Seed Saving

[tonybloke]

Oh, and welcome to the forum no-lottie. (we got a few members down under) ;)

[tonybloke]

[Jayb]

I guess I'm a bit more 'addicted' to the seed saving process than most, as I save most varieties of what I grow, with Tomatoes and Chillies/Peppers at the top of the list.

Is there a cure, because I bag my blossom too.  ::)

Me too, although I don't bag all my blossoms...yet!

Only cure is to grow even more   ;D

[Digeroo]

I have decided to do a peas and beans only seed swap.   Jayb has a huge variety of crops in her circle.  Chriscross did the courgettes and squashes so I will do legumes particularly unusual varieties.  So hopefully anyone with these varieties will grow some extras to share. 

[Le-y]

i'm going to try seed saving this time around too.

and as interesting as they look i dunno if i could eat a black tomato! just be too weird lol

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm in on that. I'm growing masses, and I'm going to have limited quantities of a lot of varieties that I'll only be making available to people who are likely to save seed. I'm not sure how I'm going to work that yet, but there are other varieties which I'm growing a lot of, so I should have reasonable quantities of their seed to spread around.

[lottiedolly]

I have decided to do a peas and beans only seed swap.   Jayb has a huge variety of crops in her circle.  Chriscross did the courgettes and squashes so I will do legumes particularly unusual varieties.  So hopefully anyone with these varieties will grow some extras to share. 

I shall be growing a variety of beans and will be in a position, hopefully, to be sharing/swapping seeds, but Like Robert, i will be prefering to share and swap with like minded people who will be saving seeds as some that have been given to me are not widely available in Britain and I would like to give as many people a chance to grow them and hopefully they will do the same

Kx

[Jayb]

Sounds good Digeroo, I'm growing a few varieties as well, count me in

I may have a couple of varieties like that too, so be interested to see what ideas you have Robert

Yayyy Le-y is catching the saving bug. Black tomatoes are scrummy, imho  ;D. If you would like a few seeds to try send me a pm  :)

[Mortality]

I will be seed saving too. :D

[Digeroo]

I have got various from HSL some my choices and some from seed swaps plus some I ordered from Canada and would rather swap these with a small group of enthusiasts rather than a general swap.  The quantities I have available will of course depend on the crops though I did well on some varieties this year.  Sent over a kg of one variety to HSL.  I am also running out of space for separating them.  

My conditions are rather dry so I am trying out various to find which ones do well here.

I thought I might do a swap like Chris and make a list of whats on offer and then try and sort it who wants what.  

Some varieties such as Cherokee T of T do very well in seed swaps but I do not personally favour the bean.  They are only ok as a green bean and much to small for a shelling bean.   Far too much like hard work shelling them.  

[Robert_Brenchley]

I know what you mean about separating varieties; I'm going to have problems myself.

I agree about Trail of Tears beans; they're too small for a dried bean, but it might be interesting to try crossing them and breeding a bigger black bean. If anyone wants Black Seaman toms, send me a PM.

[1066]

that sounds like a great idea Digeroo. I need to have a think on how and where my beans will be going this year. And how much I'm prepared to save and not eat! Thank goodness (for newbies to seed saving like me) for the instructions on the RealSeeds website!!