Sentence examples for set seed from inspiring English sources

Don't let them set seed.

Monocarpic plants flower, set seed and die.

If possible, let them flower, then pull off the flower heads before they set seed.

Then they set seed traps at various points along the edges and within the forest.

In their second year they bolt for the sun, flower, set seed and die.

They die not by fulfilling their genetic destiny to set seed, but by succumbing to cold.

This one, too, is a spreader, especially if the flowers are allowed to set seed.

They set seed as summer faded to autumn and the dark drew in.

Allow columbines to set seed and resow themselves if the cultivar appeals.

But those maturing plants wouldn't form cones and set seed for 30 years, Dr. Chastagner said.

Next year's class will carry on the project, learning to identify the plants, and watching the flowers set seed.