How To Collect Impatiens Seeds 🌱 Harvest Store Save

[@pjmans]

I just collected some Marigold seeds this week for the first time ever. I should have been doing it all these years - I hadn’t really known how easy it really was to collect them….

[@budgetgardeningvita]

That is so wonderful! I love that Marigold seeds are so large and easy to collect. Will you try collecting the seeds from other flowers as well? It's so much fun to do!

[@jamee_maree]

Heck those things grow so fast and cuttings root so easy that I’d never collect the seeds, lmao! But I do love them! I stink at pruning them to look normal and usually end up looking like an alien. 😂

[@sarabausch8788]

Thanks so much for this video! This year I planted collected lupine, zinnia, rose mallow, and aloha blue. I’ve also done foxglove, too. I really want to collect impatiens this year. Now I know how! 😊

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Hi Sara! You will love having so many Impatiens after you have collected the seeds from the plant. I'm excited with how many Impatiens plants I was able to grow from seed this year! 🌺😊

[@AnitaMiddleton-rh9dr]

Yes, I love collecting seeds. I am glad you made this video. I learned a lot!!

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thank you! Collecting seeds is so much fun. I loved how the Impatiens looked in my container pots and in the landscape this year. I can't wait to grow them again for next year. Happy gardening, friend! 😊🌸

[@donaldrippetoe5246]

I really enjoyed your video! This year will be my first attempt at collecting seeds. I’m looking forward to this new-to-me gardening experience! Thank you! Go Pats!

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thanks so much! Collecting seeds is so much fun! I almost feel guilty buying seeds now... 😅 Yes - GO Pats! 🏈

[@steph5200]

So glad you posted this. Have seen others but this is the best I've seen yet.

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thanks so much, Steph! I can't wait to start my Impatiens seeds indoors this winter! ♥🌺

[@OGgiraffeneck91]

I bought some at a box store for the first time, and it turned out to be one of my favorites. You totally answered my question about seed saving thanks

[@budgetgardeningvita]

You are so welcome! Happy seed collecting, friend! 💐

[@corinefortin]

Oh nice! You’re in New Hampshire! Me too! I grew impatients for the first time this year, and I didn’t know how to keep the seeds, now I know! Thank you!

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Hi Corine! Wonderful! It's amazing how many seeds come out of just one Impatiens seedpod! ♥🌺

[@judiebalzer9005]

Impatiens are my favorite! I’m collecting geranium and vinca seeds along with the super fantastic variety tomatoes.

[@budgetgardeningvita]

That sounds fantastic!

[@danp2012]

I have collected seeds before, dahlias, marigolds, and now I plan to collect impatien seeds this coming fall. Like you, I have lots of shade and I love the colours of the impatiens. What I don't like are the rising prices for seeds from suppliers, ie: what use to be 3.50 for 50 Imara seeds is now 3.50 for 8 seeds. Last fall just before a killer frost, I collected cuttings from Solarscape New Guinea impatiens which is an interspecific hybrid impatien, placed them in water on a south east facing window and to my surprise they rooted, AND they grew in pots AND with no grow lights! Thank you for posting this video... I was looking for impatiens seeds in their flowers, lol, now I know better. Zone 5B.

[@budgetgardeningvita]

I agree with you that the price of seeds (and even plants) is rising. I love collecting the seeds from my own flowers and vegetables. I rooted New Guinea Impatiens cuttings a number of years ago but I'll have to try it again this year. I love that plant! Definitely be on the lookout for those Impatiens seeds. Collect them carefully in your fist before they pop and go all over the place. Lol. 🌺😊

[@Misstoffeles]

Yours are gorgeous, thanks for the tips. 😊

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thank you! I can't wait to start my seeds indoors. 🌺

[@caroleneuok5890]

Thank you for sharing. I planted an entire PKG of impatiens seeds last winter. Only one germinated. So I found a deal in early July. $1 per three pack for some leggy pink impatiens. I cut off the leggy stalks and replanted them. Now I have tons of bright pink impatiens along with the one I started from seed. Which turned out to be the same color. Thanks to you, I can gather seeds for next year. I live in Wisconsin, zone 5b. When do you start your impatiens seeds?

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Hi Carole! I'm so glad that you were able to get a nice display of Impatiens in your garden this year. You usually want to start your Impatiens seeds 8-10 weeks before your average last frost date. Please check out a video that I made showing how to start your Impatiens seeds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYHNomejf7F2htk. Happy gardening, friend! 😊🌺

[@deelighted4u]

I save the calendula seed too I make tea and saves out of the flowers. I grow a lot of them so half for seed half for herbs. thanks for the video.

