How to keep the seed of balsam pear

Balsam pear is a vegetable that people often eat in summer. it has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification and can be planted in a warm climate. When there are excellent planting varieties, they can collect and retain seeds by themselves, and they can be replanted next year, which can also ensure the excellent genetic characteristics of the previous generation. The purpose of this article is to introduce you to how to choose to plant melons, how to keep seeds, and how to deal with seeds.

I. isolated pollination

Balsam pear is a cross-pollinated plant, and if you decide which variety to choose to keep the seed, you have to plant these balsam pear plants in an area isolated from other balsam pear. Generally, you can stay away from other balsam pear, or you can set aside a piece of seed land and plant small trees around to isolate the source of pollen. In this way, self-pollination can be ensured and the purity of varieties can be ensured. In addition, when it is hot and rainy, natural pollination and fertilization is poor, so you need to carry out artificial pollination by yourself to ensure that the seeds can be picked.

Second, select species and plants

After planting plants, we should take full care of the growth of each balsam pear as far as possible, so that each tree can grow normally and produce balsam pear for remaining seeds. Generally, balsam pear should be selected from plants with strong growth potential, dark green night and plants that are not harmed by diseases and insect pests. Similarly, not all melons can be reserved as seeds, and large, disease-free, normal and glossy colors must be selected to be suitable for picking and selecting seeds.

III. Seed collection

To choose the seed melon on the healthy plant, generally, after the first two crops of balsam pear are ripe and harvested, the balsam pear is selected in the prosperous period of the plant. When balsam pear grows to medium size, you can choose to keep seed melons, mark them, and then take special care of their growth. When the balsam pear changes color to orange and mature, after the edible period, you can pick the balsam pear, otherwise the excessive maturity will explode. After picking it, take it gently and place the balsam pear together in a cool place for about three days. If the color deepens, it will crack itself so that the seeds are more mature. Then take out all the seeds, then remove the empty, light, too small, deformed and incomplete seeds, and then rinse them in clean water to remove the flesh. Soak in running water for two hours, and finally scrub to remove mucus. Store after drying.

IV. Storage

Sun-dried seeds, the water content is about 15%, and then put the seeds in a plastic bag, less seeds can be sealed and stored in glass jars, or in small plastic bags. If there are many seeds, they can be stored in plastic buckets. But all containers should be clean, disinfected and sterilized before use, can not be breathable, absolutely sealed, pest control can be put in the dry medicine bag.

If you want to leave seeds for balsam pear to be planted or sold, you should first select good melon plants and high-quality melons to keep seeds, pay attention to the correct operation, do not act indiscriminately, pick mature seeds, and do not act too hastily. Then you can do this if you want to keep the seed.