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As a run up to our 200th Mystery Seed, we are doing few new challenges as a contest.  The idea of the challenges will be to introduce some real world reasons why someone might need to identify seeds. Prizes will be awarded in post 200.

Challenge 5.

Scenario:  You are an archeologist working in the Middle East excavating a site that is about 2000 years old.

You uncover two items that look like seeds. Any idea what kind of seeds they might be?

Edit: For this week’s challenge, 5 points for the first identification, 1 point for each subsequent correct answer. Please use the same name for all the challenges so I can keep track of your points. Good luck!

Challenge 5 is now closed.

Only 3 more challenges to go.

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Answer to challenge 3:

As everyone realized, the shagbark hickory nuts (Carya ovata) would not have been found in Phoenix, so the truck had probably been out of the state.

Challenge 3 is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated.

The answers to challenge 4 will be revealed next week.

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

As a run up to our 200th Mystery Seed, we are doing few new challenges as a contest.  The idea of the challenges will be to introduce some real world reasons why someone might need to identify seeds. Prizes will be award in post 200.

Challenge 4.

Scenario:  Oh no, two packets of garden seeds spilled on the floor. The only problem is that you are not sure which two, because many of the packages were open.

Can you tell what kinds of seeds spilled?  (Hint: some of the items may be debris on the floor.)

Edit:  For this week’s challenge, 5 points for the first identification of each of the two types of seeds, 1 point for each subsequent correct answer. Please use the same name for all the challenges so I can keep track of your points. Good luck!

Challenge 4 is now closed.

Only 4 more challenges to go.

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Answer to challenge 2:

The beans in the bean mix were indeed:

• lima or butter beans
• pinto beans
• black beans
• black-eyed peas
• red kidney beans
• garbanzo or chickpeas
• lentils

Challenge 2 is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated.

The answers to challenge 3 will be revealed next week.

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.

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And don’t forget, it’s Children’s Garden Week!

As a run up to our 200th Mystery Seed, we are doing few new challenges as a contest.  The idea of the challenges will be to introduce some real world reasons why someone might need to identify seeds.

Challenge 3.

Scenario:  A crime has been committed in Pennsylvania and the police trace the truck to Phoenix, Arizona. The owner swears his truck has never left Phoenix. You are the investigator and you spot this in the pick up bed:

What does the information in the photograph above tell you?

Edit: This week the first person to correctly identify the “seed” in a comment gets 5 points and the first person to explain what it means in the comments gets 5 points. Further correct answers receive 2 points each. Good luck!

Challenge 3 is now closed. The answer is now posted.

Only 5 more challenges to go.

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Answer to challenge 1:

Challenge 1 is now closed. The seeds with the fringes were from a brittlebush, Encelia farinosa. Thank you to everyone who participated.

The answers to challenge 2 will be revealed next week.

New mystery seeds and Seed of the Week answers are posted on Tuesdays.