How to SAVE SEEDS: Seed saving TIPS and EXAMPLES
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- 🌱Introduction 00:00
🌱Advantages of seed saving 00:41
🌱Principles of seed saving 01:13
🌱Self-pollinated seeds 01:45
🌱Open-pollinated seeds 01:58
🌱Cross-pollination 02:14
🌱Heirloom seeds 02:44
🌱Hybrid seeds 02:54
🌱Which seeds to save 03:13
🌱Seed saving examples 04:09
🌱How to save wet seeds 08:17
🌱How to save dry seeds 09:00
🌱How to store harvested seeds 09:14
Learning how to save seeds gives you a nearly-continuous supply of seeds that are adapted to your area at little or no cost.
When a plant produces seeds, that normally completes the life cycle of the plant. Harvesting and saving seeds from your plants is a simple process, a great way to save money, and very rewarding.
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My grandma taught me to keep seeds in old prescription bottles. They're designed to keep out light and moisture! I wrap the store bought seed packets around the bottle to keep the planting instructions.
That's a great idea!
@@GrowingInTheGarden can I save seeds from Armenian cucumbers? Am growing zucchini and acorn squash also.
That's genius!
Effing genius!!!
Love this!
I'm a newby at saving seeds, since i've been off work with severe depression i've took to sorting out my garden, its such a therapy to me, in the past week ive learnt about saving seeds for next year, i've already saved some poppy seeds, but i've deadheaded some plants and binned them where i didn't realise i could have saved the seeds until now.. i will now be leaving them until i can save some seeds...Thank you :) x
You're welcome. Saving seeds is very rewarding, best of luck to you!
A year later, I hopr you are feeling better. HOw's the garden this year?
Hey I am almost 70 but dont even bother with cherry tomatoes
I got maybe 12 from 1 plant on a deck
Maybe you could give me names of certain types ?
You are right. Gardening is a goldmine and a therapy. I save seeds also from difficult sorts. And year after year your knowledge is also growing. I wisch you a happy life and succes and fulfilling gardenyears
How refreshing to hear someone who speaks in full sentences, without crutch words such as ‘like’, ‘you know’, and ‘you guys’. Thank you, Ma’am; you are a delight!
I’m sure saving seeds was the norm back in the day. Such a good practice we moved away from. Sharing with friends and checking some out at the library.....love it!
So true!
Remembering the ancestors
@@GrowingInTheGarden i am so happy for you that you prefer heirloom seeds.
i am like you i started gardening in my 20s my first flower was a zinnia!! i am 63 now and still going strong, love your video, how informative!
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That's very charming!
What particular plants or seeds do you like to grow or save? What about zinnias?
I love my local seed library! We even do some events through out the year to swap seeds, bulbs, ect. Such a great resource.
I wished everyone would make their videos like you did you didn't talk about everything just straight to the point
Yellow/Gold Marigold was the first seed I saved as well! I have never paid for flower seeds or seedlings since! :) Since then I have saved: marketmore cucumbers, various tomatoes, okra, tokyo long scallions, green beans, chiles, etc..
Thats so lovely, i think my own daughter became hooked on gardening too via the beauty of the marigolds, their many seeds and how they regenerated, their many strengths, and vivid colours. She decided to scatter the seeds around just to see the magic of flowers popping up in random places around our garden, and enjoyed excitement of knowing it got there from the seeds she had sprinkled there before. Since then gardening is one of her favorite things to do.
Harvested my first seeds this year! Marigolds, calendula, batchelor’s buttons and cosmos. Excited to spread the wealth. 🌸
Wonderful!
I always save in paper bags then transfer to glass jars, now I seldom buy seeds.Thank you so much.
Awesome information Angela! I never thought about the paper wicking the moisture out. I just harvested my marigold seeds last week and the only bag I had was paper. Its rare I make a good move like that on accident, haha. I just checked on the seeds and they're completely dry and smell sweet.
I bought a packet of seeds for leaf lettuce 15 years or so ago for a dollar or so. I just had breakfast on the distant offspring of those lettuce seeds this morning!
It's really satisfying to see how much seed you can save.
