April/May - Time to collect seeds
Autumn is seed collecting time, planting time and a time for planning what you are going to grow and plant next season.
Seed in Fruit – Coprosma, Fuchsia, totara, wineberry, broadleaf, cabbage tree.
Prepare by removing the fruit – putting through a sieve and shaking onto kitchen paper. Store dry seed until ready to sow.
Dry Seed – manuka, hebe, ribbonwood, tussock, Carex, toe toe – collect on a dry sunny day.
Posted: 10 May 2012