Wildflower Seeds

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Wildflower Seeds

Postby wildrose » Wed May 27, 2020 7:44 am

Hand Harvesting Wildflower Seeds Habitat Tip
Some tips on how to harvest wildflower seeds by hand.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby ergot » Wed May 27, 2020 7:57 pm

How To Collect Poppy Seeds - THE EASIEST METHOD!
I know that there are wild poppies and that there are ornamental poppies, but I'm sure dealing with the seeds is about the same either way.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby tronagirl » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:13 am

Wild Flowers Growing from Seed 150-day Timelapse :sun:
This featured wildflowers from the British Isles, but there are wildflower mixes for the desert that can be used.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby wildrose » Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:36 am

How to Sow a Wildflower Patch with Hannah Grows :sun:
Love the garden gnome and it's noteworthy that the Grow Wild seeds she uses are made available by the world famous Kew Gardens of the UK.
LINK: https://www.growwilduk.com/
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby panamint_patty » Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:28 am

Grow Wild - Bringing people together to value and enjoy wildflowers and fungi
Wonderful program to enrich the environment and to educate people! :thumb:
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby happy_hiker » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:52 am

About the Theodore Payne Foundation
This might be a good source for seeds and plants plus information about growing native plants and which plants to select for your particular growing conditions.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby rainbow » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:46 am

20 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
Kew Gardens does so much awesome work! Anyone who cannot identify at least forty plants is ridiculously out of touch with nature and I'm currently trying to get up to one hundred. The more I learn about nature, the more I realize the importance of nature.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby twister » Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:41 am

How to Save and Harvest Penstemon Seeds
This doesn't look too difficult and it's amazing how many seeds these plants produce!
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby tronagirl » Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:27 pm

5 Ways to Scarify Seeds - Seed Scarification 101
This is an interesting way to make seeds germinate more quickly. It's also completely necessary for some types of seed.
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Re: Wildflower Seeds

Postby rainbow » Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:44 am

Painting your lovers name with wildflower seeds in a mountain meadow.
Wildflower graffiti...... an under appreciated art? Not exactly something most people are likely to do, but this is unusual and so I thought I'd post. Just because......
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