If you have had a good harvest of fennel this year and want to save the seeds from the stalk for planting next time for new shoots, then do it yourself and enjoy harvesting your fennel seeds. Just follow these steps to learn how to harvest fennel seeds easily.
Instructions for harvesting fennel seeds
- To harvest fennel seeds, the first step is to wait for the warmest season of the year to enter. For example, spring or summer, which are the times when the sun shines longer and the night lasts less. During this time the stems of the fennel are already mature enough to harvest the seeds that are in them.
- You should remove the seeds once you see that they have acquired a brown or reddish color. It is important that you do not remove them from the stem while they are green, or it will be difficult for you to plant them later or for them to be useful for other purposes, it is best to cut them at their peak of maturity,before they fall to the ground or spread.
- When harvesting fennel seeds,you must be careful not to forcefully rip them off the stem as this may damage the seed head.
- Take a cutter and with the knife at a little level cut the head separating it from the stem. You’re better off cutting everything past the seed rather than cutting through the seeds to keep them intact.
- The seeds that you collected put them in a container where you can remove all the remains of grass from the fennel stem that remained in them when removing the seeds.
- Once you clean the seeds, put them in a container or tray, preferably with a few sheets of paper on top of the tray or bowl so that you empty the seeds on the paper and leave this tray in a dry and ventilated place so that the seeds lose all moisture.
- You can put these dry seeds in a paper bag and save them to sow during your next sowing or eat them.
What do you need to harvest fennel seeds?
- Sheets
- Tray or bowl
- Cutter or cutter to separate the seeds from the stem
Tips for Harvesting Fennel Seeds
- Rub the seeds between your hands to remove any plant debris that sticks to them.
- It is not recommended that you store the seeds in a glass jar while they are still moist because they could rot when inside a jar with little or no ventilation.
