Seed Guide 2007 pgs 01/41 - McKenzie Seeds

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gourd with a small piece of stem attached and bring in to room temperature to dry. After several weeks when fully dry they can be given a coat of clear: varnish if required. Luffa Gourds turn brown and become lighter in weight at maturity, bring indoors, wash in a mild non-bleaching disinfectant and hang in a DRYING VARIETY TYPE METHOD Acanthus HP A Achillea HP A Aconitum HP D Alchemilla HP A or G or M Allium HP SH Amaranthus HHA A or G or M Ambrosinia HHA A Ammobium HHA A Anaphalis HP A Anemone HP D Anthemis HP D Asclepias HP SH Astilbe HP D Astrantia HP G Belamcanda HP SH Bellis HB D Calendula HA A Carlina HP A Catananche HP A Celosia HHA A Centaurea HA D Cephalaria HP SH Cephalipterum HHA A Chrysanthemum HP D Clary HA D Cortaderia HP A or G Craspedia HHA A Crocosmia HP D Dahlia HHA D Delphinium HP D Digitalis HB D Dipsacus HB SH Echinacea HP SH Echinops HP A Emilia HHA A Erigeron HP D Erynigium HP A or D Euphorbia HP G Feverfew HP D G R O W I N G I N F O R M A T I O N warm, dry, airy place. When ready you will be able to remove the dry outer skin. The inner fruit body must then be soaked in clean water for a few days to help remove the soft inner tissue and seeds and then dried and bleached in the sun or with Hydrogen Peroxide. DRYING VARIETY TYPE METHOD Gentian HP D Glaucium HB SH Gnaphalium HP A Godetia HA D Gomphrena HHA A Gourds HHA SH Grasses HP/HA A Gypsophila HP A Helichrysum HP/HHA A Helipterum HA A Helleborus HP D Heuchera HP D Hollyhock HHA D Iberis HA SH Larkspur HA A Lavender HSH SH Lawrencellia HHA A Limonium HHA A Lonas HA A Lunaria HB SH Matricaria HA A Molucella HHA A or D or G Myosotis HB D Nicandra HA SH Nigella HA SH Papaver HA SH Phlomis HP A Physalis HP SH Podolepis HHA A Psilostrophe HP A Pulsatilla HP SH Rhodanthe HHA A Scabioisa (Drumstick) HA A Sedum HP M Stachys HP A Tagetes HHA D Verbascum HP SH Xeranthemum HA A CODE: A = Air Drying D = Dessicant G = Glycerine M = Moisture SH = Dried <strong>Seed</strong> Head W W W . M C K E N Z I E S E E D S . C O M 19
G R O W I N G I N F O R M A T I O N F1 Hybrids What is an F1 Hybrid ? F1 hybrids are seeds which are produced by a complicated breeding process where two pure breeding parent lines are crossed together to form seed which is known as F1 hybrid seed. Plants grown from F1 hybrid seed are usually very uniform in growth. Also F1 hybrids have what is known as Hybrid vigour'. Which means that F1 vegetables give increased yields and F1 flowers give a much better floral display. The seeds from these hybrids are a little more expensive than normal seed and this is because of the care which is needed when producing them. An F1 Hybrid starts its life in the imagination of the plant breeder who has a very clear vision of what he wants to produce. He gets together existing varieties which have the characteristics he requires in the new Hybrid, perhaps earliness of flowering or a particularly nice colour and he starts by producing lines of seed which always breed true. That is if you collect seed from them and sow it the seedlings will resemble the parents in every way, this in itself is a long and painstaking task. Once the breeder has the necessary pure breeding lines he or she starts to make crosses between them and studies the resulting seedlings. Its a long process but eventually, usually after about 5 years, the breeder is satisfied that if certain varieties are crossed the seeds produced will give the new variety. That's when the work really starts! 20 The breeder can now go into commercial production and this means that the two selected parent lines are raised and planted out close to each other: Now the task is to stop them from self pollinating, and to do this often the flowers due to receive the pollen need to have their pollen bearing parts removed by hand, with tweezers! Then the pollen from the other line is brushed onto the stigma of the flower in order to cross pollinate it and the flower may be put inside a bag to prevent any insects visiting it with pollen. If the cross pollination works then later the seed can be harvested and when sown it will ALL produce plants which are identical. An added problem for the grower is that he or she must continue to maintain the pure breeding lines AND carry out the cross pollination process each time a crop of F1 Hybrids is needed. F2 Hybrids Usually seed saved from F1 Hybrids do not produce plants which are anything like the F1, but with some flowers, some Geraniums, Impatiens and Petunias for example, the 'F2 generation' will produce excellent plants which although they won't be quite as good as F I Hybrids make a good show and have the benefit of being cheaper. Raising F1 Hybrid Geraniums From <strong>Seed</strong>s When to sow From sowing to flowering will take around 18-20 weeks, depending on the sowing date and other important factors such as light, temperature etc. For earliest flowers sow from mid to late December onwards to produce flowers in late April, early May. An early January sowing should produce flowers in midlate May. An autumn sowing can also be made for overwintering. How to sow Use a moist, free draining seed compost. Sow carefully in a half seed tray or small
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dependable performance in many type
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GARDENING ACCESSORIES • 6" Copper
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ORGANIC SEEDS CERTIFIED ORGANIC BY/
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Snow Pea Snowflake 101525 Stir Fry
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