savings seeds is SO important. I can’t stress the importance enough. In this episode I will give you 3 reasons why it is so important.
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savings seeds is SO important. I can’t stress the importance enough. In this episode I will give you 3 reasons why it is so important.
I enjoy all of your videos.were can I find Luffa seeds
Another big point of seed saving is that the plants acclimate to your climate and will grow better there year after year. Also, free seeds!
I"ve thought about saving seeds, but I"m concerned about cross pollination and the next generation from saved seeds not growing true to the original plant.
I will only save seed when I know chances were slim that they cross pollinated, for a favored variety. A case in point. I bought yellow stuffer seeds from you to grow as a novelty, and they turned out red and orange striped. This is why I won't plant/save seeds from some guys back yard if many other same family varieties, and gardens are near by. Unless they are protected from cross pollination.
I love saving seeds. Don't they adapt to your climate?
I hate kale. But it's a good argument for saving seeds.
I found a gallon jar that I put seed packets in back in the 1990’s: I couldn’t bring myself to toss them. I’m going to experiment with a few using the paper to wowed in a lunch bag method; to see if they sprout. I’ll let you know how that turns out. I saved a few seeds this year because the variety of peppers I love is very high priced and sells out quick, shishito peppers are too yummy to do without. God bless.❤
I do have a special way of seed saving: We store tomatoes, which we didn't or couldn't sell, till late into fall or even winter. Of course, a good number go bad and are not edible anymore. These I throw out in places around our vegetable fields where they will not be in the way – the following season while not all of them will produce anything, we get a good number of tomato plants which I did not have to plant. Additional benefit, you can tell which varieties are successful.
Seed saving is both the final and first step of gardening! It absolutely counts! It all begins and ends with the seeds, baby!
I started saving my zinnia seeds last year. I planted them in the spring along the south side of my 50' long garden. And I've done the same this year so I will have enough zinnias and marigolds for my garden and my daughters garden come spring of 2023.and they are Free!
There are some libraries that maintain seeds in those old wooden card catalogues so tge public can try new varieties. All are encouraged to donate and replicate the seeds to give back to the library.
I would love to write you an email about how much y'all have helped me, and some ways I am sharing seeds with others. It is amazing to see the plants my friends are growing from seeds from my garden!
I love saving my seeds ❤
Would love to save some pepper varieties but cannot plant them 300 ft apart. Also would be balm do well mixed in with pumpkins to attract pollinators ??!!
If you plant one tomato seed, that seed can turn into a tomato plant that might produce 20 tomatoes. Each of those tomatoes might contain 150 seeds. That's 3,000 seeds from one seed. Plus the 20 tomatoes you got to eat.
The next year, you plant those 3,000 seeds and maybe 1,500 will sprout. Now after just one season, you have 1,500 tomato plants, each producing 20 tomatoes, each with 150 seeds. All from one seed. This is a testament to the abundance of nature!
Seed saving is simply bringing the gardening cycle full circle.
The other thing is that with plants grown successfully in your area , the seeds you save will genetically adjust for your area every year you plant them, right?
Thanks for a great show❤️
Swiss Chard. I brought some of the plants indoors with the idea of harvesting seeds this spring. Do I need to put them under grow lights? Will a window sill do? Should I keep them in darkness? Do they need to experience cold weather to sprout seeds? Any suggestions on how to store the chard or get it to sprout seeds would be appreciated.
Amazing message! Also your MIGardner seed packet design is the best. The back of the envelope is way more detailed/helpful than other seed brands. Cheers!
You're also adapting your seeds to your bioregion every year you save them.
Tried to save some tomato seeds according to the method you demonstrated in a recent video but in addition to beginning to ferment, they also sprouted. What can you advise?
Question: Are there plants that do not produce seeds that match the quality of the parent plant? I understood that often you get poor quality in the offspring. I was always afraid that I would get a bad year because my offspring seeds were not true to the parent plant and wasting a whole year was too risky. I have a very small garden so not a lot of room to plant variety.
Luke, your accent is so fun to listen to! Y’all talk so different from us in the South. Thx for great gardening videos.
I have Allium Forestii. Try finding that. I've been cloning it. No luck getting seed. That may be because I don't have two plants, just a lot of clones. Bad luck there. If I get seed, Ill let you know.
You are so wholesome Luke. Bless you
Absolutely, seed-saving is fun. Some seeds are just weird, like the ones for calendula. The first year I grow new seeds, the plants do ok, but they grow a little better the following year with the seeds I saved. Adaptation not only to my grow zone, but also to my hyperlocal area (up on a hill) and to my soils. It’s like having extra money in the bank.