[Homestead] Seed saving 101

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Mar 1 13:03:12 EST 2009


Thanks, Keith. Good stuff.

Happy to know that those rumors of you being eaten by the hogs is  
untrue.

Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com


On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Keith Addison wrote:

> Worth a read - Seed Saving Procedures at Salt Spring Seeds, from
> Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada
> <http://www.seedsanctuary.com/articles/seedsaving.cfm>
>
>
>> 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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Gene GeRue
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