I’m a bit late planting the garlic, but it’s now or never. I’ll get it planted today and cover it with some straw or leaves. It should just begin to grow roots before going dormant for the winter. This should be enough for a sparsely planted 4 x 8 bed, which might mean a bigger [...]
Posts Tagged ‘seed saving’
12 Sep
Saving Chili Seeds
Drying chili and tabasco peppers really could not be easier. Thread them on a string and hang them up to dry. Break off the dried peppers as needed for seed planting or to crush into a powder to spice up cooking. I’m sure you already knew that you can’t save seeds from green peppers? The [...]
24 Aug
Almost time for popcorn
We had an old tin of popcorn that we bought from the Boy Scouts fundraiser a couple years ago that was almost gone. This spring I planted a 2×2 square with a bunch of the kernels and was very surprised by the germination rate. I pulled out 5 or 6 for each one I kept. [...]
3 Jul
Saving Lettuce Seeds
Normally you want to pick all of your lettuce either before it gets bitter from days that are too warm or before it sends up a seed stalk (bolting). To save lettuce seeds, you need to let the plant grow flowers. I cut the whole head of flowers off the lettuce when some of the [...]
24 Jun
Saving Radish Seeds
Here is an update to my previous post about saving radish seeds. I let the radish growth die naturally and dry outside to a nice tan color. I picked off the stems with the seed pods and had what you see above. Just like a pea or a bean, each dry pod contains a few [...]
3 May
Saving Seeds from Radishes
Did you know that radishes will grow over 4 feet tall? I planted a pot of radish seeds in the greenhouse this December. The seeds took a month or perhaps even 6 weeks to germinate in the cold temperatures. While they were growing, I was actually able to eat 4 or 5 small ones, pulled [...]
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