Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs

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Overview

Those pricey transplants set out on display every spring are so tempting with their leafy faces pleading, “take me home!” But beware, you never know where those seedlings have been – Crammed in a pest-infested greenhouse? Packed for days in a sweltering truck?

Start your plants from seeds and you know that’s your precious vegetable, herb, or flower has been nurtured with tender loving care every day of its life. And better yet, when you harvest seeds for next year’s crop, you’ll get even more plants absolutely FREE!

In this book you’ll find everything you need to know to successfully harvest seeds from more than 100 ...

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Overview

Those pricey transplants set out on display every spring are so tempting with their leafy faces pleading, “take me home!” But beware, you never know where those seedlings have been – Crammed in a pest-infested greenhouse? Packed for days in a sweltering truck?

Start your plants from seeds and you know that’s your precious vegetable, herb, or flower has been nurtured with tender loving care every day of its life. And better yet, when you harvest seeds for next year’s crop, you’ll get even more plants absolutely FREE!

In this book you’ll find everything you need to know to successfully harvest seeds from more than 100 common vegetables, annuals, perennials, herbs, and wildflowers, then dry and store them for maximum viability. You’ll also learn how to start seeds indoors to get a jump start on the season, and to prepare your soil beds for planting.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781580170017
  • Publisher: Storey Books
  • Publication date: 1/2/1998
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 229,281
  • Series: Gardening Skills Illustrated Series
  • Product dimensions: 8.50 (w) x 10.98 (h) x 0.59 (d)

Meet the Author

Freelance writer and horticultural consultant Carole B. Turner specializes in gardening techniques and native planting. Besides her Storey book, Seed Sowing and Saving, Carole has authored many articles in American Nursery and was an editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Sowing Seeds

2 From Seed to Bloom

3 Selecting Plants for Seed Saving

4 Collecting and Storing Seeds

5 Annual Vegetables

6 Biennial and Perennial Vegetables

7 Annual Flowers

8 Biennial and Perennial Flowers

Appendices

Optimal Germination Temperatures for Seeds

Characteristics of Common Vegetables Saved for Seed

Seeds that Require Special Treatment

Open-Pollinated (Standard) Varieties

Zone Map

Mail-Order Sources

Further Reading

Glossary

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