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How to Save Pure Heirloom Vegetable Seeds From Your Garden

Cubit's Organic Living » How to: Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds. Saving your own tomato seeds is rather fun and has all sorts of benefits.

Cubit's Organic Living » How to: Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Preserving heirloom seeds, ensuring a supply of your own favourites for next year, helping protect seed diversity, making a giant mess of stinky fermenting goo, it’s all there! It’s also pretty easy. As part of our seed selling business we save fairly large quantities of tomato seed but the process is the same whether you are saving from a pile of heirloom tomatoes or from a paticularily tasty one you just sliced up for lunch. First things first, you need to get your tomato seeds out of the tomato. You can slice them in half, in quarters, scoop some out of the one you’re eating or just use my preferred method: Squishing. Next the seed pulp is ready to be combined with water in a container. Make sure to label each variety as you go as tomato seeds all look very similar and the coloured pulp is going to break down. Place them out of direct sunlight and walk away for a few days. Now things will start to ferment. M.Y.O. – How to Save Tomato Seeds - Simply Living Simply. Heirloom Tomatoes When saving tomato seeds from this year’s harvest for next year’s, you’ll find best results with heirloom tomatoes rather than hybrids (hybrids are typically the ones you purchase in grocery stores and regular greenhouse seedlings).

M.Y.O. – How to Save Tomato Seeds - Simply Living Simply

Once you make your initial purchase of heirlooms, you’ll be able to do this year after year. Farmers markets are a great place to find them. Here’s how you do it: •Cut tomatoes in half then squeeze or scoop out the pulp into a clear glass container (wide mouth mason jar or small bowl for example). Scoop out seeds •Add a couple tablespoons of water (double the amount if there isn’t much juice) then cover jar or container with a piece of cheesecloth (a coffee filter will work well too), secure in place with an elastic band. Place in jar Put on it’s hat •Leave the container to sit at room temperature for about 4 or 5 days until you notice a layer of white scum/mold form on the top (this process is fermenting). Allow to ferment and mold! Rinse, process. How To Save & Store Your Heirloom Garden Seed. If you’ve read anything on my website, you know I’m a huge believer in heirloom gardening.

How To Save & Store Your Heirloom Garden Seed

Just one of the many benefits of heirloom gardening is your ability to save the seed from year to year, saving you money and making you more self-sustainable. (Check out my podcast Intro to Heirloom Gardening to find out while you’ll love them as much as I do) Our Tarheel green beans have been passed down in my family for over 100 years and I’m so excited that I’ve been able to pass them along to you guys in my annual spring giveaway. Seed Starting With The "Baggie Method." When I was ready to sow them using the baggie method I laid them out on a napkin and moistened the napkin with a spray bottle.

Seed Starting With The "Baggie Method."

You want to moisten and not soak your paper napkin to avoid having your seeds get moldy. It's imperative if you're going to start citrus seeds that you sow them immediately because the longer you wait the lower your germination ratio will be. Once I had soaked my citrus seeds overnight and set them on the paper towel which I moistened I folded the napkin in half and set it inside the plastic sandwich bag which I sealed.

Then I found a very warm spot for them in my bedroom. Since it's winter I take advantage of the heater we have running and place my seed baggies near a vent. Growing Beans To Save For Seed. June 1st, 2008 Email 2 users recommend The small white seeds are those of the author's preferred varieties: 'Finaud' (her favorite), 'Nickel', and 'Tavera'.

Growing Beans To Save For Seed

Ruth Lively. How To Get Free Seeds For Your Garden. Starting a garden from seed can be an expensive proposition if you're ordering online and buying from seed catalogs.

How To Get Free Seeds For Your Garden

A handful of harder-to-find heirloom seeds can cost as much as a frou-frou cup of coffee. Factor in shipping charges and you'll be wondering how starting a garden is supposed to save you money. Fortunately, experienced gardeners can be some of the most generous people — especially where seeds are concerned — and they are often willing to part with seeds to help a new gardener. Below are some tips on places you can go online and in real life to get your green thumbs on free garden seeds. Gardening forums When I started my first real outdoor garden, I was lucky enough to have been part of an online forum filled with gardeners who where as generous with their knowledge as they were with the seeds from their gardens. Sometimes gardeners unload excess seeds on newbies for what is known as Self-Addressed Stamped Envelopes offers.