Selecting viable castor oil seeds for planting

SELECTING CASTOR OIL SEEDS FOR
Buy your castor seed from a reliable and experienced castor seed multiplier.
What to look for in seed to be planted: Seed should be healthy, smooth, shinning and bright in colour.
It must not be broken or have hole, your seed should be full of life.
Do not use seed shelled with machine Sheller, most of such seed are cheap, sold in kilogram but short of life due to mechanical stress and accident.
Good seed are castor seed shelled naturally with sunshine and carefully remove manually by hand shelling.
Seed are carefully selected and counted for planting. When planting, do your planting not more than one inch inside the soil, if it is planted too deep in the soil, seed may decay before sprouting. It is better to spray your herbicides same day. This will keep you farm clean for up to 4 weeks after sprouting. Allow all the shapes of the leafs to shoot out properly before doing the next weeding or spraying herbicide.