Description: Save money, preserve old-time seed favorites, grow your own flower or vegetable seeds to share. Rogers. 6" x 9". 170 pp. Visit Our Store Contact Us Saving Seeds: Guide to Growing and Storing Seeds Save money, preserve old-time seed favorites, grow your own flower or vegetable seeds to share. Rogers 6" x 9" 170 pp.Table of Contents PART I: Basic Information Chapter 1 - Why Raise Seeds? Chapter 2 - What is a Seed? Chapter 3 - How Seeds are Formed Chapter 4 - Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials Chapter 5 - Pollination Chapter 6 - Selecting Seed Parents Chapter 7 - Collecting Seeds Chapter 8 - Extracting and Drying Seeds Chapter 9 - Storing Seeds Chapter 10 - Testing Seeds PART II: The Vegetables TABLE I: Characteristics of Common Vegetables Saved for Seed Monocotyledoneae POACEAE (Grass Family) Sweet Corn / Popcorn LILLACEAE (Lily Family) Asparagus / Chive / Garlic / Leek / Onion Dicotyledoneae POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat or Rhubarb Family) Rhubarb CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family) Beet / Swiss Chard / Spinach TETRAGONIACEAE (New Zealand Spinach Family) New Zealand Spinach BRASSICACEAE (Mustard or Cabbage Family) Cabbage / Broccoli / Brussels Sprouts / Cauliflower / Chinese Cabbage / Kale / Kohlrabi / Turnip / Rutabaga /Horseradish / Radish FABACEAE (Bean Family) Pea / Peanut / Bean / Lima Bean / Cowpea / Soybean MALVACEAE (Mallow Family) Okra APIACEAE (Celery Family) Carrot / Celeriac / Celery / Parsley / Parsnip SOLANACEAE (Nightshade Family) Eggplant / Pepper / Tomato / Potato CUCURBITACEAE (Gourd or Cucumber Family) Squash / Pumpkin / Cucumber / Muskmelon / Watermelon ASTERACEAE (Aster Family) Lettuce / Jerusalem Artichoke / Salsify TABLE II: A Checklist of Some Seed-Borne Vegetable Diseases PART III: The Flowers The Best Flowering Ornamentals to Save for Seed Ageratum Alyssum, Sweet Amaranthus Aster, China Baby's-Breath Bachelor's-Button Balsam, Garden Bean, Scarlet Runner Bells-of-Ireland Borage Cabbage, Flowering Calendula Candytuft, Globe Canterbury-Bellsv Celosia Chrysanthemum Clarkia Cosmos Coreopsis, Golden Daisy, English Daisy, Gloriosa Daisy, Swan River Flax, Flowering Forget-Me-Not Four-O'Clock Foxglove Gaillardia Hollyhock Honesty Kale, Flowering Larkspur, Annual Lobelia, Annual Love-in-a-Mist Lupine, Dwarf Mallow, Rose Marigold Morning-Glory Moss Rose Nasturtium Pansy Petunia Phlox, Annual Pinks Poppy, California Poppy, Opium Poppy, Shirley Rocket, Sweet or Dame's Salpiglossis Salvia Scabious, Sweet Snapdragon Snow-on-the-Mountain Spider Flower Stock Sunflower Sweet Pea Sweet William Tobacco, Flowering Verbena Wallflower Zinnia Mail-Order Seed Sources Further Reading Glossary for Gardeners Average Frost Date Maps
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Author: Marc Rogers
Book Title: Saving Seeds: Guide to Growing and Storing Seeds
Language: English
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