How to pull seeds from vegetables

When lettuce develops fruits

Salads belong to different families and have different forms of growth. Many typical varieties form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year. They are two years old and bloom in the following season after overwintering. There are also annual species, which in the same year of the sowing Develop flowers and seeds:

• Varieties of lettuce can be annual or biennial
• Lamb's lettuce grows as an annual
• Arugula is usually annual and occasionally biennial
• Garden salads are one to two years old

When salads shoot up

When conditions are suboptimal, many salads tend to shoot. They form flowers at an early stage and reduce the storage of energy in the leaves. Therefore, biennial species occasionally bloom in the first year of standing. Such plants are suitable for harvesting seeds. However, you run the risk that the offspring will also tend to flower prematurely.

Gaining seeds

Leave a few strong specimens for seed production. Your seeds guarantee a high germination capacity. Continue care until flowering. For two-year-old species, winter protection is necessary so that the rhizomes are protected from the cold and winter drought. Once the flower stems grow, remove any dead leaves regularly. Otherwise there is a risk that the flower sprout will rot.

Harvest time

When the seeds are ripe depends on the species. In the case of salads, the ripening period extends twelve to 24 days after flowering. Ideally, the seeds ripen in a dry season, because the rain easily rinses the tender seeds away. Damp weather favors the spread of mold in the wilting Fruit carriers.

method

The best seeds are in the central flowers directly on the main stem. Pick the dry fruit clusters from the plants and use tweezers to remove the seeds. Store these in a cloth sack to prevent rot.