The invention discloses a seed selection device and method for
leafy vegetables in hot season shortage periods and belongs to the technical field of
leafy vegetable seed selection in hot season shortage periods. The device comprises a seed selection box, a driving mechanism is arranged on the inner side of the lower end of the seed selection box; the driving mechanism comprises a first driving motor, a
cam, a
pulley, a mounting base, a push rod, a telescopic spring and a positioning plate, one end of the push rod penetrates through the positioning plate and a collecting tank which are arrangedfrom bottom to top to be mounted on a filter screen, a drainage
pipe is arranged at the lower end of the collecting tank, and one end of the drainage
pipe is located above an oval screening
barrel. According to the invention, the driving mechanism continuously shakes the filter screen; the seeds can pass through the filter screen and fall into the collecting tank; the seeds enter the oval screening
barrel through a second feeding port, the oval screening
barrel rotates to enable the seeds to continuously roll over, the unqualified small seeds fall into a collecting box through the screening holes, the qualified seeds are left in the oval screening barrel, manual intervention is not needed in the whole operation process, the labor intensity is low, and the seed selection efficiency is high.