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• Title:The garden seed saving guide : easy heirloom seeds for the home gardener / Jill Henderson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Henderson, Jill, 1966- author.
  
• Published/Created:Summertown, TN : GroundSwell Publications, [2017]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SB118.38 .H46 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Seeds.
  Seeds--Harvesting.
  Seeds--Storage.
  Heirloom varieties (Plants)
  
• Medical Subjects: Seeds
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:iv, 57 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:At a time where commercial forces have increased control over the food supply by patenting seeds with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), seed saving has become an important skill to encourage and share. Longtime organic gardener Jill Henderson explains how preserving open-pollinated and heirloom garden seeds from one season to the next will not only save gardeners money but will also increase their self-sufficiency and help them maintain a naturally diverse gene pool of food plants. Here are some of the many insider tips you'll discover: which seeds are easiest to save, why saving seeds preserves genetic diversity, easy hand-pollination techniques for beginners, the right way to harvest, clean, and store seeds at home, how to save hundreds of seed varieties from only seven crop types, how to ensure seed viability and test germination rates, and ways to keep seeds from cross-pollinating. Armed with these simple tips and instructions, anyone with a green thumb will find seed saving easy and rewarding. amazon.com.
  
• ISBN:9781570673467 (pbk.)
  1570673462 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Why Save Seed?
  1. Every Plant Has a Name
  Family, Genus, Species, Variety
  2. Reproduction Essentials
  Annuals, Perennials and Biennials
  Pollination
  How Plants Use Flowers
  Open Pollinated, Hybrid and GMOs
  3. Preserving Genetic Purity
  Physical Isolation
  Mechanical Isolation
  Natural Cross-pollination
  4. Selection and Genetic Diversity
  Genetic Diversity
  Selection
  Roguing
  Inbreeding Depression
  5. Harvesting Seed
  How to Determine Maturity
  Collecting and Cleaning Dry Seeds
  Cleaning Wet Seeds and Fermentation
  Drying and Storing Seeds
  Storage Times for Seeds
  Testing Germination
  6. Plant Profiles
  Level One Easy
  Aster
  -Lettuce
  Brassica
  -Annual Radish
  Legume
  -Beans and Peas
  Mallow
  -Okra
  Nightshade
  -Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato and Tomatillo
  Level Two Challenging
  Chenopodium
  -Spinach
  Cucurbit
  -Cucumber, Melon, Watermelon, Squash and Gourds.