Gardening – Saving Seeds
It is moving into Fall/Autumn in my part of the universe and it is time for some intense seed saving.
I like to save seeds as early as possible in the season because then I’m assured I’ll have seeds for next year and can relax a bit. But some plants like butternut squash can take all season for their seeds to ripen.
And we wish to ripen those seeds on the plant for as long as possible. That increases the probability those seeds will be viable as the plant has put maximum energy into creating them.
I save my seeds in cleaned-out plastic condiment containers, the type we get with take-out orders. I then put those condiments in old metal cookie/biscuit tins and store them in the cooler basement.
I usually have a gazillion seeds. So I usually plant extra in the Spring because…I can and because that ensures at least some of them will be viable.
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Seed Saving And Sharing
(The radish seeds, contained within these pods, are almost ready to harvest. They merely need to dry a bit.)
I reserve a part of the harvest for the wildlife.
The Mafia Squirrels will steal some cherry tomatoes. The birds will eat some raspberries. The slugs will devour some green beans.
That is the reality of gardening and is a part of the honor of sharing this wonderful planet with other lifeforms.
I also, however, reserve a part of the harvest for seeds.
I allow some plants, like radishes and spinach and others, to flower and then go to seed. This is a long process and I can’t use that garden space for anything else while it is happening.
But it is necessary to ensure there will be a harvest next year.
We saw during the early days of COVID that buying seeds is not always a reliable option. It was almost impossible to find lettuce seeds in my part of the world in 2020, for example.
If times get tough, seeds will be difficult to obtain again.
Plus saved seeds are usually more suited to our particular growing conditions. The plants that survived to give us those seeds thrived in our gardens.
Often, when we save seeds, we end up with WAY more seeds than we could ever possibly use.
I could convert the entire neighborhood to 100% spinach lawns with the seeds I’ve saved.
(grins)
I share my excess seeds with other gardeners in the area. It is an easy and free way to make their lives a little bit happier.
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Gardening – Dividing The Irises
Every four years, the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I dig up the irises and divide them. If we don’t complete this big job, the irises suffer and often stop flowering. Plus…we get more irises when we do this! (grins)
This was the year! We dug them up and split them, which often required cracking the rhizomes into half. Then we replanted them. We should have double the number of irises next year.
Eventually, we’ll run out of room in the bed.
Which is why you don’t need to buy iris rhizomes. If you ask around (in the Fall/Autumn), you’ll likely discover that many of your neighbors have been forced to throw away iris rhizomes they no longer have space to plant! They will happily give you some.
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