wisteria

Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:01 pm

My question is that on my established Wisteria i have what can only be described as a large silky Pea Pod growing on one of the stems. "what is this please"

Many tks Mike

Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:32 pm

My first thought is that it may be some sort of insect cocoon but, not having seen it and not being an expert on wisteria, I really don't know.

I would personally, remove it and cut it open to see what's inside.

Any other ideas?

Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:52 pm

Wisteria is a member of the pea family and what you have is probably a wisteria seed pod.
Delia

Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:54 pm

Thanks Delia.

Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:05 am

decam0 wrote:Wisteria is a member of the pea family and what you have is probably a wisteria seed pod.
Delia

any suggestions for what i should do with this pod

Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:56 pm

You could let the seeds ripen, plant them, and see what comes up ( I don't reckon much to this one - it will take about 20 years for them to flower)

You could make a Christmas decoration from it.

Or you could just chuck it on the compost heap.

Delia