Today’s Article with a short video is on update for my Ashwagandha herbal plant and How to Collect Seeds pods and harvest seeds from Ashwagandha berries. In my previous video on Ashwagandha many months ago, I discussed its care tips and medicinal values. Check that video Here.
Ashwagandha plant, botanically Withania somnifera also called Indian Ginseng, is a medicinal perennial plant. Ashwagandha roots are harvested and used in Ayurveda to cure impotency, boost vigour and immune system and for many other benefits.
I have discussed this in my previous video few months back.
Now this plant, has evolved from a small 6 inch plant few months ago. Then it started flowering and finally produced these seed pods.
Actually these seed pods take a long time from 3 to 4 months to mature. Once these green pods are turning brown and some bright red small cute tomato like structure is visible, you can harvest these ashwagandha seed pods. You can either pluck the pods or even take out the whole branches.
Then peel out the brown dry cover to see the lovely looking Ashwagandha berry. This looks so beautiful and smaller than a cherry tomato and you feel like eating it. Some also call it as Ashwagandha cherry or berry or even winter cherry. And Beware, its not edible. Am not sure whether its poisonous or what compounds it contains. If you know, please mention this in comments below the video.
Well. You can take these berries and first dry them out or even crush them and dry under sunlight for 2 days and harvest ashwagandha seeds. So you will have thousands of seeds from one single plant. I will grow a few more from these seeds and distribute the rest of the seeds to my friends.
You can also harvest the roots of ashwagandha, by removing the plant and cutting out the roots.
So, there we have have it folks, that was a quick update on Ashwagandha seed pod harvesting. Please gimme a thumbs up if you liked it and share the video by clicking on social media icons below.
