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Seed Saving

By: RoriTx
Apr 01, 2012
I tried my best to catch up but I just know i missed something good somewhere!. I would really like some suggestions on a good book to order about seed saving. I intend to try and save as many kinds of seed as I can this year and a good book that lays the process out (with good pictures!) would really help. If I can order it now then I will have time to absorb what I'm going to need to do.     I'm off till this evening. Garden to tend,flowers to plant,chickens to feed and a Happy Sunday to all!
Liz replied about 1 year ago
It's hard catching up.  I would be interested in a similar book.  I know someone on this site will have this information for us!!
Clenram replied about 1 year ago
Liz and Rori...you guys should write the book!  
Liz replied about 1 year ago
@Clenram:  I really haven't saved that many seeds.  I would need more experience with saving seeds before writing a book.  It would be fun, though, to write a book.  
linzelu100 replied about 1 year ago
A really descriptive book was the Resilient Gardner She really broke things down into easy terms to understand. Not just how to save seed, but why you save seed from certain plants, how to hand pollinate with success and why some breeds have changed so much from improper saving that they aren't even good anymore. This woman really knows her stuff. She specifically talks about beans, corn, squash and....can't remember the other one. But she focuses on these because she is a homesteader and she says you need these to survive. The chapter on squash was so interesting. The step by step pictures on how to is great! I've read a few other books, just devoted to saving seed, but so far they have been pretty generic and not real helpful. This one was really good, but again, very specific. Heirloom Gardener Magazine usually has topics on saving seed here and there. It's a good magazine if you haven't tried it. It's really improved recently.
RoriTx replied about 1 year ago
@linzelu100: I ordered a copy from Amazon this morning. I read a blog review and it said not only was there a lot of good information but tips on Blue Potatoes. That sold me for sure since tops on my list next year is to try growing Blue Potatoes. I also ordered Sepp Holtzer's  Permiculture: A Guide to Small Scale Integrated Farming. It looked like a good section on fruit trees was included and we are having a hard  time getting fruit trees going. Our two peach trees are the only survivors so far even our Santa Rosa Plum died over the winter after it made plums last year.It also has a section on growing mushrooms. Third book I ordered was Organic Seed Production and Saving:The Wisdom of Plant Heritage.

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