Re: Recording exploding seeds?

[Lou Judson <>]

Along these lines, the wisteria in our backyard has big pods, that if
not removed, explode in the summer sun and throw seeds 50 feet at
times... We have many more volunteer wisteria than we want!

<L>
On Sep 7, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Dan Dugan wrote:

>> The flowers of witch-hazel open in September and October, and the
>> fruit
>> ripens the next fall.  Shortly after ripening, the capsules burst
>> open,
>> discharging their seed
>
> Somewhere back around 1981 I was hiking with my eldest son up Mount
> Sutro in San Francisco. When we got to the summit, there was a steady
> rattle of seed pods on the bushes along the trail exploding in the
> hot sun.
>
> -Dan Dugan



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