Tea bags for seed collecting

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Author Message   Matthias  Supporting Member Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 12:10 pm EST :    For anyone interested in this easy method of making sure seeds are not lost while you are not in the garden: I can buy these tea bags in any supermarket here. They are weather resistant and last for many weeks. In late May/early June I just check the bags every other day and I can see when the seeds have fallen into the bag. In the second picture you see a fruiting flower pushed into the bag. Mike, if you think they could be useful for you and you don't get them, just let me know... Matthias - South Germany, Zone "7"   Addict  Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 01:12 pm EST :    Hi Matthias - I think they are very useful and will save hours of sewing. They are not available in the UK but I found some from China on Ebay and they arrived yesterday and are perfect. Thank you so much for your suggestion and also your very kind offer to get some for me. Will post tomorrow part 1 of our Balkan study trip - it was very interesting and very confusing too! addict Staffordshire zone 8(just) UK   Gardenfiend  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 03:35 pm EST :    Now I understand what you mean. These aren't made of the same thin material that surrounds tea in normal tea-bags. They are of somewhat heavier paper and are a lot larger (as you can see compared to a pair of glasses). In fact I'm surprised they don't weigh down the branches. Here they can be found on the supermarket shelf where they sell coffee filters. I'd be surprised if they aren't available elsewhere, too. In fact... I just googled them and they are. They go by the name of "tea filters". The German ones with the brand name Cilia are sold in the UK. Probably there are other brands, too. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Addict  Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 05:49 am EST :    Here's a link to the ones I got from China Ebay - they have neat drawstrings on. http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZbusd-hxt addict Staffordshire zone 8(just) UK   Maciver  Supporting Member Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 09:42 am EST :    Mathias and all-thanks so much for this tip...I lost almost all my seed from last spring thanks to my inattention (no surprise there thinking back!) I've found lots of similar tea bags in shops in our large Chinese community, tho mine are quite a bit smaller...the flower is a bit tough to squeeze into these bags. Still I think it will work, sure has to be better than picking seeds off the ground and hoping they are from the plant you think they are :-) Mathias...do you find the staple in the opening of the bag important...my smaller bags don't look like they would slip off but you've done this before...? Glen Maciver - British Columbia, Zone "7"   Matthias  Supporting Member Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 09:55 am EST :    Glen, you can trim or cut off the flower sepals if you find that the bag is a bit small. I do this with large flowers. With the larger bags the staple is necessary. In fact it is an easy and fast way of fixing the bags. Matthias - South Germany, Zone "7"   Jgwoodard  My Garden Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 - 05:43 am EST :    I used this method last year, also with staples. Very handy. Also, another trick I learned that saves time is to write codes of crosses directly on the sepals with a permanent marker. Jgwoodard - TN, Zone "7"

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