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Q.When Is The Best Time To Collect And Plant The Seeds From The Balloon Flower Bearing In Mind I Live In Southern Ontario Canada?

Zone Not sure | Anonymous added on September 21, 2025 | Answered

Do I need to start them under grow lights in the early spring indoors?

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GKH_Susan
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Answered on September 22, 2025

You can collect the seeds in fall when the pods are brown and plant them in spring indoors under grow lights. You also can wait till after the last frost and plant them directly in the ground. Here is more:

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/platycodon-grandiflorus/

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