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How to Harvest and Save Snapdragon Seeds
06.06.2023 - 16:06 / gardenerspath.com / Sylvia Dekker
How to Harvest and Save Snapdragon SeedsSnapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are colorful, fragrant, popular additions to the garden and vase.
Snapdragon seeds are readily available for purchase from any nursery or retailer that sells seeds.
But if you – or a friend – are growing these flowers in your garden, you can also collect seeds from your own plants and save them for planting the next season if you wish.
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If that sounds like a good idea but you don’t know where to start, we’ll discuss exactly how to do it in this guide.
This is what we’ll cover:
PollinationThe first step in seed production is pollination. Though most wild snapdragons are not self-compatible, meaning a flower can’t pollinate itself, cultivated snapdragons are.
Since they self-pollinate, the resulting seeds will produce plants that are very similar to the original, if not identical.
Luckily, you really don’t have to do any work for your garden snapdragons to produce seeds. They will pollinate themselves, and pollinators like bumblebees will help.
However, if you want to get really involved and make some hybrids if you’re growing several different cultivars, you can do that by hand-pollinating your plants.
Here’s how:
Harvest fresh, bright, sticky yellow pollen by squeezing the donating flower open and tapping or scraping the pollen from the anthers onto a piece of wax paper.
To make sure the receiving flower isn’t pollinated by itself before or after you pollinate it, choose a bud that’s still closed. Carefully open it by folding back the petals, and remove the anthers by gently pulling them out with tweezers.
While you’re in there, use a paintbrush or
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