Spring Onion Seed Saving

spring onion flowering, some have gone to seed

The second season for our spring onion and they have begun to flower. To save the seed wait for the flower heads to almost completely dry (you may lose some seeds but there will still be plenty), we cut the heads off and leave them in a paper envelope for a week or so to dry completely. Shake out the seeds into the envelope.

If any chaff or foreign material gets left with the seed, using two bowls pour the seed from one into the other using a light breeze to separate the chaff from the seeds (this is called winnowing). I store my seeds in an airtight container in the fridge.