Posted by Tom Broome on 12/22/2007, 7:14 pm, in reply to "zamia seed collecting"
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: Hi Tom, as you know I have been
: collecting zamia seeds... I have
: waiting for the seeds cone to fall
: apart before collecting them... my
: question is... Can a person collect
: the cones earlier than that and let
: them set outside at home here until
: they fall apart? These are
: coonties... also, the furfuracea
: will be coming up soon, and I was
: wondering if they can be harvested
: before they fall apart... thanks
: again, Steve
:
You never want to cut the cones too early, like months early, but if other cones of the same species are falling apart now (like the coonties are doing right now) you are safe to cut cones that haven't fallen apart yet, because it will be within a few weeks that they do, and it makes it a lot easier to get the seeds instead of picking them up all over the ground.
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