Saving Basil Seeds - How to Harvest, Separate, and Clean Them.

Basil seeds can be a bit of a pain to save unless you know how. They are surrounded by the plant material of the flower head. It's kind of like a loosely formed husk. Once the flower heads are dry though, the seeds will fall out fairly easily. It's separating the seeds from the chaff that can be a bit hard to figure out if you've never done it. A simple strainer makes that a breeze.

[emilycenatiempo]

Thanks for the video. Now I’m ready to clean up my basil seeds. Glad I took the time to gather them last year.

You can take your extra basil seeds and grow micro greens with them in the winter.

[FrogsForBreakfast]

Gently blowing the seeds to remove husk debris is called winnowing. I needed this step to use the seeds in fancy drinks 😊 Thanks!

[ConnectionEnergyOfficial]

Thanks!! Easy and straight to the point!
Successfully harvested seed for the first time from basil

[meganmcgough]

I just moved to a house that has an overgrown basil plant. This video was so helpful to me since I have no prior knowledge of basil plants. Thank you!

[janetang]

best video for cleaning up. i really like to save just the seeds and not the whole bunch of the pods so it was deiving me crazy yesterday using tweezers. now i know how. thanks

[CVoyage]

Love the winnowing technique! Great video again Jim!

[Mrsnufleupagus]

Easy peasy!! Saving seeds is strangely fun. You are smarter than I!! I used a red solo cup and blew the chef right into my eyes, lol. Have a great weekend:))

[sporter]

I love that a person can do this without buying any fancy do-dads 😊. Thank you!

[michellewelch]

Thank you! I was getting tired of the little pokey husks wrecking my fingers. Your method is great, and Im harvesting more seed now!

[fearfullywonderfullife]

This was so simple and exactly what I was looking for!

[BobMelsimpleliving.]

Good instructional video. So you blew a few seeds out of the bowl. Like you said you still have more than you'll need. Have a great day. Best wishes Bob.

[fpsliam]

Thanks for the tips, especially the blowing one

[pattipaquette]

Fantastic idea, great explanation and demo! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[Susq]

This is perfect! I want to share my seeds with friends and needed a faster method.

[PorchGardeningWithPassion]

Thank you for the video. It gave me some good ideas 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

[juliepoolie]

Thank you! I’m anxiously waiting for my basil seed pods to dry on the plant. Hope they dry before our first frost.

[jenniferpocaigue]

I was originally using tweezers to remove seeds from each pod... Thank you for this, it's going much faster now 😁

[CBsGreenhouseandGarden]

Great Basil seed saving info here Jim! Thanks for sharing with us.

[snowstormonsat]

Oh that's awesome. Was sitting here with my bowl of seed husks wondering how to separate.

[teebee]

Thanks for the strainer idea! Good video! Appreciate it.