Comments on: Seed Saving 101: 10 Things to Know If You Want to Start Saving Seeds

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:41:49 +0000

In reply to Russell Crow. Refrigeration also works to keep seeds dormant. You could inform your intended recipient to plant seed immediately upon receiving the seed you send by mail or insulating the package well, into which you have included a freezer pack. These are very careful methods. The enemy, by far, is MOISTURE.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:28:05 +0000

In reply to Robert Markwell. You could ask your customers to save the seeds in the melons you give away or simply keep them all, harvest your own seeds and sell the melon flesh. The later is not going to fly as well. You have worked hard to raise your own precious seed strain. I would simply bite the bullet and keep my acclimated seed. Don’t give your secret away if you don’t have to. Don’t let in any foreign strain.

By: Robert Markwell

Robert Markwell — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 04:10:00 +0000

I know this post is over a year old, but maybe you can help point me in the right direction. I live on 3 acres that is surrounded by corn, wheat, and beets. I grow piel de sapo wonderfully. Big juicy melons. I sell em for $2 a piece, and sell out just to my neighbors. they say it tastes like sugar is added. How ever I want to cultivate an acre that is just weeds. I don’t have enough seeds from the ones I’ve grown here for 4 years. So the question is will I mess up these beautiful melons that are acclimated by buying new seeds and mixing the strains. Im on my 4th generation from growing seeds that came from a melon I bought at a fruit stand 4 states away. I’m just looking for some pro’s and con’s

By: Marlaena Herbert

Marlaena Herbert — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:44:07 +0000

This information is great. I planted some purple sprouting broccoli cant remember when harvested the heads and left some to flower, which subsequently turned into seeds. I planted some of the seeds last week in a raised bed to see if I can get another crop as the initial crop was grown in a pot on my balcony hopefully ill get more as it was so sweet and tasty ? happy growing ??

By: Russell Crow

Russell Crow — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:35:48 +0000

Throughly dried seed can also be stored in Jars, ziploc baggies or paper coin envelopes and stored in a freezer. Now we are talking about adding decades to a seeds viability. However when you want to remove your seed to share and send to someone else or to plant in your own garden. Always allow the seeds and the container they are in to warm naturally to room temperature before opening the container. Frozen seed suddenly expose to warmer air what ever it’s humidity level is can destroy the viablility of that seed. The larger the container the longer you wait for the seed it contains to warm. Don’t try to rush the process either by putting seeds in an oven or micro wave.

By: Sokolva

Sokolva — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:38:57 +0000

In reply to Jenny Smith. From what I looked up on Oxheart Tomatoes, they are considered an heirloom and very established variety of tomato that has been around a while. This should mean the seed genetics are very stable and if you save the seeds and replant them you will get Oxheart Tomatoes again the next time you plant them! That is definitely why I love heirlooms.

By: Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:15:06 +0000

I planted ox heart tomatoes this year and have fell in love with them. If I dry the seeds and plant next year will they be the same type tomato. I ask because I’ve had self seeded plants (seeds that have grown from lying in soil from last year) and all I get is small cherry ones. Thank you.

By: susan gortva

susan gortva — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:23:01 +0000

love all this information. thank you