Seed Cleaning 101: Winnowing And Screening

We’ve been cleaning seeds like there is no tomorrow!

Basically, because we need to get out of greenhouse (where we clean seeds) and into the seed shack to get germ testing and seed packing so we’re ready to ship in December!

Here are the basic steps we use for most of our seed cleaning.

Dirty Seed

What kind of seed is that exactly?

The Winnowing Setup

We use two fans because we get more wind settings.

Winnowing

Such great form!

Seed Is Getting Cleaner

And Some Screening

Sunflower Seeds!!!!

Let’s see that all in action!!!

How’s your seed cleaning going?


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