Kōwhai Yellow

 A while ago I found some Kōwhai seeds on the way home from school.

On the 29th of August I found this awesome YouTube clip on how to germinate them. It was quite a bit of work. You have to get them out of the pod. Then either scour them with sandpaper or clip the ends of with a nail clipper. Then you have to soak them in a bowl of water overnight. The ones that float aren’t ready to be sowed so you pull out the ones at the bottom. Most of them will be at the bottom.

We then planted the seed and left them in a sunny window sill at home, making sure we give them some water.

Three weeks after we planted them the sprouted up. So far we have 11! According to the you tube guy we should re pot them in a few months. Have ever planted anything from seeds that you found?

Here the are right after we picked them up

Here they are after we just got them out

Here are the seeds

Here they are in the bowl

Here I am planting them

Here are the seedlings

 

Finally here is an even bigger seedling