I probably tricked them. The white carrot seed I saved was from several plants with hoplessly twisted roots (hence didn't get harvested) that were started in my infamous tubes in January. The plant though it was in its second year and bolted to seed, a LOT of seed. The seed stayed on the brown and dried tops for weeks. I just put several tops in a paper bag and whacked it around and got half a cup of seeds.
Last year I saved seeds from my brocoli, several kinds of kale, mizuna, corn salad, arugula, tsa-tsoi, turnips, parsnips, beets (a very few), onions, several kinds of radishes, several kinds of lettuce and a few other small seeded plants. I found the key was to plan ahead and leave a square foot or two of a plant where it can hang around undisturbed.
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