The seed garden : the art and practice of seed saving / edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel ; written by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro.
Publisher: Decorah, IA : Seed Savers Exchange, [2015]Distributor: [Place of distribution not identified] : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: ix, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780988474918 (pbk)
- 0988474913 (pbk)
- 635 23
- SB324.75 .C65 2015
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Includes index.
Why save seeds? -- Section I. The art and practice of seed saving. The botany of seed saving -- Setting seed: mating systems and pollination methods -- Staying true: seed saving and variety maintenance -- Cultivating for seed -- Harvesting and cleaning seeds -- Seed quality and storage -- Planning the seed garden -- Section II. The seed garden: crop profiles. Determining population size and isolation distance -- Common name directory -- Crop profiles (alphabetical by scientific name) -- Appendix: Seed-saving recommendations -- Appendix: Seed-screen sizes -- Appendix: Germination test parameters -- Appendix: Common seedborne diseases -- Appendix: Regional considerations -- Appendix: Legalities -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements.