A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Wonder Egg Seeds- Part # 3

Finally, I have flowers--yea!!!--so do I need to place them outside or can I pollinate them myself and keep them in, or what do I do?? Help!!!!

Good morning Junie,

I have wonder eggs planted since December and they are in various stages.....I have each of them outside for the Summer, I will try bringing 1 in for the Winter.

[img][IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/Charlie7_01/Summer%20of%202007%20Flowers/DSCF0519.jpg[/img][/img] a young plant


an older plant that I'm letting go to seeds for next year.....

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good luck....

Kratz7

Ohhhhhhhhh kratz They look great!!!!!

Carol I would take them outside!

I haven't had any luck. My seeds sprout then fall over. Yours look wonderful. Such an unusual plant.

Diane I have 2 of them outside.--I think I wll put one more out & keep one in. the inside ones at=re doing so well, the coll climate agrees with them. My daughter's friend, has a degree in plant propogation--I think she may need to some over--

I let the eggs get ripe as long as the plant is going, and the egg turns a yellowish-orange color. The ones that I harvested last year seems like they were very viable as a lot of those grown here were from my seeds from the swap last year. I think I collected the seeds in September.

That one on the bottom right is almost ready, I would let the color get just a bit deeper before harvest. Then just cut it in half and scoop out the seeds, I lay them on paper towels to dry thoroughly (a week or two???) , then package up.

I still have viable seeds from about 4 years ago... but unlike mel (sorry!), I let them get totally dark brown and shriveled up dry before I harvest the seeds. That's how I know that they are finished maturing.

Thanks girls,

I will let the eggs go to a golden yellow or so. I will be saving wonder egg seeds and many other types for the seed swaps this fall. If you're interested in swapping just pm me.
If I deadhead the one plant will it keep producing flowers? This is my first experience with wonder eggs.....any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Kratz7

my eggs are getting bigger! whoo hoo!
12eggs so far on the 2 plants i got planted together!!!

YAAAAY Good for you Christy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday I had to re-pot 2 of my Wonder egg plants. it was touch & go for a few days--but root hormone does wonders--& today i am glad to report that the 3 I repotted are douing well. I had them all outside--but my yard is still the remants of an old field, & so it is unvelievable hot. I guess I will try again in a few days--& do it gradually. I have all the "how to rules" recopied into my "Garden Helper Book".

Yesterday I put the 2 Wonder Egg plants that I had NOT transplanted outside (east facing covered porch) so the bees could do their thing. They are NOT liking the heat. I am having to constantly water them. 2 of them seem to have several scorched leaves. I am thinking I should bring the 3 of them in permanently. But if I do so could someone give me pollination directions?? I would so like to get eggs-----

FYI: the 3 in the house are healthy & happy facing west. They get morning sun each day. (I close the vertical blinds to my glass sliding doors at noon each day.--I open them about 5:30--6:00am. But as I do not let bees into the house------

i hand pollinated [ havent seen as many bumble bees this year i use to get hundreds, so far only a few this year] i know mark also hand pollinated, not shure how he did it, but i used a small make up brush, and just brushed in all the flowers a few times, going from one flower to the next.

i put a chicken egg up to my biggest wonder egg! there alost the same size!

This is the coolest plant.

so? how is everyones eggs doin??

Christy - that is too funny - take a pic of the 2 side by side?

Here are mine today - all the eggs are on the plant that I overwintered -
none of the new seedlings are large enough to have eggs this year - too bad!

lynne! i couldnt resist i'll get a pic when i can, still havent gotten a cord for my camara

i love how your one stem grew! your eggs are lookin good,

Very nice Lynne!

Mine are actually still alive, with tons of new growth and flowers[and two new eggs] since I replanted them a a 10gallon pot outside... I keep losing all the larger leaves though... I still need to post a pic, too

3 of my eggs are a deep yellow... should I harvest them now, or wait 'till they dry up?

the dog broke my one stem with the two largest eggs on it! i still have other eggs but thoses two were my first n biggest!

thanks penny, i still got other eggs, good thing i put em in the basket instead of the ground, im gonna bring em in when it starts to get cold n see how long i can keep em going

mark im not shure, i think it was mel who went ahead n harvest her seeds then someone else said waite till they dry up,
i know mels seeds were good cause thats what im growing,
but this being my first time i think ill wait till they look like there dryin up, cause im not shure how golden they should get,before harvesting?

I am the one who said to wait until the eggs get dried out and a bit shriveled up. I've been doing it this way for about 5 years now, and my seeds are always viable. I'm not sure how they would do, if you take them before the eggs dry out.

5 years! wow lynne thats awsome!
this is my first year ever to even know what an wonder egg is! were have i been?

So, I had almost given up hope on my wonder eggs doing anything this year. I had transplanted them outside and they've been surviving but that's about it. Yesterday I noticed that one of them had a flower on it! I'm so excited! I just might get an egg afterall.

I finally got some pics!

Mine,as you know, have been outside for most of the summer now... since then, they have stopped losing so many leaves, and there is a bunch of new growth, and flowers, and eggs... the whole deal Just went outside and took some pics..

here they are:




you can see all the new, greener, growth



My darkest egg: how much longer 'till it starts drying up?

Cheryl - that's so EGGciting!!!

Mark - your eggs look great - doing just what they are supposed to!

wow mark those are realy golden! looks good.
i have one egg getting golden:}

In my above pics, the egg in the middle pic/bottom left side started to split open down the middle... what should I do? pick it, and save the seeds now? or wait for it to brown more?

Hey Mine split too Mark Glad you asked the ?.

When did yours happen Diane? I noticed mine today..

I'm just afraid it's goona POP and all the seeds will ocme out! :Lol:

hmmmm - mine never split open like that - did they get a lot of rain water recently? I know my tomatoes sometimes do that when they are too full of water.

Mark - does your mom maybe have an old piece of pantyhose that she doesn't need? You can make a cover for the egg out of it - slip it around the egg, and just tie it around, so you don't lose any seeds. That's what I was told to do for my datura seed pods and it worked well.

Lynne, we have had alot of rain here lately, with me noticing the split in the egg right after it all ended...
I'll see what my mom has

I was thinking; because eggplants, melons, tomatoes are so high in water content, if they get too much, they will 'burst their skins'

thanks kenny! ill make sure i dont water to much, took a pic of mine! there getting yellow!!!

ands heres the pic with the chicken egg to the wonder egg

WOW Christy Your plant looooooks GREAT!!!!!!!! Good Job I have sooooo many eggs! I'm only getting One at a time very slowly too I might add!

But at least I have seeds coming!!

WOW I can't believe we started this so long ago,, I think in Dec 06? I planted my seeds Dec 15th,,

ya i cant belive haw well mine are growin too, i think i had to retry 4 times!
at least you still have yours from december

yea--my maiden effort---When i find out how i did this, i will put on a current picture of my Wonder egg plant---

I now have 6 plants-5 with 'eggs' and 12 eggs total. yea!!!!!