Seeds From Your Garden: How To Collect?

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

If you are planning to acquire your own seeds, in July you need to decide which vegetables you will leave for the seed plants of cucumbers, tomatoes and other garden crops

Agricultural technology of seed production of biennials in the year of sowing

Seed care for biennial crops in the first year is no different from food vegetables. But during the growth of mother plants, it is necessary to remove weeds in time and make sure that the varietal crops themselves do not stand out with any atypical signs.

The time for harvesting the mother plants of biennials begins with the arrival of stable cold weather before frosts. The tops of root crops are cut so that the petiole at the base is preserved by 1-2 cm. This is necessary so as not to damage the apical bud.

Agrotechnology of annuals when growing seeds

The strongest and highest-yielding plants are chosen to harvest the seeds:

• To stock up on tomato seeds, choose ripe fruits that have formed on the second and third cluster.

• In eggplants and peppers, the fruits of the first harvest are suitable for this.

• Pumpkin seeds are harvested from fruits taken from the beds after the first frost.

• Seeds of melons and watermelons are selected from melons of full maturity.

• For cucumbers, the first couple of greens are used for food, and in August 3-5 specimens are left for seed fruits. They are removed from the lashes only in September, when the skin of the vegetables acquires a yellowish color, and the stalk dries up.

• Legumes for seeds are harvested from the garden in a state of full ripeness.

Melons, before collecting seeds, ripen for several days in a row. The fruit can then be cut open, the pulp pulled out, and the seeds removed. Seed fruits of cucumbers are collected in a heap, in which they are kept until softened. The pulp of tomatoes, cucumbers, melons must be fermented, only after that the seeds are washed with running water. Dry them thoroughly before packing. You can store in linen bags.

Peas, beans, beans are husked immediately after harvest. They are recommended to dry in the open air under a canopy. The radish testes are harvested from the beds as soon as the foliage and pods turn yellow and the seeds are waxy. They can also be dried under a canopy, or directly in the garden in the garden, if the weather is dry and sunny. Threshing seeds can be done when the pods break easily when squeezed with your fingers.

Stocking up on seeds of vitamin greens

Seed dill is removed from the beds when the seeds turn brown and the lower leaves turn completely yellow. The stems are laid for ripening, having spread a dense natural fabric so as not to lose the seeds. When the plants are dry, the seeds are harvested from them by threshing.

Leafy vegetables such as lettuce, spinach for seeds are grown both in spring and in winter crops. So there is still an opportunity to take care of this if the time for this was lost during the spring months.

Sowing is carried out in rows with row spacings about 50 cm wide. Agrotechnology is the same as when growing for food consumption. In addition, you need to monitor the distance between plants and thin out in a timely manner. During the season, you will need to do this 2-3 times, so that in the end there is a distance of at least 15 cm between plantings.

The seed lettuce beds are harvested when the seeds on the main stem have reached maturity. The spinach can be harvested when the lower leaves turn yellow. For this procedure, it is better to set aside the morning or evening hours - at this time, the seeds are not sprinkled from the plants. They are also dried and then threshed.

Immediately after laying for storage, it may seem to us that in the next season we will easily remember the name of the plant variety and the timing of the collection of seeds. However, you do not need to rely on this and fill your head with unnecessary information, trying to keep it in your memory. Take the time to indicate all this on the label and sew it to the bag. This way you will know exactly what seeds you have and how much they already have.