http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-grow-jack-in-the-pulpit-from-seeds/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-grow-jack-in-the-pulpit-from-seeds/#comment-68213 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-plant-jack-in-the-pulpit-seeds/#comment-68213 Barb, I would guess that your plant wore itself out last year producing so many seeds, or perhaps there was something stressful about the weather or growing conditions. Jack-in-the-pulpits are unique in that the same plant can produce either male or female flowers in different years. Very young plants will have male flowers until they are several years old, then have perhaps both male and female flowers but still no seeds, and finally when the plant has stored up enough energy it will have female flowers and will finally produce seeds. Your plant has obviously had female flowers in the past it has produced seeds. However, if the plant becomes stressed or its energy source is reduced, it will produce male flowers the next year and it won't produce female flowers again until it has stored up enough energy. So what happens next year pretty much depends on if the plant regains the energy to produce female flowers and seeds. And yes, you can plant out the baby plants. I have found them to be quite easily transplanted. Barb, I would guess that your plant wore itself out last year producing so many seeds, or perhaps there was something stressful about the weather or growing conditions. Jack-in-the-pulpits are unique in that the same plant can produce either male or female flowers in different years. Very young plants will have male flowers until they are several years old, then have perhaps both male and female flowers but still no seeds, and finally when the plant has stored up enough energy it will have female flowers and will finally produce seeds. Your plant has obviously had female flowers in the past it has produced seeds. However, if the plant becomes stressed or its energy source is reduced, it will produce male flowers the next year and it won’t produce female flowers again until it has stored up enough energy. So what happens next year pretty much depends on if the plant regains the energy to produce female flowers and seeds. And yes, you can plant out the baby plants. I have found them to be quite easily transplanted.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-grow-jack-in-the-pulpit-from-seeds/#comment-68183 barb http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-plant-jack-in-the-pulpit-seeds/#comment-68183 One jack volunteered an appearance in front of our North Carolina Mountain house. It's been returning for the past 3 summers. This year no "jack" flower has appeared. Lots of baby plants are clustered below it. In fact one group appeared early and then "gave up", but another group has appeared and is surviving. Why didn't we get a flower (jack) this year and what will next year bring? Can I dig and move those babies that are clustered together? One jack volunteered an appearance in front of our North Carolina Mountain house. It’s been returning for the past 3 summers. This year no “jack” flower has appeared. Lots of baby plants are clustered below it. In fact one group appeared early and then “gave up”, but another group has appeared and is surviving.
Why didn’t we get a flower (jack) this year and what will next year bring? Can I dig and move those babies that are clustered together?

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-grow-jack-in-the-pulpit-from-seeds/#comment-16499 Buff http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-to-plant-jack-in-the-pulpit-seeds/#comment-16499 Thanks. My mom had Jacks in her garden grown from her mother's garden. When mom passed recently, I brought home the seeds from her plants. I wasn't sure how to plant them. Thanks for helping me save a bit of my heritage. Thanks. My mom had Jacks in her garden grown from her mother’s garden. When mom passed recently, I brought home the seeds from her plants. I wasn’t sure how to plant them. Thanks for helping me save a bit of my heritage.

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