Seedsaving: what seeds are you saving?

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Tomatoes, squash, cucumber, butternut squash, lettuce, asparagus, broccoli, mustard greens. I have already gathered most of these up except the tomatoes. Collecting seed is my favorite part of the harvest.
 

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So far mostly pole beans for me. I plan to save some corn, lettuce, all squash and tomatoes of course.

All heirloom.

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With our summer being so late around here, I'm still waiting for the heirloom corn & tomatoes to ripen.

biannuals.....carrots-probably never again to save seeds from....this is the second time I've tried & only gotten white roots :/
parsnips-this will be my first attempt at saving seeds. I've already harvested the seeds & will be planting them next week so we'll see what happens.
cabbage-worked great, I've harvested one good head and have several others coming along....from saved seed last year and will leave some for next year.
onions--this is my first time for saving seeds from onions & I have my doubts since I've never been able to grow onions from seed before, but do great with sets.


grains.......wheat---once again only got about a handful. Other than DS10 weedeating my main patch :he there were several growing from what the chickens missed. This is the second year I've grown grains & the wheat grows well and as it starts to ripen (heads turning golden brown) the heads 'disappear' before I can harvest it. Last year I thought wild birds got it, but now I'm not so sure :hu
barley & rye ---last year when I saved the seed heads I inadvertantly mixed em together & fed most of it to the chickens. Luckily this spring I did find a small stash to plant I just wasn't sure which one was which until it grew heads on it. This year I'm keeping them seperate & labeled!
oats---once again, it's outdone itself. Now I just have to seperate the grain seed from the plant material

veggies......broccoli, lettuce, radishes, zucchini, navy beans, pole green beans, any shelling & sugar peas the rats didn't get :somad hot & sweet peppers, and BOSS


I didn't plant any dill or cilantro this year but I usually save seed from these too. Oh and cucumbers too-I had planted several times & finally gave up on it.....maybe next year. :D
 

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Have zukes, plums (will give them another try, bought some native plums at a farm stand), and a cuke to save seeds from. Am watching a second year parsley and will also save dill, basil, and Indian corn. I let my scallions reseed themselves and keep the patch going. There will be more, but that is what I can think of so far. Oh, yeah, I let the cilantro reseed, too.
 

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Neko-chan said:
I have an assortment of beans and squash seeds, but whether they'll be true, I don't know, as the veg were gifted to us from another guys garden. Also, some random flower seeds, which won't really do my any good as far as food goes. :p
You can feed bees with them. :)
 

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assorted varieties of canaloupe seeds, ( hales best, Rocky Ford, Israli), 3 varities of heirloom peas, tomatoes and winter squash..

Guadalope Gold corn..


wish list:
Quinoa, Amarantha,
 
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