Jim and All: I don't know about mesh bags, but I have use tea bags - the empty ones that you can buy to make your own. I staple them over the seed capsule. Diana Telos ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@insightbb.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Starting from seed. Seed collection methods. > Ken and all, > > I'd be interested in finding a source of such mesh bags. It would be nice > if they had a drawstring top, too. I lose countless seeds that I would > like to collect -- Gladiolus, Primula, Trillium, Fritillaria. The tend to > be gone with the wind by the time I realize the pods have ripened enough to > harvest. > > Jim's ziptop plastic baggies sound great -- I already keep them on hand for > storing daylily and clivia seeds. After the seeds have ripened and been > harvested and cleaned. > > So where can one purchase quantities of fine-mesh bags (with drawstring tops)? > > Jim Shields > in central Indiana > > > At 12:41 PM 8/31/2004 -0700, ken wrote: > >........ > >I currently use nylon mesh bags. I tie them around seed heads and > >clumps. They > >are not elastic so none of the problems with nylon stockings and they will > >not tear > >like paper bags. They are very fine nylon mesh and will even capture very > >tiny > >wild onion seeds and they still allow some sun in and natural air movement > >for > >more natural development of the heads. They are also excellent for drying > >pods and > >seeds........ > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php