{"id":2009,"date":"2020-04-21T08:26:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=2009"},"modified":"2023-01-11T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:15:49","slug":"collect-seeds-and-grow-plants-for-free","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/collect-seeds-and-grow-plants-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants for Free &#8211; Collecting Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many plants reproduce or propagate themselves from seed. You might have noticed that when plants reach the end of their growing season you can see seed heads instead of flowers or fruit.<\/p>\n<p>If you collect and store the seeds, you can grow plants for free the following season.\u00a0 Our film shows you how.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plants for Free   Collecting Seeds\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDNFQbe46aw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seed collecting is fascinating &#8211; seeds come in all shapes and sizes &#8211; and finding out how plants spread or disperse seeds in nature help us see some of the\u00a0 different factors (weather, soil conditions, animal activity, human activity) that work together to help plants grow or fail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/resources\/info-sheet\/tips-on-saving-your-own-seeds\">RHS Tips on Saving Seeds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/resources\/activity\/make-a-seed-spinner\">RHS Make a Seed Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many plants reproduce or propagate themselves from seed. You might have noticed that when plants reach the end of their growing season you can see seed heads instead of flowers or fruit. If you collect and store the seeds, you can grow plants for free the following season.\u00a0 Our film shows you how. Seed collecting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/collect-seeds-and-grow-plants-for-free\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plants for Free &#8211; Collecting Seeds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2009","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8362,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2009\/revisions\/8362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}