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                        <p>The most common vegetables seeds used  include tomatoes, beans, corn, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, pumpkins,  cucumbers, and zucchini. Vegetables seeds vary in sizes, shapes, and  colors. These seeds become seedlings which are used to produce highly  nutritious vegetables or to extract various types of oil for cooking and  other purposes. Temperature changes affect the plant growth greatly.  The warm season vegetables can be damaged by frost, while the frost  tolerant plants should be cultivated just before the winter time.  Carrot, onion, radish, and lettuce are typically grown in areas with  lower temperatures. Vegetable seeds require right soil temperatures to  thrive or else they will not flourish. Vegetable crops depend on various  factors such as appropriate temperature, photo period, seasonal length,  precipitation amount and distribution.</p>
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            <div align="justify">All the vegetable  crops need suitable growing period before harvest time. Some vegetables  such as beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and others  need two months for proper growth till harvest. Crops such as potatoes,  corn, eggplant, brussels sprouts, cabbage and onions need over three  months before harvest can take place. The geographic region, too, has an  effect upon the seed yield and the quality of the oil which is derived  from the seeds of vegetables. India is one of the largest producers of  vegetables and one of the leading three vegetable seeds producers.</div>
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                        <p><strong>Cultivation</strong><br />
                        The production of vegetable seeds requires  soils with high water holding capacity for ensuring better growth. With  appropriate soil preparation for the various vegetables, the yield is  found to be better. The plants can be grown on raised or flat surfaces.  Soils temperatures can be changed with inputs of organic manure. The  seed beds must be uniform as the vegetable seeds require precision  planting for best performance and uniform development. Vegetable seeds  are propagated through direct drilling or transplantation methods.  Planting at the right time is essential for these crops. Hybrids are  increasingly preferred as they bring uniformity in characteristics to  various plants and increase vigor, but the seeds of these hybrids are  more expensive. Various methods of planting are utilized of which the  following two</p>
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            <p align="justify">are notable. The  &quot;seed-to-seed&quot; method is one which involves planting of the biennial  seed and harvesting of the seed crop the next season. carrots and onions  re typically grown similarly. The other method is the &quot;root-to-seed&quot;  method which involves the planting of the biennial seed and  transplanting of the seed crop in the next season.</p>
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            <p align="justify">Row spacings for the vegetable  seed production differs from the fresh market production. The factors  taken into consideration for growing the plants include provision of  sufficient space for flower development, air movement, machinery  cultivation and harvest operations. The same nutrient requirements as  fresh market crops are recommended for growing vegetable seeds  commercially. Among essential nutrients, boron and molybdenum enable the  optimum nitrogen fixation for legume seed crops. For plant propagation,  fertilizer application at planting and flowering are advised. The  plants are vulnerable to the same insect infestations and diseases as  the fresh market crops. Market crops such as onion, radish, broccoli and  cabbage are harvested prior to the flowering. As a result, they are  grown in areas with cooler temperatures and are unsuited to seed crops.  Seed crops, essentially, require longer periods and warmer temperatures  for maturation.</p>
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