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Hi jaspereliot, thanks for your note. I did not know that moonflowers would grow like a vine. I will try them on fencing. Thanks.

moonflower can refer to two completely different plants. One is Ipomoea alba, which is a member of the morning glory family and is a vine, while the other is a Datura. You might want to look up the seeds you have. Datura seeds are usually black or tan, and are like a fat, flat coma. The Ipomoea alba has seeds the size of a pea with impressions on it and is usually tan.

Does anyone know if you need to stratify or chill seeds for Wave petunias and cleome. If so does putting them in the refrigerator work? How long do you need to chill them?

Petunias require light in order to germinate. I am also under the impression that they germinate the best at warmer temperatures: around 70 degrees.

Thanks!!!

Be prepared the vine is big but they have great yellow flowers and the gourds look cool hanging amongst the leaves. They do take quite a long time to mature so plant early.

Both are easy. Go for it.

thanks!

Thanks Morz8, nice of you to respond. Hank

Yep, it's the white peg between the spikes on the outside of the cone. Like chunky dandruff. I have to compete with the finches here, but I don't harvest that much and leave it for the birds.

Ive got the cones. I made a cone picker out of a coat hanger and a broom stick. The garage roof was a little sketchy, but I survived. Now Im debating how natural Im going to go. I found some great info at the forestry center website, although the link above is dead. That website seems to encourage cleaning the seed, stratisfying them (making them think they went through winter), and them planting them in january thru may, or somthing like that. I might take that approach with some of the seed, but for the sake of experimentation Im also going to try the planting method described above.

I found a baby fir tree on a two foot thick strip of dirt between my drivway and house the other day. Its barely three inches tall. I think Ill need to pot it and protect it from the cold over the winter because Im asuming it got a late start.

Its amazing what I find when I put my interest in a certain place.

Heres the link I ended up at.

http://www.rngr.net/Publications/rsah

If I buy pine seeds can I just put in pots outside all winter and they will spout in spring?
I have been growing trees from seeds but most are seeds that can be sown in spring.

They do self sow nicely. I collect seed too. A lot of the cosmos seed heads look like a little ball of spikes. The pink ones are softer in shape.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cosmos Seedhead

Yep, the seed are like spikes. They easily self-sow or can be easily gathered and winter sowed.

Morning glories are like weeds or relatives who come to visit. Once you got them, they are hard to get rid of.

I had some morning glory vines and when I got rid of them, I had small plant shoots coming up everywhere for two years. I think some sprouted from bird seed tho.

morning glories are friends for life