Seed Saving Circle?

[Dawn419]

GNT,

I'm glad you brought this back up as I was going to do so earlier but got side-tracked.

I should have Cherokee Purple and Arkansas Traveler tomato seeds to share, plus Cilantro/Coriander, Lemon Balm and hopefully Greek Oregano. There may be more but I'm not sure just what yet.

 

[Marianne]

I should have sunchokes :/

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Might have brocolli seed. A few plants survived to the second yr so possibly there should be a good amt of seed . They flowered and there are tons of seed pods. We will see....

 

[Pirtykitty]

I have heirloom tomato, blackeyed pea, cantalope, collard greens. seeds.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

Hey everyone, I'm wondering if we should formalize a seed saving group here on the SS forum for heirloom and open-pollinated seeds?

It is always good practice to save more seeds than you will plant in any given year, as crop failures happen, but wouldn't it be great if we had back-up? So if the east coast has tomato blight and members don't get tomatoes to save seeds for next year, we here on the west coast can supply some of our excess tomato seeds to members on the east coast? Or if someone is struggling and cannot afford seeds, we can all send a few that we have saved, knowing that should the tables be turned we might receive the same?

We can also share tips on growing the plants and saving the seed.

This idea has evolved out of a recent thread about one of our members not being able to afford to buy heirloom seeds for her garden.

I know there are larger organizations that facilitate seed saving, but I just thought it might be fun to do this on a small scale with other members here.

In the United States, the right of the farmer to save seeds for subsequent crops was deemed protected by the Plant Variety Conservation Act of 1970. It was thought that American farmers might sell seed to the amount saved for replanting their own acreage. I don't know if we have the same law here in the Philippines. (I hope not)