Good way to clean basil seeds?

Neohippie · December 3, 2011

I'm trying to save some basil seeds, and I was wondering if anyone had a clever method to remove the seeds from the little "capsules" they come in. (Hopefully y'all know what I mean. Looks like there's 4 seeds closed up in each little "husk" I stripped off the plant.)

I let them dry completely and stripped them off the stem, and then started rubbing them and scrunching them in my hands to see if the seeds would just pop out. A few did, but most of them are still tightly enclosed, and the rubbing seems to only smoosh the outsides of the capsules tighter around the seeds.

It's a bit tedious to pop each one open individually, so I was hoping someone knew an easier way.

December 3, 2011	#1
Neohippie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: San Marcos, Texas Posts: 77	Good way to clean basil seeds? I'm trying to save some basil seeds, and I was wondering if anyone had a clever method to remove the seeds from the little "capsules" they come in. (Hopefully y'all know what I mean. Looks like there's 4 seeds closed up in each little "husk" I stripped off the plant.) I let them dry completely and stripped them off the stem, and then started rubbing them and scrunching them in my hands to see if the seeds would just pop out. A few did, but most of them are still tightly enclosed, and the rubbing seems to only smoosh the outsides of the capsules tighter around the seeds. It's a bit tedious to pop each one open individually, so I was hoping someone knew an easier way.