#flower pounding

[metalchairz]

Went to a free art event yesterday, using bits of plants to make stuff. This was flower pounding onto specially treated fabric to preserve the colours for longer. I got some bits of amaranth stem, clover flowers, marigold petals and some other stuff in this. The first image is the “front” while the second is the back.

[bumblebeeappletree]

How to flower pound with fresh flowers, tataki zome, hapa zome.

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[poop-me-a-flower]

Stinky (affectionate)

(Oncidium Heaven Scent ‘Redolence’)

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

My work / study it seriously 😃 and for fun too. 🌿

✌️ I learned.

🤓 Teacher Li, Thanks xoxo

[anipgarden]

Collecting Milkweed Seeds - All Facts, All Seeds, No Fluff

(OK but please also consider I'm not an ~expert~ I'm not a ~scholar~ I'm just a nerd on Tumblr who really likes milkweed and wanted to make a fun lil post about it)

[Image ID: a green, leafy common milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca) with five large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. The seed pods are currently unopened.]

It’s fall, which means if you haven’t seen them already, now’s the time that milkweed plants will start producing seed pods! (Well, technically, they’re called follicles, but fuck it they’re seed pods).  Each pod has dozens of seeds inside, some species can even have up to 200 seeds, so even collecting just a few can be a good way to boost your pollinator gardening efforts big time! What you do with them then is up to you--adding life to your backyard garden, sharing with friends, making seed bombs--but first you’ve gotta collect them.

The first thing you want to do is identify your milkweed plants--in an ideal world, you’d be able to tell precisely what kind of milkweed you’re collecting from (so you can know precisely what growing conditions that species prefers.) But when they’re dying back, forming pods, and releasing their seeds, it can be hard to tell. It helps to visit sites early, to know what milkweeds are there, and while you’re there you might even find some forming pods. 

It can be helpful to band off the pods early! This will keep the seeds from escaping, so you can come back later and collect them! I would only do this for a couple of pods--each pod has a lot of seed in it, so only taking one or two from each plant should still net you plenty of rewards! When I’m doing this in my backyard, I tend to use rubber bands--the size of rubber band you’ll need varies depending on the species. I’ve also seen people use the lacy-looking jewelry bags to a similar effect--if the pod splits open, all the seeds get trapped in the bag!

[Image ID: the first image is of appears to be swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) with about fifteen long, green, smooth and pointed seed pods. Most of the pods have small black rubber bands wrapped around the midsections. The second image is of what appears to be common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with two large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. A white fine mesh bag has been tied over the pods.]

For people who want to get seeds from unopened pods, you have to be very careful not to force open a pod that isn’t ready--otherwise, the seeds inside won’t fully develop. How do you tell if a pod is ripe? There’s a seam in each pod, and it should open fairly easily with minimal pressure if it’s basically ready. If you’re basically prying it open, you’re too early. The seeds inside should be a nice dark color, and be plump in the middle--if they’re creamy colored or light orange, you’re too early. There may be some undeveloped seeds in each pod (I am talking maybe 1 to 3 here), but if the majority of them are ready, you’re good to go!

[Image ID: a tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) seed pod that has been opened at the seam, revealing dark brown seeds and lots of creamy white floss. Four seeds are floating away from the pod on fluffy white comas. The pod is being held between a white person's fingers.]

I’ve also seen people who go late late late into the season, after most of the pods have already fully split off and released their seeds. Some of the seeds occasionally stay in the pod, so they’ll take the leftovers that didn’t get scattered after winter passes. That’s a fair strategy! I prefer to get mine way early on, so I can get a clear ID of what kind of milkweed it is (some will flower and produce pods at the same time), but if you already got an ID early in the season and then come back later this can also work! But…

[Image ID: several dried brown seed pods have opened fully, releasing a cloud of milkweed floss with seeds attached. Some seeds are still in the pods, but many are primed to float away.]

There is, however, one thing that tends to be a bit annoying about collecting milkweed seeds--and that’s the fluff. These fluffy white bits attached to the seed--called comas--function similarly to the iconic fluffy dandelion seed. A milkweed seed’s coma allows it to float through the air and on the water until it (hypothetically) reaches bare soil or an otherwise suitable start to settle down and germinate. If you’re collecting the seeds for later use, though, that same coma can mean your milkweed seeds are traveling through the air and away from where you’re collecting them, or all over your apartment once you get them home. Removing the comas by hand is an option, but tedious, and still leads to a nice pile of fluffy that will get airborne at the first gust of wind. At the end of the day, for many people trying to collect milkweed seeds, the coma is just an annoying part they dread.

Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to collect milkweed seeds without having to deal with the comas long-term!

[Image ID: A single brown milkweed seed floating on a comparatively huge mess of white fibers.]

Method 1

So this is my favorite method because it's honestly one of the simplest and easiest once you get used to it. You open the pod, grip the top part of the middle ‘pith’ section tight, and gently scrape off the seeds into a bowl or bag. This leaves you with almost no fluff in your collection bin, and you can then toss the middle fluffy part--or I’ve heard of people collecting milkweed fluff for spinning! Most of the videos I’ve seen on it use common milkweed or other large milkweed pods as an example--however, I’ve successfully done this with smaller milkweed pods like A. curassavica as well. 

Method 2

This method is one I’ve used in the past. Take the seeds and fluff and put them into a bag (paper or plastic) and add a coin or two. Shake the bag around--a lot. The coin will dislodge the comas from the seeds. The seeds will then drop to the bottom of the container, and the fluff will float around on the top. I’ve also seen this with buckets and blocks, like in the video below!

Method 3

I’ve seen a handful of people discuss burning the floss of the seeds! Apparently the seeds themselves aren’t damaged badly by the fire, though honestly this is a method that I am simply too anxious to try myself.

Method 4

This was a method I found while I was looking for other methods people have done. Apparently, you can just roll the pod between your hands and it’ll work to dislodge the seeds? I may have to try it next time!

Hopefully this advice is helpful for you all! I know collecting seeds was a hassle for me before I learned my favorite method. If I had a nickel for every time I got yelled at for releasing milkweed fluff into the house...

If you've got a method that I haven't heard about yet, let me know!! I'm always down to learn more about milkweed, and it can also help someone else down the line!

[erwinsvow]

thinking about wolverine 2013 and that one part where logan says call me old fashioned 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[merakiui]

I hope I’m not the only one who thinks this but most of the npc’s in twst can get it. They all lowkey kinda fine

OCTAVINELLE STUDENT A........ I am looking at him so much. truthfully and shamelessly, all of the twst mobs could rail me. <3 you are so right, anon. They are very fine!!!! >0<

OMG OR ROLLO'S VICE PRESIDENT AND STUDENT AIDE.......... I need to be on my knees for them right at this moment. orz thinking so many unholy thoughts about them. You could be dating one of the student council mobs and gross, filthy, perverted President Rollo is acting so weird with you in secret. AAAAAAA OTL he follows you and your mob boyfriend into town and watches you buy lingerie and his breeding kink goes 📈📈📈 oh, to wear cute, frilly lingerie and be bred by Rollo in the student council meeting room. orz orz too many filthy thoughts about the Noble Bell trio are in my mind...

[the-blunt-diaries]

🇬🇧 London Pound Cake 🍰 🍒Black Cherry Pie 🥧

[lotusarchon]

Nezha, now Erlang? You have a strange type Mr. Monsterfucker

I like men who looks like they can whimper while rearranging my insides

Also I like fucking deranged eldritch abominations too okay but that's so common on Tumblr

[cherrybright]

[cosmical-flowers]

Silly irl post but I just cleaned out my bookshelf and took pictures of how much manga I have and it’s quite a bit!

My entire collection is almost 800 bucks. I am very financially responsible (lying). I’ve been collecting manga since like december 2022 so theres some series in bulk that were past hyperfixations (Especially Komi Cant Communicate).

[practicallyeffected]

Prerolls from dispensaries always canoe it’s like they design them to do that

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

👆 Beautiful teacher and her dog : 小米 :D

💕上課 On classes for learning now 🌿

craft art - 拓印 /plant rubbings/flower poundings

[dumb-coward]

Never more have I wanted to be doted on by butch wahmen 🥲🥲

[perfexion]

someone special got me the prettiest flowers I ever did see🌻🥹🌻🥹🌻

[belovedblabber]

I keep staying up way too late and now I’m thinking about Seril my little curse of strahd gunslinger and how I need to talk about her more on here because I want to talk about her so bad