Today I am going to answer whether or not it is worth it to save seeds from your own garden and how to do it.
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Harvesting two species of seed unfortunately does not make you an expert for this kind of video
I did enjoy your tomato tying and pruning
Love this! Keep up the awesomeness!
Dude how do you keep birds and other wild-life out your garden.. I am in Arizona been 108 still and now like 40 mph wind in afternoon..
Thank you. What a helpful video!
Good tip about not saving seed just yet. I started gardening this year during the pandemic and I am already making my own indoor seedlings. I am probably overdoing it. Lol.
James I love all of the seed companies you mentioned, and many more! I order from numerous seed companies every year but also order primarily with an eye to being able to save seeds from open pollinated varieties. Proponents of land race gardening actually welcome the saving of hybrid seeds, but they also grow seeds out season after season and continually select out those plants which do best in their own micro climate. Note that this is basically how we selected and established heirloom varieties in the past anyway. Individual gardeners and farmers grew out crops and saved seeds from their best plants, which of course then 'hybridized' naturally with each other over the years until they were relatively stable, where seeds from last year would result in plants that were fairly similar this year. It's all a matter of assessing your own resources and determining what approach will work in your own food forest.
Great information as usual. Having a go saving seed. Love seeing little tuck. X
I just want to turn your seed world upside down.
I just found out that seeds are a package that contains not only the seed of the plant itself, but also the seed of the microbiome that benefits the plant and protects it from pathogens. Endocytes are seed probiotics that are found within the seed. This is what ferments when you put your seeds in water and sugar, or juice/pulp. I found an article online called "Bacterial Seed Endophytes of Domesticated Cucurbits Antagonize Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens Including Powdery Mildew" (google it download free from NIH). The article shows that the endocytes found within cucurbits seeds are beneficial (melons, squash, etc) and create an environment that is detrimental to fungal and other pathogens.
This has huge implications for how we manage seed production and manage soil. We should be able to produce better seeds with a broader endocyte spectrum for more disease resistant plants. And fewer diseases == higher productivity. In the future I will plant seeds in greater varieties and numbers than I plan to harvest, to optimize endocyte transfer to the soil. Different varieties (summer vs winter), and different plants from the same family, (e.g. cucurbits), should also complement each other's endocyte spectrum.
Fermenting seeds (of the same family) together, prior to planting them, in juice, or water, or water plus sugar) should help share their endocytes prior to planting them. So if you were going to plant some yellow summer squash, you might throw some watermelon, musk melon, winter squash, cucumbers, and pumpkin seeds in the water to ferment with them. Seed fermentation is literally _endocytes reproducing and preparing the seed environment for planting_. Fermenting the seeds together should allows the seeds to share their endocytes to the benefit of all. I will plant them all, but thin the ones I don't want.
Selecting the best and most disease resistant plants to save seeds from is now even more important!
I hope this helps. My creds are a PhD from MIT and former research scientist at Johns Hopkins.
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Lol i learn everything i know about gardening from youtubers ♡ u da best James! Great video!
Catalog season is amazing!
Also, MI gardener is another fantastic channel! You and Luke are both huge inspirations to me!
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Informative!
I bought seed from MIgardener in early june and now (Sept 1), they're still nowhere to be seen and no response from MIg. I'll blame the virus for shipping delays if they eventually show up, but the lack of customer interaction can't be blamed on Rona. 1st potential frost in about 2 weeks!
Here's hoping everyone gets a whopping harvest!
You better be hoarding seeds. Be prepared.
Thx for this. So I've always heard about the hybrid seed issue but my question is this: if you are not supposed to save those seeds, how do they get those seeds to begin with?
I've a question, if anyone can give advice… I took some beefsteak tomato seeds from my garden and somehow, every single seed had a little sprout type thing when I rinsed them after their ferment period. Are these still viable if I dry and chill them or is it too late to save them? On the chance they are still good, I have them drying. I worry that I lost the whole plate of seeds. I might try to plant one up and see what happens. 🙁
I love this garden but i just cant wait until my garden grows back
Another great video. Thanks for all the time snd expertise you share. I’m probably not alone but I just love Tuck and it’s sweet that you have your little buddy alongside you in the videos. I’m poring over that Baker Creek seed catalog you recommended. I hope you have a great Christmas.
It's a little sad that we have to discuss the worth of seed saving, considering not so long ago it was standard practice for every gardener and farmer to save their own seeds, share with neighbors, etc.
If possible, check out seed companies local to your area. They should have seeds optimized to your region. High Mowing Organic Seeds grows their seeds 100% organic, and is a great option for Northeast growers.
Can you suggest where to buy seeds online.
If you really want to do your own seed saving and would like to do it exclusively then you might look up making your own landraces. There's a guy called Joseph Lofthouse that has created some for his area and it's a really cool connection to permaculture
Hi James, where can I find the sun gold cherry seeds? Thanks!
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Worth it! Saves you a lot plus you already know how the plants did