I have an issue with my lettuce plants bolting, so I plant additional seeds every few weeks. Of course, the bolting plants produce a lot more seed!
It took me awhile to understand that seed saving can only be done by heirloom. One day a friend explained what GMO meant... happy seed saving everybody. Iceberg lettuce $8 a head here at the moment
😥 thanks Sonny Perdue & Whilehmina Gates... Decimation
@@kimgordon3695 yes, very true💩
Lettuce for $8? 😱 Where do you live? That is INSANE!
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I just had breakfast on a big green salad made from the leaf lettuce in my garden. I go out and tear off whatever lettuce I want and the RUN back in to make the salad!
Well, I don't actually run, but you get the idea. Fresh!
I've been seed saving for a while so I'm not a beginner but always wanting to learn more and this was the best video I've ever seen it was clear the pictures where great and it was very inclusive thank you
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
Thanks Angela. Your video is jam-packed with good information, with an easy to comprehend presentation. You're a great example of how to craft a video that is time efficient and very helpful. Would that others learn how to do the same. Spring is only four months away. Yay!!!
Thanks so much!
Spring is only 4 months away, love your positivity. Cheered me up no end.
One of the best videos I've seen on this topic! Great information!!! I'm saving this for reference. Greetings from Michigan! 😊🌷💐
Glad it was helpful! Hello from Arizona.
Amazing! Your short video taught me everything I know to get started saving seeds-thank you for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
I somehow didn't notice until now that you're in Mesa- I'm in Mesa! I'll have to recommend this channel, in particular, to my sister-in-law. She grew up mostly in Alabama and despairs of being able to grow a lush garden out here in the desert. They just bought their first house and she's basically terraforming their backyard, so I'm sure she'll appreciate the referral! :D
Thanks so much!
Perfect time of year to start thinking about harvesting seeds for next year!
I loved seeing the photos of each of these, because sometimes you're just not quite sure if the seeds are ready on the wildflowers!
Glad it was helpful!
I enjoyed your seed saving tips and I've been really enjoying saving seeds 🤩 Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, very informative...will certainly help me in my seed saving...I have had poor luck with 'wet' seeds...tomatoes and cucumbers...this will help me immensely....again, Thank You....have wonderful weekend...Peace
Hi look up Doug and Stacey growing tomato from seeds like the Amish... it is fantastic and so easy. Cheers.
This is the first year we’ll be saving seeds from our garden. Thanks for all the tips! Lol! What a combination: Armenian cukes and cantaloupe! Ick!
Right?!?
After watching video, I know to get rid of the seeds from my sugar baby watermelon, because the were all bunched with my cucumbers, cantaloupes, honey dew melons, and tigger melons. I don't know what I would have had. They were all flowering at the same time and some vining on top of each other ...out of control. ..lol
I just might plant one on the other side of house just to see what comes up...lol
Incredibly helpful video. Thank you sooooo much!
I started saving my seeds, last year. So fun and rewarding! Always enjoy watching your videos!
Wonderful!
Thank you...GREAT INFO on saving seeds! I am a novice gardener.
Again, thank you!
Me too! That flower was given to me and I was hooked.
This video was SO helpful!! Best video on gardening I’ve seen!
So nice of you, thanks.
So lucky this was one of the first and best videos I came across!! I have been wandering through the woods locally here in my mountain town looking at all the native wildflower varieties wondering how to save some seeds. I'll have to wait till the dry on the plant is seems! Thank you again for the concise information.
Great overview and introduction! There is true Freedom in having this skill to ensure future abundance for generations.
Excellent demonstration and video. You are a wealth of knowledge, Angela. Thank you!
Just left a video how-(not?)-to that showed seed saving from cut flowers in a vase. That just goes against every instinct I had about this. Dried on the stem and just before they explode seems more intuitive... Enjoyed your presentation and some of the comments were helpful too!
Just wanted to say Thank you for your help.
Thank you so much for all this information. I love to save seeds.
This year was my first year saving seeds. I saved arugula, radish, and some basil.
Wonderful
I really appreciate your clear and informative videos! Your love for gardening comes through your smile! 🌹🌿🥰
Thank you so much!
