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Have bluebonnets in yard that are very grassy/weedy now. If the seeds are mature in the pods can i pull the plants up and hang to let the seeds dry and then plant in another area for next year?
Thanks for your help.
I don't see why you can't. One person in Plant Files said to plant the seeds in the fall. I would put something under the plant to catch any seeds that might fall off.
When Bluebonnet seed pods are ripe they explode and send the seeds flying, that is how they 'travel'.
Best way to save seed is to leave the plants in the ground, wait until the pods begin to turn from green to brown (the seeds will be fully developed, but, need to dry inside the pod) and store the pods in a brown paper bag.
Best time to plant the saved seed is July, just scatter them where you want them to grow.
To be perfectly honest you would be better off buying seed - they are cheap and very high quality. Saving seed is time consuming and not all of the seeds you save will be fully mature. You will be lucky if you get 100 good seeds.
Here is a place that sells them - for $5 you can get about a 1,000 seeds. http://www.wildseedfarms.com/viewitem.php?item=3228 and you can scatter them the day you get them, they know when to start their life - they are TX natives.
