Unripe hips

General Discussion
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Hi all. I’m newish at this so I need your experience. I just noticed the stems on one of my hips this year was starting to shrivel, but the hip wasn’t fully ripe. I found 3 good sized seeds inside but my guess is they are not quite ripe enough. The cross was “Love and Peace” x “Marilyn Monroe”. I’d hate to lose this cross. Is there anything I can do to increase my chances of getting seedlings from these seeds? Should I dry them before putting them in the fridge?

Judy Singer (aka SunQueen)

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Judy, unless the seeds were pollinated at least 2 months ago they’re probably not going to germinate. Definitely don’t dry them. If you think they might germinate, go ahead and plant them and keep the medium damp.

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They were pollinated May 1, so they’re only 5 weeks old. Sad :frowning:

I’ll try anyway.