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looking for a bit of advise - picked up a lot of seeds from this years plants, they were in hanging baskets over a bit of concrete at the back door, know they are viable cause one of them self seeded in a small crack in the concrete - what i want to know is - if im gona store them should i take to foam like material off the outside of the seed or leave it on - dont want to go to all the bother of lifting the seed and having it wasted because i have or haven't taken the covering off them
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Just leave them as nature intended and store them in a suitable container somewhere cool. Make sure they are thouroughly dry before storing or they will go mouldy. When I have just a few seeds I use self-seal plastic bags but for larger amounts I use suitable sized containers from the £1 nick knack shop.

I think I know what you mean, the seeds do look a bit foam-like I guess.  If you want to store them just leave them in dry place until they are completely dry, at which point they will be a sandy colour and rock hard.  No need to remove the 'foam-like stuff'.  Alternately just leave the plants to it. In my expereince one you've grown Nasturtiums you are never without them, they self-seed everywhere.   ;D

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I've been growing them for years, and I can only remember one sickly self-sown specimen. Maybe other people have better luck.

The seeds will be best stored in PAPER bags if you put them in plastic and they are still damp the is a possibility of them going mouldy, if you put the seeds on a tray and dry them thoroughly making sure they are bone dry then it will be possible to store them in plastic.

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on October 07, 2007, 10:04:58
I've been growing them for years, and I can only remember one sickly self-sown specimen. Maybe other people have better luck.

we get them all over the place, huge, wonderful plants, great to add to the compost heap  ;D