Arisamea Seeds

Does anyone know how to get these arisamea fruits to be come viable seeds?

 

Just leave them to ripen I guess, then once ripe I think I would plant immediately in a pot outside to get a bit of frost over the winter.

 

BM I just googled and there is no mention on seed germination,it just talks about tubers.Sorry.

Kandy

 

Cheers pete, I noticed someone round the corner has some fruits on their huge arisamea out the front, so I think I will ask if they want to do an exchange.

Cheers Kandyfloss, I will have a look in my books later, just thought I would post to see if one of our clever peeps might know. :D

 

Arisaema seeds have a fairly short life span. Collect them when they are just beginning to go 'squishy'. The colour changes to a darker red or even brownish. Clean off the pulp under running water and take care the pulp is in some varieties very astringent. In some kinds there will be more than one seed in each 'berry'.
I always sow the seeds straight away in a plant pot rather than a tray so that they do not need to be tranplanted once they germinate. Leave the pot in a safe outdoor spot and they should germinate in spring.
OR if you want to, I have had some success with hanging the whole seed head somewhere in the frostfree workshed over winter, then cleaning up the seeds in spring and sowing then. Germination in that case is often immediate.
Growing on is fairly easy, do not transplant, if the pot is not deep enough and you get roots through, then pot the whole, pot up in a deeper pot. I use those tall clematis type ones. Feed on a regular basis with whatever liquid feed you like. Maxicrop is good, as is Miracle grow. When they die down, let them dry off and store on the damp side of dry, frost free over winter. The following spring seperate the little tubers and grow on for another year. Repeat as necessary until they reach flowering size. Depending on the size of the plant it will take from 3 to 5 years.
Best of luck with it.

 

Thanks Palustris, really good write up I will follow your advice and report back. :D