Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Gold Sesame
Sesamum indicum · Gold Sesame
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Gold Sesame develops pods whose dry seed turns golden brown.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water moderately while establishing, then avoid overwatering. Allow the soil surface to dry.
Soil & drainage
Warm, freely draining soil; this crop does not need a rich, heavily fertilized bed.
Fertilizer
Do not apply fertilizer for this crop; rich feeding is not needed. Prioritize warmth and drainage.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Start with warmth and transplant after nights stay above about 10°C. A long warm season is needed for seed.
Harvest
Collect ripening seed pods as they dry, before they split and scatter. Finish drying in a clean, airy place.
Through the seasons
Do not add fertilizer simply because the plant is a vegetable crop. Keep drying pods protected from autumn rain.
When your plant needs help
- Keep the crop warm and avoid fertilizer; collect mature drying pods before their seeds shed.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.