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  • From: su do <speakingbeareturns@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Importance of Seed Saving
  • Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:54:53 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks, Liz. They are not black yet and at closer look they might be just flower bulbs. 


From: Liz <liz@allslash.org>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:03:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Importance of Seed Saving

At 11:23 AM 10/26/2008, you wrote:
>My green leaf lettuce has gone to seed. Can I just take those seeds
>now and plant them? Forgive me if I sound stupid, I'm new at gardening!

If the lettuce is to the point where the seeds have turned black and
are starting to fall off, then yes. In fact, it's likely to reseed on
its own. If what you have is little green globes, those are not seed,
but tiny flower buds. Let it go until you can actually see the black seed.

My lettuce always reseeds itself, but I collect some anyway to have a
wider genetic diversity. The lettuce that comes up on its own is
usually just from one or two plants, but I take seed from all of them
that managed to go to seed. I combine it with seed from the previous
planting so there is year-to-year diversity too. I always have
healthy robust plants, so it must be working.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com

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