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- Cranesbill - Collect and sow seeds
- Collect seeds yourself
- How do I recognize mature cranesbill seeds?
- Sow Cranesbill Seeds
- Tips
The right time is crucial when collecting cranesbill seeds
Cranesbill - Collect and sow seeds
The cranesbill (geranium) can be propagated by cuttings, root cuttings or even division. Very grateful is also the propagation by sowing, for which you can also use collected seeds. But care: when collecting you have to take the right time to mature, because the cranesbill hurls its seeds very far away.
Collect seeds yourself
Collecting the seeds of the Cranesbill is a difficult task. Collect them too early, they are still too green and not yet germinable anyway. On the other hand, if you arrive too late, you can only collect the empty pods, because the plant hurls its ripe seeds several meters - in this way, they soon sprout into places you would never have suspected. Also, birds like the tasty cranesbill seeds very much, so you should hurry and come to the hungry poultry before.
How do I recognize mature cranesbill seeds?
Recognize ripe seeds by the fact that the fruit jumps up when touched - now you can collect!
Sow Cranesbill Seeds
You can sow the seeds of the cranesbill in spring (at best in March / April and first cultivate on the windowsill.
As so often also cranesbill usually flourish only in the second year. So do not be surprised if your young plants do not want to bloom yet - that's normal.
Tips
In various garden forums, there are real file sharing, where you can get the seeds of various species of cranescakes and species in exchange for seeds of other plants.