What's with all of this Coontie seed varation???

[Mandrew968]

Hey all! I was harvesting some of the ripe cones here at the garden and noticed there was very little uniformity to the coontie seed... Some were orange, and some were pink. Some seeds were orange and pink. Others were one shape, while another seed didn't know what shape it wanted to be...

My question: is there a trick to know if some are pollinated? Size, shape or color? Any suggestions for germinating them, even though they are already sewn in a high perlite mix--also got some vasquezii seeds I just sewed; the seed looked a bit smaller than the coontie seed--is that normal? Really appreciate any and all tips with this, guys!

Oh, a word of caution: Careful with the 'fruit' on the seeds--it has to  be one of the funkiest and off-putting smells of all time! needless to say, I didn't try to clean any further seeds...

[cycadjungle]

The orange ones just ripened a few days before the pink ones. You will also notice the pink ones are harder and the orange ones are already soft. Your pink ones will chsnge color. When you clean the seeds you will see they are more uniform. The coatings are just shaped as they were stuffed in the cone and the pressure of the others around them. All but maybe that real small one should be good, but you can just cut one open if you want to see what the embryo looks like. For gemination, everything you need to know is in my two gemination articles which I have in my website. cycadjungle.8m.com

Tom

Oh yea, vazquezii seeds are probably half the size of coonties seeds

c

[Mandrew968]

Thanks a ton! Very helpful, sir.