[Homestead] Seed saving 101
Keith Addison
keith at journeytoforever.org
Sat Feb 28 12:28:44 EST 2009
Greetings Bev
Lisa Erwin has produced a useful guide to seed saving for community
food security. Particulars about seed sources and regional growing
notes apply to the U.S., but the guide will be useful anywhere. Free
download - there's a PDF version here:
<http://mindspinner.net/docs/SeedSaving1-0.pdf> (344 kb, 48 pages)
and an editable Word version here:
<http://mindspinner.net/docs/SeedSaving1-0.doc> (476 kb). Anyone is
free to revise in order to customize the doc for a particular region.
Hope it helps - all best
Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
http://journeytoforever.org/
>I don't save as much seed as I could. I think that in the future it
>will be even more important to save seed, because I am increasingly
>distrustful of seed companies in general. I'd like to hear how some of
>you save seed from things like the brassicas or radishes. Do you use
>paper bags? How do you affix the bag? Do you bend the stem or leave it
>upright? How do you judge when the to put the bag on? When I have
>tried this in the past, I have mis-timed the seed ripening and put the
>bag on too early. Does anyone use plastic instead of paper? It would
>be nice to see the seed/flower through the bag, but I think the
>greenhouse effect might generate too much heat and moisture. '
>So, if anyone is up for writing up a Seed Saving 101 tutorial, I'd love it.
>Obviously, I save my tomato, peppers, squash, beans, sunflowers, and
>corn seeds...large seeds, no problema. It is the small seeds that give
>me pause.
>
>Also, I'd like to hear how people store their seeds from year to year.
>
>Bev
>--
>I am having an out-of-money experience.
>EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA
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