• Harvest the crop, when the capsules turn yellowish by pulling out the plants.
• Harvest during the morning hours.
• Cut the root portion and stack the plants in bundles for 3-4 days when the leaves will fall off.
• Spread in the sun and beat with sticks to break open the capsules.
• Repeat this for 3 days.
• Preserve seeds collected during the first day for seed purposes.
• Clean and dry in sun for about 7 days before storing.

Post Harvest

Storage of seeds
• By keeping sesame seeds in polybags, tin bins, wooden receptacles or in earthen pots, the viability can be maintained for about one year.
• Admixture of seeds with ash will drastically reduce germination.