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To ensure the seed we save produces what we expect it to we first need to understand the reproductive method used by the variety we're planning to save seed from.If we are growing a self-pollinating ...
Urban Seed Saving All across our suburbs and cities people are growing food in backyards and community gardens. Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular phenomenon and aside from helping with food ...
Beginning in the tropics when it comes to growing food and saving seeds, can bevery different for some people, especially when they have moved here from downsouth when colder climates dictate what is ...
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 ...
Botanical name (Genus species): Lactuca sativaPlanting: 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 ...
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 ...
Botanical name (Genus species): Solanum lycopersicumPlanting: 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 ...
Concepts to cover here...Inbreeding depressionrecessive & dominant genesgenetic diversityvigour vs viabilityhow plants evolved - conditions of wide genetic recombination of limited ...
To be successful seed savers it can be helpful to know some basics of plant botany.In order to ensure that the collected seed will produce true-to-type offspring we first need to make sure we know ...
Before the relatively recent advent of commercial seed production and distribution, farmers and growers freely saved and then shared or traded seeds from their crops with each other from season to ...