How to Save Your Seeds. I think the practice of saving seeds is due for a revival.
Seed saving is rewarding in so many ways. It’s very easy. If you find yourself smitten by it, there are ways you can get more expert about it. However, even a little seed saving is an empowering and powerful thing to do. Basics What you basically do when you save seeds is this: you go to the seeds when they are ready and get them; you make sure they’re really dry, and then you store them. It’s as simple as that but … Getting good seeds at the right time involves knowing the usual life cycle of a plant and whether a seed will stay true.
You can gather them in different ways such as plucking, rubbing, shaking or grabbing. Making sure seeds are dry enough means having a good drying space for them. Storing seeds well involves having appropriate labels and containers for them. Plant Types and Specifics Plants are annual, biennial or perennial. ~Annual plants (such as lettuce and tomatoes) flower and mature seed in the same year. Lettuce. 10 Best Heirloom Seed Companies Selected By Readers. © MrBrownThumb When I set out to publish the post on seed sources for foodies, Kitchen Gardeners, and Chefs I did not intend to create an all-inclusive list of seed sources.
I thought I would just highlight four of them, and maybe TreeHugger readers would find one they had not heard of before. I expected the post would be well-received because of the seed companies that I chose. What I did not expect was the reaction from TreeHugger readers in the comments of the post, TreeHugger's Facebook Page, my Facebook page, and my Twitter account. Almost immediately, I started seeing comments pointing out that I had "forgotten" this or that heirloom seed company. Seed Saving Organizations Seed saving organizations are slightly different from seed companies. 1. The most popular suggestion for inclusion was Seed Savers Exchange. 2. The Kusa Seed Society's mission statement states its purpose as being to increase humanity's knowledge and understanding of our connection to edible seed crops.
Survival Seeds Vault. Seeds may become more valuable than GOLD in an economic collapse...
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