The seed is our first weapon in gardening. Good seed quality will affect the performance of the plant when large. There are many parameters which usually serve as measure of good and whether the seed that we have, as much as possible the seeds we sow we must ensure quality.
The following terms in the packaging of the seeds that you can consider:
1. Seeds germination
Is the term used to measure how much seed to grow, usually in units of percent. If the packaging of the seeds in the listed numbers are 80%, this means that from for example 100 seeds sown, there are about 80 seeds that will grow. In this case, look for the seeds with growing reach 90% more that you get enough seed candidate for Your land.
2. Purity of Seed
The purity of the seed is a term to describe how big a mix of other types in the packaging of a type of seed plants. For example there is A producer of tomato production in the packaging of seed purity reached 95 %, this indicates that there is about a 5% chance of a seed from the other types of tomatoes.
3. Expiry date of the seed
The expiry date of the seed is a sign for consumers to limit use of the seed before a certain time. For example, the expiry date is on 10 may 2016, this means you must immediately sow seeds before the May 10 206 in order to obtain good daya growing assurance according the manufacturer's promises. The expiry date is very important when you want to be buying seeds. Horticultural seeds usually have a power save seed between 6-12 months.
Well, once you understand some things over. There are other things that you know, that is how to save the good seed so that the seed can have good quality within a certain period after opened from the package. Because usually influence the surrounding environment will also influence the quality of your seed. Here's how to save the good seed you can do at home:
1. Prepare a jar or other container, made of plastic or glass.
2. Open the packaging of seeds and use as needed, the rest enter the seed into the jar or container is closed.
3. Store in a place with a room temperature and keep far of the reach of children or rain water.
With the way, hopefully the seeds will be maintained in accordance with the quality label on the packaging of the seed.
May be useful and happy gardening