Guest guest Posted March 16, 1999 Report Share Posted March 16, 1999 COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > [Text 2164141 from COM] > > 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 **************************************** *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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 > > > Ms. Ashworth shows photos with frames covered with cheese-cloth to prevent > cross > pollination by insects with undesired varieties. Cheesecloth? I don't know if that would be effective for small wasps. Are you sure it wasn't floating row cover? Maybe for something that the known pollinators are all larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 Oh, yes, you could well be correct. In the pictures, I could see that there were large frames, even 3 or 4 feet high and wide, and about 6 feet long, with some type of cover wrapped around them. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > [Text 2172507 from COM] > > > > > > > Ms. Ashworth shows photos with frames covered with cheese-cloth to prevent > > cross > > pollination by insects with undesired varieties. > > Cheesecloth? I don't know if that would be effective for small wasps. Are you > sure it wasn't floating row cover? Maybe for something that the known > pollinators > are all larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 1999 Report Share Posted March 20, 1999 COM: Hare Krsna dasi (Brunswick, Maine - USA) wrote: > [Text 2172632 from COM] > > Oh, yes, you could well be correct. In the pictures, I could see that there > were > large frames, even 3 or 4 feet high and wide, and about 6 feet long, with some > type > of cover wrapped around them. > In a picture floating row cover could easily be taken for cheesecloth. Floating row cover is useful stuff. It gives 4 degrees frost protection, so I was using it for late frost protection on my strawberries last spring. I got lazy about taking it off during the day and had a very poor fruit set on otherwise healthy plants which I attributted to lack of pollination due to the covering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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