Impatiens Balsamina seeds

► Impatiens Balsamina seeds

► Finding Korean Vegetable Seeds in the US

► Korean Vegetable Seeds

Caring for and Harvesting Balsam Seeds

Water Management : It is important to keep the soil moist so that it does not dry out.

sunlight : After sprouting, it should be grown in a sunny location. 

Harvesting seeds : When the flower withers and the ovary ripens, the seeds burst and fly away, so you can collect the seeds by covering the ovary with an envelope or similar object before it fully ripens, or by picking the ovary just before it bursts.

It is a traditional Korean folk game to pick the petals of a balsam plant grown from seeds, crush them, and then apply the water to your fingernails.

Balsam seeds can be planted in pots or in the field around April or May and grown as plants. If you keep the soil moist and provide enough sunlight, you will see sprouts in 5 to 10 days, and flowers in about 70 days. Before the seeds are fully ripe, the ovaries are covered with an envelope and the seeds are harvested for re-sowing the following year, or used to water nails.