Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Seed saving is complicated but here's the best, most reliable source for
all the how-to. It's worth its weight in gold.

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
several new & used copies at
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paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 9/3/2007 at 1:51 PM Dieter Brand wrote:

>This could be a good topic for discussion. I’m sure professionals
>  working for seed companies have a lot of knowledge and skills the
average
>  gardener or farmer is woefully ignorant of (I’m talking especially of
>myself
>  here).
>
>  Only the other day I was wondering about saving asparagus seeds. It is
>  obvious that I would harvest seeds from the plant that produced the
>largest
>  number of colossal-grade spears. But should I harvest the spears for
>  consumption as usual, or should I let them grow so as not to weaken the
>  plant? Also, can I harvest seeds already in the second year, or should
>  I wait until the plant has matured after 3 to 5 years?
>
>  I’m sure there are lots of things one needs to know for harvesting
seeds.
>  Each type of plant probably has its own challenges.
>
>  Dieter Brand
>  Portugal
>