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You did not say which plants your seedlings reperesent. Tropicals?.... The very cold hardy species will probably survive tomatoes, peppers squach pprobably will not survive. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. in the mean time start new seeds.
Jerome - the compositae (Daisy)family is one of the largest plant classes with thousands of plants that could be called a "Daisy". There are some annuals that look similar to a Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum superbum), there are also dwarf cultivars of Shasta Daisies. Without a picture, it is pretty impossible to identify what it is you saw.
Thanks for all the helpful advice gang, I appreciate it. I feel a little sheepish saying this but, after examining a few more pods just to learn a little about them, I realized I was looking for seeds in pods that weren't fully developed. I discovered this by actually finding a full pod and seeing what they look like by comparison. I thought the pod was the seed, lol. But I did find some greens seeds too and wondered about using those, thanks Al. And Ornata, I was thinking about sowing some right away just to see what would happen...worth experimenting I think.
If I recall correctly...
Technically since they're a "true" berry they will always produce fruit true to form from it's ancestor, however since they have four sexes***, it's really hard to do unless you have a lot of them growing nearby and happen upon the luck of the draw. or you could buy a graft and know ahead of time which type of sex you already have.
Additionally, to the best of my knowledge if the tree ever experiences a frost it tends to sterilize the plant from that point forward.
*** as for the sexes thing, it's a bit of a misnomer. There are only two sexes but there are also two blooming cycles.
1. Morning Blooming Male Flowering Plant
2. Morning Blooming Female Flowering Plant
3. Evening Blooming Male Flowering Plant
4. Evening Blooming Female Flowering Plant
You need one of each sex to bloom during the same time to get a fruit, I think... :shrug:
I was just growing them because the wifey and my little dude (son) has taken to eating a lot of avocados and the plants are both beautiful as well toxic to cats... and I have two cats that love to eat my damn bonsai plants. ;-p
I once had a surplus of fish tanks and did some rather fancy experiments in them.
In the controlled environment it is fairly easy to propagate tomatoes from cuttings, some just do cuttings in the garden, so if your tank is large enough you could take one seed, grow one plant, chop it into a dozen plants and get several dozen fruits all from one seed.
I would inquire on the tomato forum about need to pollinate in the tank. I've usually transplanted the propagated cuttings outside and let nature take it from there.
Yes, what albert said was pretty much it, any seed not frozen in nature probably does not withstand freezing during storage, however that does not mean they cannot receive cold weather for longer storage. Any tropical plant seed could still be cooled to certain temperatures for better storage, but freezing temperatures may rupture the cells when frozen.
I don't think they need to be frozen anyhow. Just keep them cool(or just room temperature) and dry and they will last a long time. Moisture is the biggest enemy. I regularly germinate seed 4 or 5 years old. How long do you really want to keep them?? Most seeds are good for a couple of years easily.
JMO,
Tom
wow, thanks. are you a professional?
Only semi-pro. And I have a constantly expanding library (can't resist a book) of horticulture/design/propagating reference books that I'm happy to share online :)