Fava beans have seeds, and they usually mature in the spring in June. The color of the seeds is green, and there is usually a hard outer skin on the outside of the seed, which is very protective. Fava bean seeds can be collected either when the pods open naturally and fall to the ground, or when they are ripe and unopened, they can be picked and dried to collect the seeds.

Introduction of Fava Bean Seeds

Fava beans have seeds, generally in the spring of June when the seeds will mature, the color of the seeds is green, generally in the seeds of the external will also have a layer of hard outer skin, has a very good protective effect.

How to save seeds

The seeds of fava beans are grown in the pods, and when you take the seeds, you can pick them directly after the pods are ripe, and then peel the pods to take out the fresh fava bean seeds.

Fava bean seeds can be collected when the pods naturally split to collect the seeds that fall to the ground, or they can be picked when they are ripe and un-split and then dried to collect the seeds.

Fava bean seed propagation

Fava beans can be propagated by seed, but in the planting time is not direct planting, usually in the spring in March, April or fall in October-November planting is the most appropriate, in the planting of a week after the seed will be seedling, in the spring in April and May when the flowering.

Fava bean seed planting method

1, seed treatment: select healthy and full of varieties of fava beans with resistance to collapse, and then in the planting before drying for 2, 3 days, and then soaked in warm water and stirring can be.

2, soil selection: fava beans are generally planted in the terrain is relatively flat place is better, the soil requirements are not very high, generally as long as the fertile breathable can be.

3, planting: fava bean seeds should be planted in a reasonable density, generally in the soil before sowing plus some calcium phosphate fertilizer can be.