Different plants produce different kinds of seeds. Seeds come in all different kinds of shapes and sizes. We’ve outlined what a few different seeds look to improve your plant knowledge.
Lettuce Seeds
Lettuce seeds come in a variety of colours including black, white and brown. They are small and oval in size. There are on average 700-1000 seeds per gram.
Beet/Swiss Chard Seeds
Beet and Swiss chard are in the same family of vegetables. They are compound seeds, which mean there are actually multiple “seeds” attached to a single unit. There are on average 100 seeds per gram.
Beans/Peas/Corn Seeds
Beans, peas, and corn have seeds that are widely recognized, since it is the immature seed that we typically eat as part of the vegetable. To harvest bean/pea/corn seeds, wait until after the main eating season is over, generally when the pods/husks start to turn brown or dry up.
Onion Seeds
Onion seeds are generally small, black and oval in shape. They are produced by in abundance when a plant sends up a long flower stalk. They are easy to save when the flowers begin to dry up and the seeds loosen up inside.
Broccoli Seeds
Broccoli seeds are small, smooth, dark, and round. Like other members in the brassica family (including cabbage, cauliflower, and kale), broccoli seeds, most brassicas are biennials, producing seed in the second year of growing.
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