[@budgetgardeningvita]

The calendula tea sounds delicious! Thanks for commenting. ♥🌻

[@trisha4829]

Thank you for this great video!

[@budgetgardeningvita]

I'm so glad you liked it! ♥🌻

[@kathyglover7994]

Excellent explanation! Thanks!

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thank you so much! I can't wait to grow a ton of Impatiens for next year! ♥🌺

[@marygailnelson7024]

Vita I am collecting seeds from my garden too. I'm collecting black-eyed susans, purple cone flowers, indigo, and galardia . I'm on my way outside after this comment to check to see if I have any seed pods on my Impatiens. Thank you for showing me how to harvest them! They will be my only annuals if I'm successful. I live in Oklahoma zone 7b. What zone are you in?

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Hi Mary. Thank you for your comment. Please let me know if you find ay Impatiens seed pods. If you don't, try looking again after 1 week. Will you be sprinkling your perennial seeds on the ground, sowing them indoors, sowing them using the winter sowing method, or something else? I live in New Hampshire zone 5b. ♥🌻

[@jamee_maree]

Odd question, how did the seed pod end up curled like that? Was that after drying out for a bit or ??

[@budgetgardeningvita]

When the seed pod gets too big, it bursts open / pops and the pod ends up curling up like that. ☺️🌸

[@vincentpandarum1854]

​@@budgetgardeningvitaThe seed pod reminds me of Balsam seed pods. They burst open and curl up just like in this video. I'm going to look for these seed pods in my impatiens plants now.

[@jamee_maree]

@@budgetgardeningvitaMine must not be going to seed, bummer. I rarely ever prune them so that’s confusing to me. Anyways, another question… on my impatiens - the buds are forming on the bottom of the leaves. Is that normal? I’ve never had them before but doesn’t seem to make sense. OR could it be that they maybe need more light?

[@jeffladd1146]

Great video! Will the the pods with white seeds eventually turn brown if left alone?

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Thanks, Jeff! I would venture to guess no. As a general rule, it's best to let seeds fully ripen in their pods before harvesting. 😊🌻

[@jeffladd1146]

@@budgetgardeningvita yes, that was what I meant. Will all white seeds ripen if the pod is left alone?

[@budgetgardeningvita]

@@jeffladd1146 Sorry. Yes, they will eventually ripen on the pod if left alone. Also, many times, you can see from the outside of the pod that the seeds inside are turning a brown color. I hope that helps. 🙂It's so much fun collecting flower seeds this time of year!

[@afireinside142]

I guess this explains why I can’t find any seed pods on the impatiens I bought from a nursery this year, they’re probably sterile

[@budgetgardeningvita]

I planted my Impatiens a bit late this year so they are just barely starting to produce seedpods for me. It could be that your plants are sterile or that they are late in producing seedpods. I suggest that you checking just in case. ☺

[@afireinside142]

@@budgetgardeningvita I’ll keep checking, I’m in 6B so still have a little more time

[@diannaordianepeck2022]

How to tell if the pods are ready to get seeds from? I have balsamic impatiens and they have many pods but I'm getting very few brown seeds. Should I wait a few more days?

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Hi Dianna. I have grown Balsam Impatiens and collected seeds from them in the past. You should be able to see the brown seeds through the seedpod's skin. Also, when you barely squeeze on the seedpod, the seeds should release very quickly without much force. I think you are correct in that you should just give it more time. ♥🌺

[@diannaordianepeck2022]

Thank you for replying. The pods are not yellow like regular impatiens pods, they are medium green and fuzzy. Some are very large but when I opened several, there were several white/light or tan seeds and a few brown ones. Do you know if the they will mature if put under a light? Sorry, first time planting this variety of impatiens, which I started from seeds I bought. Beautiful flowers

[@budgetgardeningvita]

I would wait a bit longer, when the pods are more of a pale green color. I doubt they will mature if collected when white or tan color. You really want to collect them when they are a dark brown color. How many plants do you have? They really are beautiful flowers.

[@diannaordianepeck2022]

@@budgetgardeningvita I planted many seeds and ended up with about 15 plants. They are beautiful and several grew to about 2 & 1/3 feet tall. They are finicky, need warmth but in a semi shaded way, to mature. Full sun wilts them fast. Pretty bug resistant to. Right now I have about 8 plants left two still flowering with many pods.