Pulsatilla 2021

[Gail]

I leave the 'tails' on - find they make the seed nice and easy to handle and have not noticed any problems with rotting etc. Mother Nature leaves them on...

[Guff]

Gail, thanks.

Found this site when looking for pictures of Pulsatilla

http://www.stridvall.se/la/index_flowers.php

http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Ranunculaceae_1/167_33?full=1

[Tristan_He]

I leave the 'tails' on - find they make the seed nice and easy to handle and have not noticed any problems with rotting etc. Mother Nature leaves them on...

I must say I haven't noticed any differences either. If I have a lot of seed sometimes I do take the tails off though - obviously in nature you won't usually get 50 seedlings germinating close together in a plastic pot, and I do worry that any disease that does occur could spread. Pulsatilla seedlings are quite robust though so maybe I'm being neurotic!

[Rick R.]

I don't think it matters in the end, either.   i break mine off, just because I think the seeds are easier to handle.  The natural break point isn't close to the seed itself, so you don't have to worry about possibly damaging the seed itself.