some dappled shade and any bulbs or perennials (or part-shade-tolerant annuals) would thrive as opposed to a few plants merely surviving, which is, I am certain, all you would have as things are.

Please post a new photo if you have one!