How do you decide which seeds to collect?

[CanadianLori]

Last year I chose a mutant tomato plant,one which had a small oval plum tomato body but also had a little attached "head" the size of a cherry tomato. I just thought they looked like the fischer price people and wanted to grow them again for my grandkids. Well, I just got ordinary ones,but still very nice for bruschetta.

I also try to choose from plants that seem robust, and yes, cross pollinated hot peppers.

how about you?

 

[Chuck]

I have been growing different varieties of peppers and tomatoes for decades always trying to find the perfect one for my soil and climate. I plant a few hybrids but not many as I like to save the seeds of the best fruit of the best plants every year. If they produce as expected for 3 straight years they go into a favorites category. It is rare for this to happen

 

[Fernsdaddy]

The only seeds I collect are my Blue lake bush beans, I've been saving them for around 10 + years and end up with enough beans for the winter and enough seeds to plant in the spring. I did 2 plantings this year so I have extra seeds to send over to the church for their kids garden.

 

[Corzhens]

We keep some seeds for future planting. Right now our seed bin has sugar apple, cashew nuts, bataw (native vegetable that is a vine and with pods) and also the mickey mouse plant which is a decorative plant. Last summer when we went to a beach resort, we noticed a cashew tree by the roadside with purple fruits. Cashew fruits are normally yellow. We asked from some fruits from the owner and now we have some of those seeds although we already have 2 seedlings of that.

 

[Trellum]

I've yet to learn how to collect my own seeds guys I'm still clueless, because I have always grown ornamentals, but for the very first time I want to grow some edibles next year, like peppers and tomatoes. No idea how to collect seeds tho.

 

[claudine]

I bought a lot of radish and mung bean seeds, because I want to eat more sprouts
As for vegetables, I don't grow them, because I don't have a garden yet.

 

[DeborahJane]

My brother in law gave me some tomato seeds dried on a tissue 2 years ago and I forgot to plant them. Put them away for safe keeping and found them when I was cleaning up recently. I'll put them in the garden and hope for the best. I don't know what chance there is

 

[KimmyMarkks]

Last year I chose a mutant tomato plant,one which had a small oval plum tomato body but also had a little attached "head" the size of a cherry tomato. I just thought they looked like the fischer price people and wanted to grow them again for my grandkids. Well, I just got ordinary ones,but still very nice for bruschetta.

I also try to choose from plants that seem robust, and yes, cross pollinated hot peppers.

how about you?

I help my grandmother with her garden. A few years ago she grew watermelon in her garden. We saved the seeds and dried them out for 2 years. This past year we found them and replanted them. It actually worked! We had a whole new garden of watermelons. To be honest, I was doubting it would work, as I typically always buy the halfway grown plant to replant. I have never been a fan of starting off with seeds but this has changed my mind.

My basil plant is also flowering so I am excited to try to dry out the seeds and replant them next year!