{"id":4651,"date":"2016-10-10T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4651"},"modified":"2016-10-10T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:32:21","slug":"unknown-seed-pods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4651","title":{"rendered":"Unknown Seed Pods"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like the challenge of growing plants, shrubs trees from seed and cuttings. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes not so much.<\/p>\n

A couple of months back, a friend gave me a small plastic bag filled with potential plants.<\/p>\n

\"unknown<\/p>\n

She said that she had saved them years ago, but could not remember what they were. I looked at the pods. They looked vaguely familiar, but I could not identify them.<\/p>\n

I planted them 19 September. I placed the pot on the back of a shelf in my greenhouse.<\/p>\n

\"unknown<\/p>\n

This image was taken 24 September.
\n\"unknown<\/p>\n

It did not occur to me that the seed would respond so quickly to a bit of soil, warmth, and water. I was surprised to see growth so quickly. Unfortunately the seedlings are leggy. <\/p>\n

I moved the pot to the front of the shelf. After a few days of morning sun, I moved the pot to a protected location amongst some potted plants.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend I noticed the plants developed their second set of leaves.<\/p>\n

\"unknown<\/p>\n

Now I wait for the plants to reveal their identity.<\/p>\n

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I like the challenge of growing plants, shrubs trees from seed and cuttings. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes not so much. A couple of months back, a friend gave me a small plastic bag filled with potential plants. She said that she had saved them years ago, but could not remember what they were. I … Continue reading Unknown Seed Pods<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4651"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4655,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4651\/revisions\/4655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}