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My Lettuce seeds have sprouted
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I love your blog- it’s really great!I poked a few onions in our garden and now we have really awesome Horton Hears a Who big poofy flowers!How do you know when to harvest the seeds from the flowers?
Emily, I should have taken some pictures when I did harvest them. Basically I waited until they looked really ugly (dead and brown). Since itwas my first time I did pinch a few pods open to confirm there were some viable seeds.After that, I threw them in a paper bag and forgot about them for a few months (couple weeks should be long enough but I literally forgot about them) they should be dry enough to seperate.