Question about harvesting seed
David Ehrlich (Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:51:10 PST)
Do seeds continue to ripen/grow even after the capsule dehisces? The reason I
am asking this question is that my Ismene produced several fruits this year.
Some I harvested when the carpels split open; others I left in their split
carpels until they freed themselves (the funicle abscised). I found the seeds
in the second case had twice the diameter of those harvested earlier. All
germinated, but the second set were much plumper after germination.
David E.