Last month, when the woad flowers started to fade I dug up most of my plants leaving only three to set seeds. The black shiny seeds were ready to harvest at the beginning of July. The seeds were still attached to the stalks yesterday, but I was afraid that if I had left them any longer the wind would blow them all over the allotment. So with my seccateurs I cut small bits of stalks with seeds. I surprised that the seeds stayed attached to the stalks and did not fall off with my handling them. I filled two florist buckets with small stalks and seeds and put them inside the greenhouse to dry. Today I gave the buckets a good shake and many seeds fell off into the bottom of the bucket. I think I will have enough seeds to fill a one litre soda water bottle.
