Saving Seeds

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COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote:

 

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> Some things, like tomatoes and peas, are

> pretty easy, squash, beans, peppers. Still, anyone thinking of doing it

> should get a book as cross pollination is a real factor so separation by

> distance or time is essential. That may be 10 feet for tomatoes or 1 mile

for

> gourds, so you need to know.

 

I think that Suzanne Ashworth's book is the definitive volume on Seed Saving --

especially since it's published by the Seed Saver's Exchange.

 

Ms. Ashworth shows photos with frames covered with cheese-cloth to prevent

cross

pollination by insects with undesired varieties.

 

(I hope the following comes out right. I'm reprinting it from the Y2K

Self-Sufficiency Library I posted a couple months ago.)

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

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*Seed to Seed: Seed Saving Techniques for the Vegetable Gardener* by

Suzanne Ashworth. Edited by Kent Whealy. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.,

Rural Route 3, Box 239, Decorah, IA 52101, USA. 1991, 222 pp. $20.00.

ISBN 0-9613977-7-2.

 

"*Seed to Seed* is the wisest guide to seed saving and grassroots

genetic preservation you will ever find. Suzanne Ashworth ahs distilled

the best information for researchers and the Seed Savers Exchange to

guide vegetable gardners from all walks of life." - Gary Paul nabhan,

author of *The Desert Smells like Rain,* *Enduring Seeds,* etc.

 

*Seed to Seed* is a complete seed-saving guide for 160 vegetable crops,

with detailed information on each vegetable: botanical classification,

flower structure and pollination method, isolation distances, caging and

hand pollination techniques, and proper methods of harvesting, drying

cleaning and storing the seeds. Beginning or experienced gardeners can

easily learn how to save all of their own seeds, resulting in

substantial annual savings and the satisfaction that comes from a garden

which is truly self-perpetuating.

 

Suzanne Ashworth, educational administrator and master gardener from

Sacremento, California, has grown seed crops of all 160 vegetables

discussed, thoroughly researching and testing these techniques for the

home garden. Seed Savers Exchange, based near Decorah, Iowa, is a

grassroots network of 8,000 gardeners who have worked for 20 years to

save our rich heritage of heirloom vegetables from extinction.