Perhaps this fruit should be treated like a tomato that is used for seeds. 'Ferment' it in water, carefully pouring off the pulp and water each day that becomes loose. Keep repeating until only the seed is left. Dry the seed on a paper coffee filter so it does not stick. I've not done this with Canarina fruits but it works great for tomatoes. Cheers, Bracey San Jose CA -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of David Pilling Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 7:09 AM To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net Subject: Re: [pbs] Canarina Seeds Hi, On 22/10/2017 13:59, Johannes-Ulrich Urban wrote: > You describe a fully ripe fruit of Canarina canariensis which likes to rot and mould. I got around to looking at the fruit from my passiflora caerulea (blue passion flower) yesterday - a lot of seed, covered in sticky material. It is said to be important to remove this because it inhibits germination. I put them in a sieve and ran water over them, and generally messed about ineffectively. Getting to the question which my be relevant, is there some substance which digests this kind of material? -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…