I'm curious now how prevalent this effect is. I've heard about it from other aroiders, but I've always cleaned aroid seed with bare hands, just squishing the seeds out of the berries and washing them off in a strainer, and never had any issues. I'm cleaning some Dracunculus vulgaris seeds tonight, in fact. Is this something that affects just some people, most people, almost everyone? Of course, I rarely do more than a few hundred berries at a time, so maybe I've just never had enough exposure. Steve On 9/20/2021 8:43 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > The blender ploy works great for lots of things. I took the scraps from trimming tomatillos, put in a bunch of water and let 'er rip. All the seeds were completely intact on the bottom after pouring off the water. > Bob Lauf > On Monday, September 20, 2021, 08:33:27 PM EDT, Roy Herold via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Robert, > > Have you ever tried cleaning your aroid seeds in a blender? Fill it half > full of water, toss in the seeds, and give it a few pulses. Pour it out > through a strainer, and spread the remaining seeds and skins on a towel. > Let dry, and the seeds are easily separated from the 'chaff'. > > Works like a charm, with no damage whatsoever to the seeds. I've only > tried it with arisaemas, but it should work with most aroids. > > I have memories of trying to clean arisaema seeds in a backwater hotel > in Yunnan many years ago. My hands were painful for days afterwards. > Something to do with the oxalate crystals. Tony A was there... > > --Roy > NW of Boston > > > On 9/20/2021 3:24 PM, Robert Parks via pbs wrote: >> Cleaning seeds indeed! Up until midnight last night cleaning aroid seeds. >> Ended up with a bucket of nasty looking oily shredded tomato water...and a >> bunch of seeds. >> >> Robert >> in sunny warm San Francisco. >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>