How to Harvest Celosia Seeds

These are one of my favorite flowers and for the longest time harvesting the seeds was a mystery to me. Now that I have figured it out I'm going to share my method with you. First you have to wait until the seeds are fully formed and to do that you need to be able to tell a new flower from a mature flower. Here is what a new flower looks like with out seeds:

When the flowers have seeds they look more fluffy like this:

And if you look closely you can see the outline of a dark seed inside like this:

If you can't tell while the flower is on the plant you can pluck a small portion off and it should look like this:

Pinch the pod gently to push the seed out.

 Being careful not to crush the seed inside.

Then collect in a breathable dry container until you are ready to plant and grow your seeds.

They come in many colors. You can separate them by color if you want, or store them all together if you want to be surprised when you plant them.