How to Save Echinacea seeds: quick and easy way for how to save coneflower seeds

How to save cone flower seeds. See how to harvest/collect seeds from Echinacea flowers.
3 minutes of work = hundreds of seeds. Learn the easiest and fastest way to save Echinacea/Coneflower seeds.

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This video shows you the easiest method to harvest and collect Echinacea purpurea seeds (purple coneflower). After cutting/drying seed heads for about a week, you will learn to separate and harvest the Echinacea seeds in about 3 minutes (for approximately 30 seed heads). There will be some chaff, but that won't harm your seed at all.

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[eleanorrigby]

I paid $3 for 10 seeds and only 7 sprouted. Harvesting my own from now on. Thank you.

[laurenandreas]

You made my day! This is my first year growing cone flowers and I’ve been saving the dry flower heads but I had no idea how to get the seeds out of that poky thing! Thank you soo much!!!

[gracesoborski]

Wow wow wow. Easy! My mom has been growing them for years, now I know how to harvest & have some for my own garden. A piece of my mom in the beauty of her favorite flowers. Thank you!!!

[mountainvibes]

What a innovative way to collect the seeds ! You could deff do this with chive seeds too . Last year it took me forever to get the seeds out! I’ll be trying this way this year and you get all the well deserved credit ! Love it.

[carinlyons]

Your video inspired me to try growing from seed and so far it's been a great success! The seedlings are just getting their second set of leaves and I'll be transplanting them before long. Enjoy your channel very much, thank you!

[samme]

Thanks! It's my first year with an echinacea plant and I look forward to many more plants and years. 😁🌸

[alien]

This is genius! Until now, I've been harvesting my seeds by hand picking them. I'll try this method next time I harvest, thank you! :)

[BirdsPawsandClaws]

Straight forward easy method to get the seeds from a plant. Thanks for the video!

[lemontea]

Best method I’ve seen! Easy n no prickling of fingers! 😄

[christieheyblom]

I’ve never had much luck buying viable echinacea seeds so I bought some seedlings this year and looking forward to harvesting and saving my own seeds

[woody]

Not a bad method man. You just earned a new subscriber

[AtlantaHospiceRN]

Stellar! Sharing w my southern gardening

[iamacraftymama]

Fantastic. I'm definitely harvesting this year.

[jessicapinto]

Ohhhh, I just threw them in this spring and had no idea of these details! Now I know why they didn't grow 😄

[rickswift]

OMG so easy but very effective and effective

[pmanfred]

Awasome! You save me from the crazy method I’ve had til now! Thanks a lot!

[sunrise]

OMG! Wow finally someone with good info! What an amazing way to collect the seeds! My echinacea is growing amazingly well but now I can start from scratch! Cheers !

[donaldgriewank]

Wow, wish I had seen this last fall. Great info. Thanks.

[ghstblood]

Thank you!! Excited to save seeds and gift them 😊

[hera]

You have saved my fingers! Those heads are pokey!!!