Germinate fresh seeds off plant

is it possible to germinate fresh harvested seeds right off plant?

sure it is. I have seeds drop out and germ in the mom pot all the time. Start them like any other seed.

If you want to increase the chances of the seeds having closer to 100% germination then it's better to cold stratify/stratificate the seeds, place them in a triple sealed bag or bottle/bottles to keep the moisture off of them and leave them in the fridge for about 30-40 days, this will trigger a mechanism within the seeds that they developed from nature/natural cycles to know when winter has passed and when spring air has returned.

So if you want higher chances of them popping cold stratify them, might only need like 2 weeks in the fridge, the 40 days thing is just a rule of thumb guide for most seeds in general.

mustbetribbin said:

If you want to increase the chances of the seeds having closer to 100% germination then it's better to cold stratify/stratificate the seeds, place them in a triple sealed bag or bottle/bottles to keep the moisture off of them and leave them in the fridge for about 30-40 days, this will trigger a mechanism within the seeds that they developed from nature/natural cycles to know when winter has passed and when spring air has returned.

So if you want higher chances of them popping cold stratify them, might only need like 2 weeks in the fridge, the 40 days thing is just a rule of thumb guide for most seeds in general.

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The moisture in the refrigerator isn’t going to hurt them or anything right?

I'd place a desiccant silica gel dry pack inside with the seeds if your worried about any excess moisture, but what you want to do is seal your seeds shut by having multiple barriers between the seeds and the open refrigerator air, I usually just tie my seeds shut inside multiple layers of plastic baggies and then place them inside a tightly sealed plastic bottle or glass jar, I've found bottles that fit inside of other bottles before that worked good for extra insulation and protection of my seeds, I like a hard barrier around my seeds, and would recommend it.

I've also collected some make up containers as well for this purpose, certain smaller cosmetic make up capsules work good for seeds as well, there's no telling how many container options you might be able to get to work good if you just look around a bit.

So yeah just get a good multi layered barrier going on around your seeds and you should be well protected from any kind of moisture issues. (4 or more layers is not overkill imo).

I use amber 2ML glass essential oil bottles to store my seeds. I print out labels for them and store them in a hard sided case made for the bottles. Doesn't take up much space in the fridge. Pretty cheap on ebay or amazon. I do try to rotate out older seeds, but I have had no problems with 2-3 year old seeds stored this way.

Rivendell said:

I use amber 2ML glass essential oil bottles to store my seeds. I print out labels for them and store them in a hard sided case made for the bottles. Doesn't take up much space in the fridge. Pretty cheap on ebay or amazon. I do try to rotate out older seeds, but I have had no problems with 2-3 year old seeds stored this way.

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That's true, I forgot to mention that, make sure if your bottles or containers are not light proof, to wrap something around them or place them inside something or somewhere that will shield them from receiving too much light from inside the fridge, that can have an effect on them over time. Me personally I'd go for as dark possible.

I've taken more than 25 seeds off a plant and planted them throwing them around the yard -- 90% of them come up if not. I've cleaned seeded pot into a flower pot to constantly keep seeing plants pop up.