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Growing True to Type in Seed Saving Methods
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Urban seed saving in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Beginning in the Tropics in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Quick and Easy Pea Seed Saving in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Quick and Easy Lettuce Seed Saving in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Quick and Easy Bean Seed Saving in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Quick and Easy Tomato Seed Saving in Quick Start Guides
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Genetics for Seed Savers in Getting Started
Feb 27th 22

Concepts to cover here...Inbreeding depressionrecessive & dominant genesgenetic diversityvigour vs viabilityhow plants evolved - conditions of wide genetic recombination of limited ...

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Botany for Seed Savers in Getting Started
Feb 27th 22

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 ...

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Why save seeds in Getting Started
Feb 27th 22

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 ...