Some crops like peas, beans, lettuce, and tomatoes are great for beginning seed savers. Plan for seed saving Start With Easy Crops On the other hand, Cucumis melo, commonly categorized as a melon, also contains some varieties that are sold as cucumbers like ‘Armenian’ because fruits of the variety are unsweet and sometimes pickled. There are several species of squash and two distinct species of kale - meaning some varieties of these crops are not able to cross pollinate with each other. In the garden, most crops are different species from one another, but not always. Learn About SpeciesĪ species is a group of individuals that are able to reproduce together. Some long lived plants, like apple trees and asparagus, are perennial, surviving and flowering for many years. Biennials, such as carrots and onions, don’t flower until their second growing season, after they have gone through a cold period.
Those that do, like lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers, are called annuals.
Not all plants flower, set seed, and die in a single growing season. This means, with a little care and planning, the seeds you produce will be true-to-type, keeping their distinct traits generation after generation as long as they do not cross-pollinate with other varieties of the same species. Open pollinated varieties, aka OPs, are like dog breeds they will retain their distinct characteristics as long as they are mated with an individual of the same breed. Know what to grow Start With Open-Pollinated Seeds
Follow these three simple steps for learning how to save your own seeds.
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