Saving promiscuously pollinated seeds isn't a bad thing!! Its exciting! it allows the plants to adapt to their environment and you get to pick the best ones. Of course you should not allow cross pollination to maintain open pollinated varieties but dont forget that cross pollination is how we got our heirlooms and even species hybrid crops like oats, barley, peanuts, peas, rutabagas, the vast majority of citrus fruits, etc in the first place.
You are right! It all depends on what your goals are. Good point.
One of the best video. I learned and understood a lot from this video. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
This is the BEST video on seed saving I've found! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with so many others. Clear explanations and close up pictures of the seeds, very informative. I got in a car accident 3 years ago and before then I was very active. I was an avid hiker, very adventurous and thrill seeking, I never stopped going. For the first year I was bed bound and very depressed, for the second year, I tried walking a bit but it wasn't the same, and now I'm a homebody, doing my art and totally obsessed with my garden and indoor plants. I've been saving seeds since last year, I use a drying rack, and the paper bag method. My problem has been identifying what exactly the seeds are on some plants, and when I try to look it up, it's impossible to find! The pictures are either too blurry, or too small, or not clear as to what part is the seed. So thank you, thank you, thank you, for being so thoughtful!!
I'm so glad the video and gardening have been helpful. Keep it up!
This is the first video I’ve watched of yours! I love your style and passion!
Yay! Thank you!
This was the coolest video. Thank you for sharing!
Great info. Thank you!
Thank you
Great video , I’m taking it all in
Thanks for sharing
I'm going nuts this year trying to learn how to recognize and save seeds!!! I feel like I'm going crazy with worry about the ones I got lol 🤦 this helps thank you
Some of the seed collecting was to vague for a new gardener. I didn't know what part is the seed as you rolled the heads in your palm. Also, what do you mean by fermenting the tomato and cucumber seeds? I was confused by this. This is likely a great video for people who have some idea on seed collecting and just need a rough idea of where the seeds are to collect. I need a bit more info but will bookmark this video because it will likely come in very handy once I have a better idea of how to collect seeds and what parts are the actual seed and what can be discarded. Thanks for the large variety of seed collecting! Still a great video!
There is more information in this blog post that may be helpful: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-save-seeds/
@@GrowingInTheGarden Great!! Thank you so much, I will check it out!!
@@jenniferpepler5843 if you want to see how to ferment tomato seeds, watch The Midwest Gardener. He just did a video today on fermenting and saving tomato seeds.
I know it goes against the rules, but I have saved tomato, squash, and cucumber seed successfully, by just letting the very ripe fruit dry up, then crumbling the seeds out of them. They have remnants of the fleshy part dried on them, but it doesn't interfere with germination when I plant them.
@@shirleyk623 Great! Thank you so much Shirley K, I will check it out!!
Keep in mind the Armenian Cucumber is technically a melon, hence why it was able to successfully cross-pollinate with a cantaloupe. Both of which are from the same species, Cucumis melo (can't write in italics). A normal Cucumber, squash, and cantaloupe (melon) won't be able to successfully cross pollinate with one another. Cheers for the info in this video!
*Kenzie James*
I might just be able to help you with your Italics issue.
Before any word/s you want to Italicise, go into symbols on your keyboard/pad, then tap the underline key, (located under the number 5).
Without leaving any space, go back to alphabet and type the word/s you want to Italicise and conclude, again, leaving no space, by tapping the underline key and _voila,_ job done.
Any punctuation, however, such as I applied to 'voila', with a comma after the word, will have to be applied before the final underline.
Make sense?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences.❤
I know I am watching this vide 4 weeks later, but love the information I will be watching this video many times 😁 still a beginner on gardening but willing to learn to save seeds. Thank you so much 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
This is so true. I also got hooked on marigold seeds. I think about all of the ‘seed opportunities’ that I missed all those years in the past! I’m just glad I know better now. Like you, I just couldn’t believe how many seeds came from my own plants. It’s like I can’t stop now and I have so many other seeds now since starting my garden last year. Oh, and I also had a ‘Frankenmelon’ when I grew two different melons next to each other. So many things to learn and I love gardening more than I ever thought I would. Thanks for this great video!
