Seeds from cultivated crocuses almost never
To grow crocuses from seeds, you have to go for noble ones Breeds Buy seeds from specialist dealers. Cultivated crocuses also produce seeds. However, this does not germinate because the tubers have been pretreated.
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Collecting seeds would only be worthwhile from wild crocuses, if at all. However, these sow so easily that there is no need to harvest the seed.
If you want to sow wild crocuses in other beds in your garden, cut off the seed pods and scatter them on the desired planting site.
This is how the crocus forms the seed
- The flower is fertilized.
- Ovary forms underground
- Seed knot grows out of the earth
- Chambers open
- Seed is scattered
The seed formation of the crocus is somewhat unusual. After insects have fertilized the seed threads, the ovary forms underground.
It grows slowly out of the earth. As soon as the seeds mature in the fruiting body, the chambers open and scatter the seeds onto the surrounding soil.
If you want the crocuses to self-seed, trim the withered ones blossoms not off. If the crocuses are growing on the lawn, do not mow until the seed pods have opened.
Crocus seeds must be stratified
The seed of crocus can only germinate if it has gone through a cold phase. It is easiest if the crocus seeds itself.
The seeds just stay on the ground. In winter they get enough cold to overcome the germ inhibition.
As soon as the soil warms up, the seeds begin to germinate. However, there are usually no blossoms until the coming year because the tuber formation takes several months to complete.
Tips & Tricks
Do you suddenly have a lot of crocuses growing in your garden that you haven't planted at all? Maybe it's the compost you bought from the municipal composting facility. It often contains seeds from wild crocuses.