Seed Saving
Seed saving guru Caleb Warnock guides you through the process of saving your own seeds and cultivating a garden all your own. Discover the secrets to saving seeds from more than thirty vegetable varieties, from brussels sprouts to sunchokes and everything in between. He explains • The difficulty level of saving that kind of seed. • Which other varieties will cross-pollinate with the seed. • The minimum number of plants you’ll need for a good seed crop. • How to harvest the seeds and make them usable. Use this guide to become a more self-sustaining gardener and create a wealth of seeds your family can use for years to come!
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Seed Saving
Seed saving guru Caleb Warnock guides you through the process of saving your own seeds and cultivating a garden all your own. Discover the secrets to saving seeds from more than thirty vegetable varieties, from brussels sprouts to sunchokes and everything in between. He explains • The difficulty level of saving that kind of seed. • Which other varieties will cross-pollinate with the seed. • The minimum number of plants you’ll need for a good seed crop. • How to harvest the seeds and make them usable. Use this guide to become a more self-sustaining gardener and create a wealth of seeds your family can use for years to come!
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Seed Saving

Seed Saving

by Caleb Warnock
Seed Saving

Seed Saving

by Caleb Warnock

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Overview

Seed saving guru Caleb Warnock guides you through the process of saving your own seeds and cultivating a garden all your own. Discover the secrets to saving seeds from more than thirty vegetable varieties, from brussels sprouts to sunchokes and everything in between. He explains • The difficulty level of saving that kind of seed. • Which other varieties will cross-pollinate with the seed. • The minimum number of plants you’ll need for a good seed crop. • How to harvest the seeds and make them usable. Use this guide to become a more self-sustaining gardener and create a wealth of seeds your family can use for years to come!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462127580
Publisher: Cedar Fort, Incorporated/CFI Distribution
Publication date: 02/14/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 11 MB
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Table of Contents

Why Carrots and Tomatoes Don't Grow as Weeds 1

How Wild Vegetables Became Domesticated 4

The Five Seed Types 7

Understanding Which Plants Sexually Reproduce, and How 11

How to Prevent Wild Seeds 17

Phenotype Expression and Inbreeding 24

A Vegetable Species List 30

Facts Every Seed Saver Should Know 38

Questions about This Book 44

Asian Greens (Chinese mustards) 48

Asparagus 50

Basil 51

Beans 52

Beets 55

Broccoli 57

Brussels Sprouts 59

Cabbage 61

Cantaloupe/Melons 62

Carrots 63

Cauliflower 66

Celery 67

Chinese Cabbage 68

Collards 70

Corn 72

Cucumber 75

Eggplant 77

Garlic 78

Kale 79

Leeks 81

Lettuce 82

Mustard Greens 86

Onions 87

Orach 90

Parsnip 91

Peas 93

Peppers 96

Potatoes 97

Radishes 98

Rutabaga 100

Soybeans 102

Spinach 103

Squash and Pumpkins 105

Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes) 109

Sunflowers 110

Sweet Potatoes 111

Swiss Chard 113

Tomatoes 115

Turnips 117

Watermelon 119

About the Author 122

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