How do you get vegetable seeds?

Where do vegetable seeds come from?

The planted vegetables can still bloom without being pulled out, and after blooming they will produce seeds, which can be harvested in time, sown immediately after harvesting, or stored after drying.

What do vegetable seeds look like?

The seeds of the various types of lettuce we often eat, whether heading or non-heading, purple or green, all look similar, oval in shape, and earthy white or black.

How to get vegetable seeds

For green vegetables such as cabbage and leek, the plants for seeds can be left unpicked and allowed to sprout, bloom, pollinate, and then bear fruit. After the fruit matures, the seeds inside will mature and can be harvested in time for planting.

How to save seeds of green vegetables

You can keep the high-quality vegetable seeds, sterilize and disinfect the seeds, and inactivate some pathogens present in the seeds. This can reduce some diseases and pests caused by bacteria carried by the seeds during the growth period, and can also prevent the seeds from deteriorating during storage.

How to plant vegetable seeds

Seed growth process: The growth process of green vegetables is the sowing period, germination period, seedling period, growth period and maturity period. After sowing, provide a temperature of 15 to 25 degrees. It will germinate in about 6 days and seedlings will grow after 2 days. Later, the leaves will grow and begin to grow more leaves. They can be eaten after maturity. Appropriate addition of water and fertilizer during the cultivation process is conducive to the growth of green vegetables.

Seed sowing time: Green vegetables can be sown all year round, but the best sowing period is in autumn. Green vegetables are what we commonly call Chinese cabbage, which is easier to survive and can be sown all year round. If sowing in spring, you should choose varieties with strong vitality and cold resistance. In autumn, you should use varieties with good disease resistance. It takes about three months from sowing to harvesting.

Seed planting method: Deeply plow the planting land, apply enough well-rotted farmyard manure, make a 1.5-meter-wide bed, prepare the vegetable seeds, mix them with fine soil and evenly spread them on the bed surface. Cover them with soil slightly after sowing, and spray the topsoil with a spray. The vegetable seeds will germinate in about 3-5 days. Water them after germination to keep the soil moist. The vegetables will grow up in about 15-20 days.