Chenille Plant- Is The Seed In The Red Bloom?

If seed is in bloom, planting depth?

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 02/26/2021 @ 7:29 pm

Yes, the seed is in the bloom, but only if you have a female that set seed. The second article says it may take a while to get flowers from seed, plus you won't know if it is male or female. And only the females have the bright red catkins. So, everything I referenced said not to grow from seed, but from cuttings. Here is more:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/chenille_plants_that_go_to_seed ^[1]
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/chenille-plant-acalypha-hispida/ ^[2]

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[1] https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/chenille_plants_that_go_to_seed: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/chenille_plants_that_go_to_seed

[2] https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/chenille-plant-acalypha-hispida/: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/chenille-plant-acalypha-hispida/

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