this is me saving seeds from my arugula so looking at my arugula I noticed the
stem is starting to elongate that means it's most likely bolting and yes I see
some buds at the top here so for sure it is bolting that's a bud I'm going to go
ahead and let it bolt and collect some seeds from it so that's a close-up of the
buds and you can see the leaves are growing partway up the stem when they
usually just come straight out of the ground so you know it's definitely a
bolting this is what arugula flowers look like there are four petals white
leaves and that's what they look like after a few days they'll continue to
flower get more and more flowers as time goes on and all the plants will begin to
bolt
and now we have some flowers dying off and in that flower you'll begin to
notice these pods tiny thin immature pods that will grow thicker to hold the
seeds
so here we have a close-up of the little immature pods along with the dried
flower closer to the top and then the flowers in bloom right at the top and as
the days go on the process is only about three weeks in total you'll see the pods
thicken and you'll see the seeds kind of forming on the inside you'll notice the
top has a little arrow point that stays flat and it gets these little hairs or
barbs that form downwards when it's ready so look how close to being ready
these guys are potted yellowing the top is so still a little green but the
bottom ones are definitely almost ready and now after a couple days of drying
out in the sun the pods have begun to open by themselves and you see the
exposed seed inside those little yellow seeds the yellow brown ones are ready and
dry the green ones need a few days to dry there's the seeds there and this is
how easy it is to just open up the pod and the seeds just come right out I'll
show you a few of these just because so easy and so much fun
it's really a nice feeling to know that you've grown something from seeds that
you saved the original stock I got was actually donated to my local library
seed bank and so I was able to get the seeds that someone else had saved and
saved them myself to donate back to the seed bank well thanks for watching and
try it out yourself thanks