{"id":10,"date":"2021-11-28T19:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T06:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2021-12-05T13:16:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T00:16:55","slug":"seed-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/seed-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod.jpg\" alt=\"Kowhai seeds Photo by Phil Bendle\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophora_microphylla__Kowhai_seeds_and_seed_pod-900x676.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This should be a page that contains general material on seed collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of my ideas on topics to cover on this page. What is missing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ecosourcing<\/li><li>Ecological Districts<\/li><li>Permission to collect seeds<\/li><li>General guidelines for the seed collection process<\/li><li>Storing seeds<\/li><li>Record-keeping, and identifying batches of seeds<\/li><li>Discussion on how long seeds will keep.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We could add some links here &#8211; they should be to general matters of seed collection. Species-specific links should go on the species-specific pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/takana.co.nz\/eco-sourcing-today\/\">Notes from Takana Nurseries<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz\/environment\/plants-animals\/plant-for-your-ecosystem\/Documents\/biodiversityecosourcebrochure.pdf\">Auckland Council leaflet on ecosourcing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/Appendix 16 Guideline for native revegetation plantings\">Auckland Council Unitary Plan &#8211; section on ecosourcing<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/documents\/science-and-technical\/ecoregions1.pdf\">List of ecological regions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/img.scoop.co.nz\/media\/pdfs\/0908\/Proposed_southern_boundary.pdf\">A maps showing ecological regions in Auckland<\/a><\/li><li>DOC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/get-involved\/run-a-project\/restoration-advice\/native-plant-restoration\/ecosource-seeds\/collection-and-propagation-guide-trees\/calendar-for-seed-collecting\/\">Calendar for seed collecting &#8211; trees<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Material for the species-specific pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This page should contain general matters. For each species the details will vary, so on the species-specific pages it would be good if these questions could be addressed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What months can seeds be collected?<\/li><li>What should you look out for before picking the seeds &#8211; e.g. colour?<\/li><li>If it is not practical to collect fully ripe seeds, can they be collected at other times? example: can you pick nikau seeds when they are still green, or can you collect them from under the tree after the flesh has rotted?<\/li><li>How should\/can seeds be stored or treated before planting? e.g. do they need to be planted immediately? How long can they be stored? Should they be placed in the fridge? Do they need scraping e.g. sandpapering of kowhai.<\/li><li>What tips on species that release their seeds far off the ground e.g. kauri and rewarewa, or where the seeds seems to be released explosively e.g. hangehange<\/li><li>What processes for releasing seeds that are contained within fruit &#8211; e.g. coprosmas, putaputaweta, mahoe?<\/li><li>Photos! of the fruit on the trees, the seeds themselves, and any seed preparation stages. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Comments, please\u2026.<\/strong><\/p><p>The idea is to allow people to contribute through a comments section on most pages. Comments and suggestions below please\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This should be a page that contains general material on seed collection. Here are some of my ideas on topics to cover on this page. What is missing? Ecosourcing Ecological Districts Permission to collect seeds General guidelines for the seed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/seed-collection\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seed Collection<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/author\/admin\/","display_name":"admin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 28\/11\/2021","modified":"Updated on 05\/12\/2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 28\/11\/2021 7:44 pm","modified":"Updated on 05\/12\/2021 1:16 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feaa.info\/wordpress\/grownative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}