How to save broccoli seeds

Broccoli Seeds Introduction

Broccoli has seeds. If they are not picked, the broccoli will continue to grow. Its seeds will not mature until the flower buds mature. They are very small round grains, dark brown or dark purple in color.

How to save broccoli seeds

The seeds of broccoli are inside the broccoli. The broccoli we eat is its tender flower buds. If they are not removed, they will bloom and produce seeds. Its flowers are compound racemes and are complete flowers.

If you want to collect broccoli seeds, you need to wait for the broccoli to bloom. Its corolla is yellow or creamy yellow, with a total of 4 strong stamens. The seeds are distributed above the ovary and can be collected after the flowers fade.

Propagating Broccoli from Seeds

Broccoli seeds can be sown. It usually takes 15 to 20 days from the appearance of the flower head to harvesting. After the flower head appears during this period, the flower buds and flower stems continue to develop and grow, becoming a flower head composed of several shortened fleshy flower stems and buds. At this time, it can be harvested and put on the market.

How to grow broccoli seeds

1. Planting

(1) Soak the seeds in 50℃ warm water for 25 minutes before sowing to kill the germs that have penetrated the seeds. Broccoli can be planted in the open air after the Qingming Festival in spring, or in late summer or early autumn.

(2) In Zhejiang Province, broccoli can be planted from July to October. Then the processed broccoli seeds are evenly sown on the prepared seedbed, covered with fine soil, and sprayed with water using a fine nozzle to ensure close contact between the seeds and the surface of the glutinous rice.

2. Management

(1) During the entire germination period, it is necessary to observe the field in the morning, evening, and daytime to observe seed germination, soil moisture on the kneading surface, and sunshine intensity or drainage intensity on rainy days.

(2) Watering can be done in the afternoon and evening to avoid rainy weather after watering. During this period, cover with 2-3 day and night shade nets to prevent cooling and rain.