[AlotArds]

Hi
I grew some nice marigolds this year to keep the slugs etc off my food stuffs, my question is - how do I dry the seeds for next year?

[lucywil]

i was dead heading my marigolds the other day and as i was about to put them on the compost heap i noticed the seeds inside one of them. they already looked dry to me so i just put them in an envelope ready for next year.

if you think they need drying you could just lay them on some tissue on a sunny window sill

[tam]

Yep, leave the heads on the plant until they go brown and the seeds are ready. They should just pull gently from the cases. You can leave the in a warn dry place for a couple of days but it's not strictly necessary if you've picked on a dry day.

[mumofstig]

I do that too
I started off with f1 seeds, so now have a strange mix, some browny orange some bright yellow, some singles and some doubles
But they are all free and keep the whitefly out of the greenhouse

[AlotArds]

Thanks for the replies, thats were I went wrong last year, I left them as bulbs - got a dry weekend so looks like I am going hunting for nice dry one's to split up and dry out.