I was given an envelope of seeds from 2001! I put them in pots after soaking, but i,ll be amazed if they sprout.
They might! Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/planting-old-seeds.htm
My email is cg48180@outlook.com I think they thought they were weeds.
Four o'clocks are almost impossible to remove once you have them. They produce from seed and their fleshy tubers. Even if you won't have any seeds this year, they likely will be back. They may even regrow before the season ends.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks/four-oclock-plants.htm
Do i cut the green stems off when they quit flowering
You can, or they will die back to the ground after the first hard frost. If you leave some to go to seed, they will return next year from the dropped seed.
I like to know if four o clocks have male and female flowers, if so how to cross pollution them to get a new color flower Wanda
They contain, both, female and male reproductive organs in the same flower! This makes pollination control rather difficult. You will have to do some work to find out which colors are dominant and which are recessive so you can avoid flooding a generation with irreversible dominant traits.
For selection to work, you will need to cut off the pollen bearing structures of one color and then pollinate that plant with pollen from another color, while ensuring that you only harvest seeds from that one bloom. You must ensure that all other blooms are cut away, and that this plant is in isolation, or you risk contamination from another flower's pollen.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks
How to tell the male flowers from female flowers on the four o clocks plants Tks
Each flower will have, both, male and female parts. The female part is the central stigma, and the male parts will be the surrounding stamens covered in pollen.
This article will help you to care for them:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks/four-oclock-plants.htm
Now its droopy. Please help
The droopiness could be from the transplant and should perk up in a few days as it gets established. It also could be that the soil is overfertilized. Four o'clocks actually prefer poor to average soil. Watering well can remove some of the fertilizer.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks/four-oclock-plants.htm
Do 4 o clocks have male and female flowers on the plant ?
Both sex organs reside in the same flower!
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks/four-oclock-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/four-oclocks