Keeping and re-using seed
Use this tag for questions about keeping seed from one season to the next. This will generally be from plants, but might also include left-over purchased seed.
Questions tagged [seed-saving]
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How do professionals save hybrid seeds?
You can buy hybrid seeds anywhere in large quantities and the plants all turn out about the same, but when you save seeds, they all turn out different. How do the professionals save the seeds? If I could do it I would save a lot of money.
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Is it necessary to sort seeds from chaff to save for planting?
Is it necessary to sort the seeds from the chaff if you're going to replant? Would just releasing the seeds from the chaff be good enough?
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What is the best way to gather seed from Monarda species?
There are various Monarda species growing where I live, both in gardens and in the wild, including Monarda fistulosa, Monarda didyma (Scarlet bee-balm), Monarda punctata (Spotted horsement), and others. They all have relatively similar structure to…
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The year after carrots go to seed
I let some of my carrots go to seed this year to gather up the seeds myself, beautiful white flowers, lots of pollinators, etc. =D
Going into the following spring however what can I expect of the carrots that went to seed this year? Do these…
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Do seeds get frozen and unusable, if held in a cold garage over winter?
I collected some seeds this year, and I meant to store them in a garage that gets cold in winter (temperatures are approximately the same as outdoors temperatures). However, an aquientance says they will be frozen, and not viable anymore next…
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