3,232. Produce That Can Be Planted for Its Vegetables or for Its Seed

Terumos 2:4

Fenugreek leaves, mustard seed, white beans, capers and the bark of caper are exempt from tithes because they’re not produce. This is the case when they were planted for seed; if they were planted for their vegetables, then they must be tithed. One must tithe caper berries, which are produce.

Terumos 2:5

If coriander was planted for seed, its vegetable is exempt from terumos and maaseros. If it was planted as a vegetable, then terumos and maaseros must be taken from both the vegetables and the seed. Similarly, if dill was planted for seed, its vegetable need not be tithed; if it was planted for the vegetable, then terumos and maaseros must be taken from both the vegetables and the seed. The pods are not tithed. If one planted it for the pods, then he must take terumos and maaseros from the vegetables, the seed and the pods. Similarly, if garden cress and nasturtium are planted as vegetables, both the seed and the vegetables must be tithed. Tithing both the seed and the vegetables means that if he gathered the vegetables for eating, he must take terumah and maaser before eating them. When he lets the vegetable dry for its seeds, which he then gathers, he then takes these tithes from the seed.