How To Save And Store Carrot Seeds

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10:27:00

Year of Production: 

2022

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The Ripe Tomato Farms
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Because the quality and carrot quantity depend on the quality of seeds used for planting, one should save and store for continuous growing on the farm. As carrots are biennial plants that they take 2 years to complete their life cycle of growth, flowering and going to seed, flowering takes place in second year and one should use health carrot plants for health seeds. Carrots grow best in full sun and rich well drained, pH neutral soils fre of impendiments and debris.

Seed management

First, seeds are planted right at surface and grow quickly once germinate and carrots are planted in summer and vernalisation takes place next summer. Harvest carrots, cut off heads leaving foliage intact, preserve it in fridge over winter to plant it for seeds in the following spring for new plants.
Similarly, carrot flowers  are known as compound umble as they have many other flowers and farmer should ensure proper pollination of flowers by planting near each other. Flowers form a bird nest form and turn brown in weeks which are then cut off and dried indoors and farmer should avoid rains.
Harvest seeds daily until you finish and collect them of the same dryness, stage and development and once brownish and crispy, dry seed heads intact further indoors for a month. Agitate the seed heads to remove seeds and sieve them to clean.
Finally, store tseeds in jars or plastic containers in cool dry dark location.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0002:10Carrots are biennial plants.
02:1102:46Flowering takes place in second year of carrot growth.
02:4702:57Use health carrot plants for health seeds.
02:5803:04Carrots grow best in full sun and rich well drained, pH neutral soils.
03:0503:46Seeds are planted right as surface and grow quickly once they germinate.
03:4704:25Carrots are planted in summer and vernalisation take place next summer.
04:2605:00Harvest carrots, cut off head leaving foliage intact and preserve it.
05:0106:11Carrot flowers are compound umble.
06:1206:41Ensure proper pollination of flowers.
06:4207:50Flowers form a bird nest form and turn brown in weeks.
07:5108:04Cut off brown flowers and dry them indoors and avoid rains.
08:0508:11Harvest seeds daily until you finish.
08:1208:24Collect seeds of same dryness, stage and development.
08:2508:34Once brownish and crispy, dry seed heads intact further indoors for a month.
08:3509:11Agitate seed heads to remove seeds and sieve them.
09:1209:56Store seed jars or plastic containers in cool, dry dark location.
09:5710:27Summary

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