Comments on: Easy Plants for Seed Saving

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:21:10 +0000

Hello Adam,

Here is a good and free seed saving guide for beginners:

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginstructions.doc

By: adam muhammad

adam muhammad — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:20:40 +0000

Dear Sir,
Please Sir we want to get an information on the best and easiest procedure to produce/obtain the seeds of carrots and cabbages and chinesse cabbage.
l’ll be very greatful to receive your quick responce.
Yours Faithfully,
Adam muhammad.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:30:30 +0000

Your blog looks pretty nice too! I’m going to spend some more time looking at it later.

As far as self seeding parsnips goes, I have never tried, but I suspect it would work. They are more like a weed anyway.

There is a variety that grows wild around my garden, probably because it escaped from someones garden. I think there is a greater chance it will escape from your garden than be unable to self seed.

By: Ottawa Gardnener

Ottawa Gardnener — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:04:25 +0000

I love your website!

I am interested in trying to create a self seeding bed of parsnips. Have you ever tried this? (there is a post about this on my blog above) but I am worried that perhaps the timing would not work in zone 5a – they would not get big enough to pull at the right time. Also, they would not be rotated, but I have yet to decide if I will be concerned about this. I have seen some posts in the far north of self seeding parsnips.

By: Misshathorn

Misshathorn — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:04:55 +0000

I’ve just put a picture on my blog of the ‘True Red Cranberry’ Bean. They are just about the same size and colour as a cranberry. I got them from Prairie seeds, but he just sent a few last year as they weren’t going to be for sale. I notice that they are not on his list for this year so I’m glad I saved some seeds. I should have some this autumn if all goes well.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:54:49 +0000

Hi Misshathorn,

That all sounds great!

I didn’t want to get into it (this was supposed to be an introductory post), but yes indeed if you live in a climate that is too cold for biennials to survive the winter that’s what you do — dig them up and store them indoors in sand for the winter, then replant them in the spring. Your beets should do fine if you replant them in the spring. 6 or so is a good number.

I grew Lutz beets a few years ago, and they didn’t stand out as being special. You are making me want to try them again. I like beets.

I tried to grow Minnesota Cranberry this year, but the seeds didn’t germinate. It is a semi-pole bean (a bush bean with a vining habit). It’s supposed to be a very nice bean. Unless the bean you grew was this one, I don’t recognize it. I would be interested in trying it when you have enough seeds to share.

By: Misshathorn

Misshathorn — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:04:51 +0000

Hello bifurcated
Yes, this is something that I’ve been working up to. I saved the seed of the ‘True Cranberry Pole Bean’ this year and when I grow it on next year I should get enough to start swapping. Last year I saved some squash ‘Blue Hubbard’ which I think I will try growing this year just to make sure it has come true. This year I had great success with ‘Lutz Winter Keeper’ beetroot (did you see the blind taste test experiment – Oct.15th?), but I dug them all up and have them stored in sand. Do you think that I could choose half a dozen fine specimens and replant them in the spring to grow on for seed?