seed pods

i have noticed seed pods on my peanee wot do i have to do to save them please?? pick them and dry them? Brake them open and Dry Them??

put them in the Fridge??

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I think they will take ages to flower from seed.

I remove the dead flowers to stop the seeds forming so that the plant puts all its energy into the plant, and not the seeds (so bigger / better rootsystem for next year)

But if you want to have a go I suggest you leave them on the plant for as long as possible - if you are worried that they might "pop" then put some old tights or similar over them to catch the seed if the pods burst.

 

Peony is an interesting plant to grow from seed.

As soon as the seed is ripe sow one seed to a pot and place on a warm windowsill in a placcy bag.
You'll not know if they're germinating as they produce no visible shoot - instead they start off by growing roots. So you have to check for roots in the pot to confirm germination.
Hopefully you get a fairly reasonable root system for New Year - this is when you want to stick them in the fridge for three or four months.
After this cool period you then move them to a cold frame and wait. I had no leaves on one (of the two that I did have luck with) in the first year, the leaves emerged on the other mid summer as I recall.

Three to four years to flowering I think was quoted on the packet, but I cannot confirm this as I moved before this time.

 

Worth just sticking them in a prepared seed bed outside instead do you think?

 

Absolutely worth it for some of them! Clearly marked where they are sheltered but not forgot about. Although whether a winter like the last couple would agree with them I know not.............