Saving seeds

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>Second, what about plants that shouldn't be planted in the same place two

>years in a row, such as solanacea like tomatoes and peppers? Collect the

>seeds so they can be planted in another place next year.

 

>Comments?

 

If one is performing some permaculture practice, then it is OK to let plants

seed in the same place in subsequent years to a degree. If you have a good

state of fertility then it will work, because you are not clearing the soil

surface or digging it up. It is similar to the composting method which is

more intensive, where tomatoes for instance can be grown on the same soil

for 9 years.

 

Brassicas may need more of a rotation system, with others, so collect the

seeds and weed out the freely seeded brassicas that appear in the same plot

the next year. There is one good book by an American author called (I think)

Organic Farming and Self-Sufficiency. It is well read over here.