In the wild they would be scattered more, not all next to each other
as they are in a pot.
>
If you knew everyone in your family was out to poison you, you'd try to get
as far away as you could, I suppose.
Many astragalus seeds are relatively heavy and it stands to reason that the
"most viable" seeds in the pod are the heaviest, fall first, and pretty much
stay where they land. The rest would be doomed, of course, unless the plants
only grew in places with 90 degree slopes in all directions.
The inflatable "balloons" that some species make, to contain their seeds,
suggests either water-borne or air-borne travel of some sort. But not
likely.
I've always sown all the seeds in one pot. The seedlings germinate, I
transplant them, and they die later, but that’s another story.
Bob Nold, Denver, Colorado, USA
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