Save those seeds from your grocery store fresh vegs!! FREE SEED!

[Ladyhawke1]

http://www.seedsave.org/issi/904/beginner.html

I came across this site. I don't know it it has been posted before. Saving seed is becoming a serious venture and a world wide objective. I hope it is helpful.

 

[ducks4you]

Ladyhawke1, thanks for the posting. Did you read the whole site? I didn't know THIS (regarding, saving tomato seeds from fruit):
"A layer of fungus will begin to appear on the top of the mixture after a couple of days. This fungus not only eats the gelatinous coat that surrounds each seed and prevents germination, it also produces antibiotics that help to control seed-borne diseases like bacterial spot, canker and speck. "

 

[Shoshana]

Wal-Mart is selling organic seed packets from a company called Ferry Morse for $2.00 each. Is it a safe assumption that if seeds are organic, they are also open pollinated? I was thinking rather than gambling with saving seeds from store-bought (harvested) produce, I could buy these organic seeds as my root stock and save seeds at the end of this growing season. Again, I'm wondering if organic = open pollinated... anyone know? Thx!

 

[insiderart]

Wal-Mart is selling organic seed packets from a company called Ferry Morse for $2.00 each. Is it a safe assumption that if seeds are organic, they are also open pollinated? I was thinking rather than gambling with saving seeds from store-bought (harvested) produce, I could buy these organic seeds as my root stock and save seeds at the end of this growing season. Again, I'm wondering if organic = open pollinated... anyone know? Thx!

"Organic" is simply a type of production practice and has no reflection on whether the seed is hybridized or not.