Seed pod growth period.

[JHJ2040]

I tried my hand at pollinating a few streps in June.
I now have (2) pods that are maturing.
How long do strep pods usually take to mature?
Do they share the same maturity characteristics with AVs?

Thanks,

Paul

[Gabi_Munich]

Hi Paul,

I do not know much about strep seedpods - but I have a plant with a self-pollinated seed-pod It's been sitting there on the plant for many weeks now ... and finally it starts to turn dry. I do not remember where I've read it but it takes several months for seedpod to get ripe. It looks like we will need some good portion of patience

BR
Gabi

[Gabi_Munich]

I have found some more info on seed pods in an article of Dale Martens who is a well-known hybridizer. She writes that it takes 8 to 12 weeks before the seed pod will turn brown and begin to untwist. Here is a recent photo of my seed pod - after all these weeks it is brown but not yet untwisting.

[Gabi_Munich]

My seedpod is now completely dry but it is not yet untwisting. It is more than 10 weeks now and I am getting impatient. It seems like nothing happens there and I wonder if I should just take it off and open the seedpod

Paul, how did it go with your pollinated strep? Any results?

[Gabi_Munich]

I put the dry seed pods somewhere in a drawer and forgot about them. Yesterday I had a look and found tiny seeds on the bottom of the drawer. The seed pods had slowly opened a bit at the sides and lost seeds. Time to harvest the seeds







Just one advice: don't burst out laughing or sneezing or your seeds are "gone with the wind"