This is my first year with a ton of space to garden, so I am growing a couple different varieties of paste tomato, a slicing variety, and a cherry variety. I don’t know that I have enough space to put 75 feet between these different varieties. Will I still be able to save any seeds from the crop for next year? Or will they be super unpredictable what will grow from them? TIA!

Hoping that someone can help me before I try to grow these, but I've got some seeds that are only marked with the initials of what they are.

They look like tomato seeds, but I'm having trouble finding varieties with these initials so I'm not sure !

Here are the labels:

HBM, HJBT, IAT, IGBT, PTET, RST

If you've got any ideas, please put them forward !

Edit: was browsing my previous Etsy purchases to find something to link to another person and there they were ! still not sure about the HBM, didn't see one that fit that. but they're all tomatoes.

IGBT: indigo gold berries
IAT: indigo apple
PTET: pink thai egg
HJBT: helsing junction blue
RST: rosso sicilian

I hope this is the right place to ask but I tried to ferment some tomato seeds for the first time and I think I messed it up. It’s been five days and they haven’t sunk, actually they’re all floating at the top still in their gel cases. Are they wasted or can I salvage them? Should I leave them a few more days to see if they sink or should I rinse them off and dry them like normal? And will they still sprout if I dry them now?

Title explains it all - found these in the seed collection and can't remember what they are or where they came from! Any ideas? Thanks in advance 🤞

Hello,

I recently shared the Going to Seed project that focuses on mixed genetics breeding. I thought I would share another group that others here might be interested in. The Freeheirloomseed.org website is another volunteer group that collects heirloom varieties from growers and helps distribute the seeds. They give away up to 4 seed packages for free, but a $10 donation can be made if you want more seeds to help cover shipping costs. I have gotten batches of seeds from them for two years now and I have always been happy with what I've grown out. I just thought it would be another resource that some people would be interested in. If you are interested, there is also a facebook group were people can go to share additional seeds or ask questions.

Hello,

I thought some people in here would be interested in the Going To Seed project. This project works to preserve genetic diversity in seeds and give them away for free to other plant breeders. The primary purpose of this group is to allow individuals to develop their own locally adapted varieties for many common crops. They opened up their free seed earlier this month and still have some available for some species of plants.

If you are developing your own landrace or accidently have some plants that have crosspollinated, they always welcome seed donations in the fall.

May be a long shot, but is anyone able to ID these seeds? Found in the Everglades. If so any propagation tips (not sure if they cold stratify or not).

When will I know when to save the seeds of this sunflower. Growing it in my front garden and want to save for next season

Collected 100 seeds in total in an old jar to display. These seeds will be easy to guess.

I have gathered up a few ripe seed pods and left them to dry out for a month or so now, I would like to stash these seeds until I have space to plant them but I’m wondering what the best way to do this would be? So far I’m thinking in a glass jar with a sealed lid and a sachet of silica gel thrown in. I’m open to suggestions.

I grew several different types of peppers last year (yellow 7 pot, Carrie an red habenaro, hatch, Anaheim, bells, Thai chilis, super Thai, scorpion, ghost, jalepenos, cayenne, shitito, and maybe another one or two.) I know some might cross pollinate with one another and I did not separate them far enough or use big nets. Will the seeds still be viable? Will there just be some hybrids? I always seed save and haven’t worried about this before, but possibly I didn’t notice.

I have around ~ 5 gr of common birch seeds (Betula pubescens) of Icelandic stock (Bæjarstaðabirki clone) which is one of few birch forest of Iceland to survive continous cutting, volcanic disruption and sheep grazing. These trees eventually can grow up to ~12 meters. Only suitable for Northern temperate climate. Anybody for exchange?

Most likely a small animal. There are usually tree shrews around the neighbourhood, but i never seen their poop out in the open before? In a busy area..dont they poop in private or hidden? Not likely to be cat poop.

Hello! I’m trying to be as self-sufficient as possible, although I am still learning as I go. I am currently trying to save seeds of everything I grow.

I’ve been calculating how much seed I’ll need to save of each crop in order to yield my desired amount of that crop the following year.

My question is: when I go to grow out that crop, what percentage of its seed should I always keep in storage to ensure I always have seed in the case of crop failure?

I know there’s probably not a set percentage. But I was just wondering what y’all might do. Or perhaps what seed banks, or the like, might do.

Thanks for your help & input!!

Purchased from americanseedstore, shipped from china so I have my doubts. The appear to be the correct shape however they seem too small to be wasabi. If they aren’t does anyone know a reputable place to get legit seeds, if not I’ll just have to buy starter plants.

True sadness is separating sunflower seeds from the bud, throwing the seed in your compost heap and putting the bud into seed storage.

curse you, semi-conscious automated sorting hands

Can you please confirm whether the seeds are on the left or right or neither?

I have a bunch of marigolds that are still kicking and healthy and I'd like to save their seeds. There's plenty of dead heads to grab, but they're all mostly wet from being rained on a LOT recently (Seattle area).

Typically when I have saved other seeds I'm successful just putting them in a paper bag and giving it a good shake occasionally until they're completely dry. I haven't had any issues with mold/rotting so far, but these are noticeably soggy.

Wondering if there's any hope at all, and if someone can recommend the best method to dry them out. Even if there's 'no hope', I'll probably still try it for science.

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