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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:40:11 -0400

An interesting resource for the market growers that wants to save seeds
is Dan Brisebois' blog:

http://goingtoseed.wordpress.com/


He goes into a *lots* of details about his method for saving seeds.


On 11-07-28 11:06 PM, Shawnee Flowerfarmer wrote:
> I don't have specific resources to recommend...that would depend on the
> seed you anticipate saving. It's always challenging to get a seed crop
> gathered at the optimum point, processed/dried, and into storage (for me
> anyway) because I am usually harvesting the commercial crop at the same
> time. I do germination tests in the winter and note that viability is
> directly related to how carefully I've handled the seed. I know that I
> am more successful (success= good germination rates) when I have
> allocated a certain area or group of plants for seed and grown them for
> that purpose, harvested the seed at its "fattest" and then
> processed/cleaned/winnowed it as fast as possible and put it into the
> driest and coldest storage I have. Simply separating a portion of the
> cash crop (assuming the cash crop is also seed) for future seed use
> works, but the germination rate will be a bit lower and that may be ok
> as long as I know the approximate germination rate and sow accordingly
> in the next season.
> Gives a person a headache to think of all this fiddly stuff and makes me
> understand why seed is so expensive even when I resent the costs.
> Shawnee
> zone 5
>
> From: mdbrabo AT att.net
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:09:53 -0500
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry
>
> Shawnee,
> Recommended resources for improving our harvest processes and storage
> standards?
> Thanks,
> Mike
> Vesterbrook Farm - Certified Naturally Grown
> Clarksville, Missouri - Mississippi River Bluffs, Zone 6
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Shawnee Flowerfarmer wrote:
>
> In my experience, stringent harvest processes and storage standards
> are key to germination rates.
>
> Shawnee,
> zone 5
>
> From: mdbrabo AT att.net <mailto:mdbrabo AT att.net>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:00:09 -0500
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> <mailto:market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry
>
> Quite an interesting article:
>
> http://www.seedbuzz.com/knowledge-center/article/visualizing-consolidation-in-the-global-seed-industry-1996%E2%80%932008
>
> How many of you are successfully saving seed, thus controlling input
> costs?
> We've been saving a greater number of our seed strains but continue
> to have lower germination rates. Suggestions for overcoming poor
> germination rates?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> Vesterbrook Farm
> Certified Naturally Grown
> Clarksville, Missouri - Mississippi River Bluffs, Zone 6
>
>
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