Connecting Seed Savers groups located in Australia
Botanical name (Genus species): Pisum sativumAlso known as: Snow peas, snap peas, podding peas, shelling peas, dwarf or bush peas, climbing peas. Planting: What do we need to know before planting for seed production? Pollination method: Peas are self-pollinating. Their flowers never…
Botanical name (Genus species): Lactuca sativa Planting: What do we need to know before planting for seed production? Pollination method: Lettuce is self-pollinating so we don’t need to do anything to ensure that the seed produced will be true-to-type. Isolation distance: Try to…
Botanical name: Phaseolus species; Vicia species; Vigna species; Glycine species. Also known as: French beans, climbing beans, bush or dwarf beans; Runner beans; Tepary beans; Lima beans; Snake or yardlong beans; Cowpeas or Black-eyed beans/peas; Adzuki beans; Mung beans; Soybeans and Broadbeans. Planting: What do we need to know…
Botanical name (Genus species): Solanum lycopersicum Planting: What do we need to know before planting for seed production? Generally you don’t need to think too much before planting tomatoes for seed production. Just choose a variety that you like and that…
In the context of volunteer groups, like seed saving groups, effective meetings don’t just get the work done they also meet the social needs of those attending. People volunteer for lots of different reasons but having meetings that are pleasant…
All seed saving groups are driven by volunteers. Without them the groups fail. So we should consider ourselves and the other volunteers as even more important than the seeds themselves. First look after yourself when volunteering Organise your time. Time…
The welfare of everyone involved in Seed Saving group activities is important to all of us. One of the main ways to ensure everyone’s welfare is to build a safety conscious attitude into the culture of your group. People are…
Winnowing is more usually considered part of the dry process of separating and cleaning seeds from the remains of the plant material that they grew on – this includes the surrounding pods, fruits and enclosing plant material like stems and…
Many seeds require changes in light levels to start their internal germination chemical processes. This frequently happens when soil is moved around or over shadowing plants die back during cold periods or even fires – or for example are exposed…
This is a general collection of germination temperatures collated and compared from a range of sources including books and online references. It covers some of the more common plants grown in home gardens. Accuracy is highly variable based on a…