Sentence examples for ripe seed from inspiring English sources

But back to tagetes - we collected ripe seed heads from the plants on Ruth's plot (and from some that had been consigned to the compost heap).

Seed-saving began in earnest with the hellebores we had hybridised, but now there is ripe seed on other treasures and it is vital to seize the moment.

Many species of plants are perennials that flower within a few days after the snow begins to melt, and some produce ripe seed within four to six weeks.

So I've pulled them up, cut off the stems just beneath the first seedpods, and hung them upside down in the shed, with a paper bag tied round the stems to catch the ripe seed.

The Greeks called several non-narcotic plants lōtos, but the name may have been used in this case for the opium poppy, the ripe seed pod of which resembles the pod of the true lotus.

A mature, ripe seed consists of a dicotyledonous embryo embedded in the female gametophyte and surrounded by papery fused bracteoles, constituting a "wing," which probably assists in seed dispersal by the wind.

The opium poppy is also grown for its nonnarcotic ripe seeds, which are used for seasoning, oil, and birdseed (see poppy seed).

It is also grown for its tiny nonnarcotic ripe seeds, which are kidney-shaped and grayish blue to dark blue; the seeds are used in bakery products and for seasoning, oil, and birdseed (see poppy seed).

The young juicy shoots and the seeds of heather are the principal food of the red grouse (Lagopus scoticus), and ripe seeds of heather are eaten by many other species of birds.

(Ages 4 to 8) A cumulative rhyme describes the life cycle of a sunflower: from full bloom to the ripe seeds harvested and scattered by birds, and so on to next summer's sunflower patch.

The Chinese pharmacopoeia identified Juemingzi as the dried and ripe seeds of S. obtusifolia or S. tora, not included S. occidentalis seeds.