How do you collect african violet seeds?
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Answer by cactusgene
African Violets rarely set seeds on their own. However, if you cross pollinated a fully mature stigma (female organ in the middle of the flower) with pollen from a freshly opened flower, it may set a seed pod, which takes about 60-75 days to mature and looks like a cone. If the inflorescence (flower stack dries out and dies in a much lesser period of time, then no fertilization took place and you won't get any seeds from it. If the stack looks still fresh after 75 days, you see this little (1/2" high) capsule. It may crack open on its own or you may break it. There are as many as 400-500 seeds in that small capsule, which are extremely tiny. These seeds only weigh 10-12 micrograms, so you need about 100,000 seeds for a single gram or about 2,500,000 seeds to make up one ounce of weight. I look at them thru a 60 power pocket microscope to determine if the seeds are viable.
Collect the seeds on white paper so you can see them. You may immediately plant them now or store them in small paper wrapper (homemade with double folded edges) inside a tiny ziplock baggie in the refrigerator for up to 6 months. Have fun and good luck.
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