Harvest time of snow lotus seeds

Harvest the seeds after they are mature. Generally, snow lotus takes about a month and a half from pollination to seed maturation. When you see the skin of snow lotus seed, it becomes translucent, and you can vaguely see the seed, it means that it is about to mature. At this time, the leaf pedicle will wither slowly and can be picked off

Note that if the climate is very dry, the seed pods of snow lotus may crack, so that the seeds will be exposed, making it too late to harvest. If you can't harvest the seeds in time, you should wrap them in a bag in advance to prevent the seeds from falling

Harvesting method of snow lotus seeds

Harvest the seeds of Saussurea involucrata. If you harvest them in advance, the seeds may not mature. Put them in use and slowly kill them, and the seeds can mature slowly

Dried seed pods will slowly crack and expose seeds

Observation on the seeds of Saussurea involucrata

In fact, if you have the experience of collecting seeds, you will know that the seed pod of Saussurea involucrata has five pistils, and there are seeds in each valve

If the pollination is not successful, the seed pod will be very dry, with no or only a small amount of seeds in it and more seed coat

The seeds of Saussurea involucrata are relatively unique wine red and relatively large

To separate the seed and seed coat, you can put the seed on a piece of white paper, tilt the paper and gently tap the paper. The mature seed is relatively heavy and the seed coat is relatively light, so you can separate the seed and seed coat

Just collect the separated seeds< span>