Saving Basil Seeds A Few Options

Herb: Basil plant before flowering/seeding

Basil plant flowered and seeding.

 

The other day I harvested some basil seed clusters.

This morning I took some pictures of the little openings of the Basil seed clusters to see parts of some of the Basil's seeds.  The seeds are usually black color sometimes brown. 

Can you see

 part of the seeds in their clusters 

in the pictures below?

I noticed when gathering the basil seeds 

that there are about 4 seeds per individual cluster.

Sometimes the when the clusters are green the seeds might not be developed fully yet, or they fell out of their clusters since the green leafy part is not closed as much as when the leaves had turned brown and dry. Or so it seems.

Basil seed clusters on stems with leaves.
If you save your basil seeds by leaving
 them on the stems in their clusters,
store them where any seeds that
fall out of their cluster can be collected. 

If you don't want to leave the seed clusters on their stems 

you can cut the stem area of each cluster 

and store the seed clusters in a container. 

Some Basil seeds with their clusters
in container and on their stems.

 You can also (especially if you don't have 

much space to put seed containers) 

Basil seeds without or with their seed clusters.

You can remove the seeds from their clusters,

this will enable you to use a 

smaller seed saving container.

Basil seeds without seed their clusters.

Think it through
how you want to store your basil seeds
until planting them.

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by Nell Sapp