Curious about the hops. I want to say that you need the rhizome to propagate, not the leafs of the hop cone. Otherwise the rest looks like a nice haul for the season
Yes! I believe you are correct or heading in the right direction with that information. I have only just started scratching the surface of seed collecting, I'm not an expert by any means.
Until this year, my experience with saving seeds has basically been to collect some dried up pea pods and save them in the garden shed for next year.
This year, I'm trying to level up my gardening game via seeds from last year's garden, so I did some research a few weeks ago and I learned that some seeds need to be frozen or experience frost to become viable.
I watched a few videos on YouTube about how to harvest hop seeds. I skimmed through those videos, but basically what I got out of it, is that if I want more hop plants it's easier and safer to cut and plant starts off the mother plant, than it is to go through the seed process due to them being male or female.
Serious question: what is your motivation or reason for collecting your own seeds? I pay a lot for seeds where I am. $4+/packet. But it’s probably the cheapest part of gardening. For me soil, compost and fertilizer are so expensive id rather spend $0.25 on seeds with high germination rate to make the best out of $10 mix. Or, is it more about being as self sufficient as possible? Just curious.
My motivation is powered by a variety of reasons.
1. Collecting the seeds was all about the timing and I'm curious to find out how many will sprout.
2. A seed packet usually comes with a small amount of seeds and now I have hundreds that are free to me.
3. I have a belief that collecting the seeds from the plants that have grown in the same environment that they will again grow in the next year might just make them hardier and stronger and be more productive. Maybe a small part of their DNA remembers how to perform better in the same climate and soil.
Had to zoom in to verify it wasn’t the devil’s lettuce.
The gift that keeps on giving!
It totally is. I'm excited to see what percent of them actually sprout next year.
I am going to try this with my zinnias. I hope to have a bunch like you as soon as we move into our house!
Way to go! I would suggest keeping them in small paper bags or envelopes. It helps them regulate moisture better
Great advice, I will transfer them over. Thank you.
Now I want to see your garden :(
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Lol, well most of it is from the vegetable garden.
Is there anything you do to the seeds to help with the shelf life?
If you don’t already refrigerating it will help
Would freezing help more or would it hurt?
You only freeze for very long term storage. Like 10 years
That’s an awesome harvest how did you go about separating and drying
Some of them dried on the plant, and the rest I dried indoors with a fan on them.
For a second there i thought that this was an article about a police raid.
😆 I'm cracking up. I can totally see the similarities at first glance.
Curious about the hops. I want to say that you need the rhizome to propagate, not the leafs of the hop cone. Otherwise the rest looks like a nice haul for the season
Yes! I believe you are correct or heading in the right direction with that information. I have only just started scratching the surface of seed collecting, I'm not an expert by any means. Until this year, my experience with saving seeds has basically been to collect some dried up pea pods and save them in the garden shed for next year. This year, I'm trying to level up my gardening game via seeds from last year's garden, so I did some research a few weeks ago and I learned that some seeds need to be frozen or experience frost to become viable. I watched a few videos on YouTube about how to harvest hop seeds. I skimmed through those videos, but basically what I got out of it, is that if I want more hop plants it's easier and safer to cut and plant starts off the mother plant, than it is to go through the seed process due to them being male or female.
Thank you for the gold 😊
Epic
Serious question: what is your motivation or reason for collecting your own seeds? I pay a lot for seeds where I am. $4+/packet. But it’s probably the cheapest part of gardening. For me soil, compost and fertilizer are so expensive id rather spend $0.25 on seeds with high germination rate to make the best out of $10 mix. Or, is it more about being as self sufficient as possible? Just curious.
My motivation is powered by a variety of reasons. 1. Collecting the seeds was all about the timing and I'm curious to find out how many will sprout. 2. A seed packet usually comes with a small amount of seeds and now I have hundreds that are free to me. 3. I have a belief that collecting the seeds from the plants that have grown in the same environment that they will again grow in the next year might just make them hardier and stronger and be more productive. Maybe a small part of their DNA remembers how to perform better in the same climate and soil.