Antw: Re: Seed cleaning and slugs

[George Schonthaler]

Martin, Adam,

> You need to drill some holes, then you will lose seeds through holes. You
>  cannot win.
Drilled some one mm holes in the dish (this is smaller than any size of
arisaema seed that I know off)  and covered the bottom with some playground sand of
the children. This drains nicely. The tortuosum seeds are almost clean now,
the flavums half.
Today I harvested the fruits of the cross iyoanumxserratum. I did not want to
risk losing them by exposing them to the weather, so I placed them in a
little glass jar and caught some slugs/snails and millipedes. During this evening's
inspection, they seemed to have the time of their lives.

> I would probably cover the area over the 'lost' seeds with a
>  thick mulch of bark or leaf mould for winter protection. remove this in
>  Spring, allowing seeds to germinate in the ground. Lift the seedlings into
>  small pots to mature.
Seems a good idea, but my tortuosum are definitively not hardy.

> If you want to continue with what you're doing, you could use
> window screen, a piece of old nylon stocking, or other fine mesh to keep the
> seeds in and let the water out.

I guess this is a good alternative if for some reason the other would go
wrong.

Thank you.
George