Wonderful. Best of luck to you!
Thank you for this video. I learned so much, probably more from this video than the dozen on seed saving I've watched before it. it's informative, comprehensive without being overly complicated or diluted with too uch extraneous info, yet still engaging enough to keep my attention.
So nice of you, thanks.
I saved these every year that is how I feel up my planters and my garden and my flowerbeds and they always look beautiful what are you pill bottle I like your idea of using a canning jar I will try that this year thank you so much for sharing
Great information! Thanks so much
Thank you for these great seed saving tips!
THANK YOU ANGELA FOR THE LECTURE. VERY IMPORTANT TO LEARN AND TO SAVE. SELF POLINATING.. HAPPY GROWING
Glad it was helpful!
This was such a fantastic lesson! You explain things so well 😊 Thankyou from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thank you for such a helpful video. It was so easy for me to understand, I am a newbie at any kind of gardening and appreciate your knowledge. Subscribed!
Angela, I love you without knowing you. Thx for your efforts, thoughts and love for gardening. 😍🥰😘
So nice of you, thanks.
Thanks Angela I enjoy your video. Thanks for sharing.
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS GOOD INFORMATION!!!😊👍🏽 I'VE BEEN SAVING SEEDS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND NOW I'VE GAINED MORE INFORMATION ON IT!!!😃👍🏽🙋🏽♀️🔥🙏🏽👑✝️📖🔥
Thank you.
Beautiful video, great ideas. I have used radish seeds to add a peppery flavor to things too, not just grow more radishes!
That's a great idea!
Great instructions for seed saving
Thank you! This video was very informative and clear
Thank you verry much. So clear.
Thank you so very much. 🙏
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THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION MANY BLESSINGS
I love saving seeds .
Wonderful advice
Very helpful. Tks for hitting on all kinds of plants and veggies
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this.
Thank you this was very helpful!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Great video, it opened up a world for us. Please make a video about saving sunflower seeds for eating and planting next season.
Sunflower video coming next week! In the meantime here is a blogpost: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-sunflowers/
This video was everything!! Thank you so much from Perú 🙌💚
Glad you enjoyed it!
I discovered this year that an early bush scallop squash that cross-pollinated with a black beauty zucchini is not that bad, just weird looking.
Thanks 👌
Thanks for all your super helpful info, I’m a subscriber:)
Thanks
Very detailed tutorial. thank you
That cross pollination is incredible to look at though! Oh, the possibilities!!!
hehe, I planted green peppers next to jalapenos a few years back.... got spicy green peppers and super mild jalapenos.... learned that lesson.
☺️☺️☺️me too!🤦
Excelente.
Thanks.
Thx that was an awesome video you help me so much with my seed saving friend from Australia 🇦🇺 😊
thank you
Thanks for sharing 💚
Great advice on self and open pollinated seeds. But if you have space sometimes it's fun to try a few seeds from an open pollinated or hybrid variety just to see what you come up with. This year I planted a three-sisters bed with saved seeds which produced a variety of odd squash and gourds (all from a sugar pumpkin) and what looks to be three distinctly different types of corn. I live across the street from a community garden so lots of cross pollination. The beans, of course, are just the same beans I started with.
That is a great point. Good idea.
Yes! I totally learnt something new from your video🌺
🥒🥒I learnt how to save cucumber seed!! Thanks and I have subscribed
I do this for my neighbors....I put the seeds in plastic zip lock bags with a label. They love it!
Great video! Thank You for sharing this and in such a pleasant & detailed way
Glad it was helpful!
@@GrowingInTheGarden subscribed! 🌻
wonderful So much information
Thanks for sharing this video it's really helpful
Fabulous lessons. My first saved seeds were also marigold.
thank you for the infomation
Great information. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative. Well done! I save my seeds, also, but have learned from your video. Keep up the good work and thank you!
Extremely helpful breakdown. Thank you very much now I just need to figure out how to ferment my seeds.
Here's a breakdown of how to do it on my blog: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-save-seeds/
❤❤❤ thank you for all the info