If you grow plants with explosive capsules like Oxalis and Impatiens, these bags are invaluable! Ernie DeMarie pointed them out to me a few years ago and my horticultural experience has never been the same. They are good for all the benefits that Lee mentioned. Nhu On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:58 AM, Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > I was reading the article “Collecting & Preparing Seeds” by Robin Hansen > in the latest issue of The Bulb Garden that is sent out to PBS members, and > in it Robin mentions the difficulty of collecting ripe seeds if some insect > or animal gets the seeds before you do or the seed pod pops and scatters > the seeds before you get to it. I don’t know if the article is referring to > collecting seeds in the wild but I used to have this problem collecting > seeds from my own plants until I finally came upon the idea of using those > small netted bags that are often used for wedding party favors. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…