I want to plant some dandelions in my garden. How to collect seeds?

"I am a dandelion seed, and the umbrella carries me flying between heaven and earth." When I was a child, I liked dandelion flowers and umbrellas. They were very beautiful. When I grow up, I like the stems, leaves and roots of dandelion. Because I can cook and drink tea, I planted some dandelions in the garden. So, when is the best time for dandelion to pick seeds?

? Hua Yaomei's home is in Eshan, Yuxi, Yunnan, where the seasons are like spring, so dandelions are almost everywhere, regardless of season and soil, whether in hillside fields or rural fields. In my eyes, dandelion is not only a delicious wild vegetable, but also a bitter medicine and aromatic herbal tea. Every year, I often go to the wild to dig dandelions and come back to cook and make tea, and I will wait until the dandelion seeds are ripe before picking them and planting them by sowing. According to the experience of collecting dandelion seeds for many years, I think it is best to collect dandelion seeds in summer and autumn, that is, from June to August.

? If you want to know when dandelion will mature, it depends on its flowers: when the golden disk of dandelion turns into countless small silver umbrellas, it means that dandelion seeds are mature. When the seeds are ripe, they will naturally fall off. When the wind blows, they will fly everywhere. You can pick the seeds at this time. In general, I like to collect dandelion seeds from the middle and late June to the middle and late August. They are full, with few empty shells, dry weather and easy to dry. At the same time, it is best to collect at 9:00- 1 1:30 on sunny days, when the humidity is low and the wind is not strong, which is suitable for collection.

? In addition, collecting dandelion seeds depends on the color. After 10 days of golden flower, observe the color of dandelion seeds, which gradually changes from silvery white to dark brown, indicating that it is mature. You can pinch the seeds with your fingers to see if they are full. When collecting, it is best to take off the whole disk of dandelion and dry it indoors. When the disk is completely opened, blow off the fluff at the tip of the seed while rubbing it, and then wrap it in gauze and dry it for later use.