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Seeds
Bean, California Blackeye (Bush)

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Bean, Kentucky Wonder (Bush)
Bean, Slenderette (Bush)
Bean, Edamame BeSweet 2015
(Soybean)
Beet, Detroit Dark Red
Beet, Early Wonder
Beet, Ruby Queen
Broccoli, Waltham 29
Cabbage, Golden Acre
Carrot, Chantenay Red Core
Carrot, Scarlet Nantes
Corn, Golden Bantam 8
Corn, Indian Ornamental

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Cucumber, Boston Pickling

S E E D S AV I N
ybrid Seeds
Cucumber, Spacemaster
Cucumber, Straight 8
Lettuce, Iceberg (Crisphead)
100% Non H Lettuce, Salinas (Crsphead)
Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson (Leaf)
Lettuce, Oakleaf (Leaf)
Lettuce, Salad Bowl Green (Leaf)
Never underestimate the wisdom of an old Lettuce, Salad Bowl Red (Leaf)
Lettuce, Cimarron (Romaine)
Lettuce, Parris Island Cos (Romaine)
gardener. They know local conditions, and can Melon, Hales Best Jumbo (Cantaloupe)
Melon, Hearts Of Gold (Cantaloupe)
Melon, Green Flesh (Honeydew)

give you lifesaving advice. Melon, Orange Flesh (Honeydew)

Okra, Clemson Spineless
Onion, Utah Sweet Spanish
Onion, Tokyo Long White (Bunching)
Onion, Crystal White Wax (Pickling)

Sa vin g S eed s , C a n S a v e y o ur l i f e Parsnip, Harris Model

Pea, Green Arrow
Pea, Lincoln
Pea, Little Marvel
hile lots of arguments can conditions, common pests, and other

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Pea, Dwarf Sugar Grey (Snow)
Pea, Oregon Sugar Pod II (Snow)
be made for the factors, is invaluable to any gardener. Pepper, Anaheim Chili (Hot Pepper)
Pepper, Cayenne Long Slim (Hot Pepper)
importance of saving your Pepper, Jalapeño (Hot Pepper)
I hope you enjoy this guide and Pepper, Santa Fe Grande (Hot Pepper)
own seeds, most people agree that Pepper, California Wonder (Sweet Pepper)
appreciate the work and thought that Pepper, Yolo Wonder (Sweet Pepper)
feeding your family and perpetuating Pumpkin, Big Max
went into its making, Pumpkin, Jack O’ Lantern
seed varieties that are in danger is a Pumpkin. Sugar Pie
worthwhile endeavor. Sincerely, Radish, Champion
Radish, Cherry Belle
Radish, White Icicle
Saving your own seeds isn’t very Dustin Merritt Spinach, Bloomsdale Longstanding
Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck (Summer) Squash, Black
complicated, or hard to do, although Beauty Zucchini (Summer)
Squash, Burgess Buttercup (Winter)
there are many different methods that Squash, Pink Banana Jumbo (Winter)
Squash, Sweet Meat (Winter)
people will recommend. That being Squash, Vegetable Spaghetti (Winter)
Squash, Waltham Butternut (Winter)
said, this guide is just that, a guide to Swiss Chard, Lucullus
Tomato, Beefsteak
get you started. Tomato, Brandywine Pink
Tomato, Large Red Cherry
Never underestimate the wisdom of Tomato, Rio Grande
Tomato, Roma VF Tomato, Rutgers
old gardeners in your area, and the Tomato, VR Moscow
Tomato, Yellow Pear
information they provide you. Their Watermelon, Crimson Sweet
Watermelon, Jubilee
experience with local weather and soil Watermelon, Sugar Baby
Watermelon, Striped Klondike Blue Ribbon
Reasons For Saving Seeds

T he golden rule in farming goes

something like this, “He who
controls the seeds, controls
the feed”. Not only is it unwise to put
all of your eggs into one basket, it is
unwise to allow one seed company to
control everything you can grow. And
yet, more and more across the country,
that is what is going on.

Bred for large companies Most of

the seeds that consumers are able to
purchase were bred specifically for
large companies, with no intention of
being sold to small farmers. Not only
that, but many of these seeds aren’t
suited to home gardening at all. By
saving and trading seeds, you free
yourself from the constraints of a large
corporation as well as exchange and Packing your seeds in glass jars is fine as long as they are dried properly, and
encourage genetic diversity in the seed protected from light and heat. Keep them in a cool dark place.
stock.

Saving seeds is critical to the survival When planning on gardening with the It is important that you know how to
of many heritage varieties of plants, as intention to save seeds it is important save each variety of seed you possess.
well as a great way to gain new to make sure that you are growing the While there are common tips and
varieties. Many gardeners will save an highest quality seeds that you can in tricks, and many seeds that can simply
extra amount of seeds to trade with the first place. Your name goes along be put in a glass jar, following specific
others, instead of purchasing new with each packet of seeds you sell or instructions for your variety of seed
seeds from year to year. trade, and so you may get people can guarantee an abundant harvest in
calling you for tips and tricks. years to come.

Selecting Plants for Seed Storage

I have no idea what the chart here is supposed to represent, but I do know that when
you are going to save seeds from a plant,
you want to make sure you save them 2007
from the best specimens you have 7% 2008
8%
grown. Not only the fruit or veggie size, 35% 2009
but look at leaf coloring, drought 10%
2010
Desiccant use is a controversial subject resistance, leaf structure, and the plant
11% 2011
in seed storage. I prefer to dry my seeds
shape overall. You want to select seeds 2012
to the correct moisture level, and then
that will carry these strong genes 29%
store them in an air tight container.
forward. Also note that saving larger
Those who want to use some form of
seeds is always a better bet than saving
desiccant however, can use the small smaller seeds. The larger the seed, the larger the reserve of food it has for it’s initial
packets from pill bottles, or even burst into life.
powdered milk, which is safe for seeds.
Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Luckily tomatoes, the favorite of

most gardeners, won't usually
cross pollinate. Insects can't
usually get into the anthers to
pollinate them. In a few
varieties, like the potatoes
tomato or currant tomato, the
stigma will stick out allowing for
cross pollination. In these cases
you can only grow one type of
easily pollinated tomato.
To collect your seeds you need
to cut a tomato from a healthy
plant in half, squeeze the juice,
pulp and seeds into a cup, and
add water to the top of the cup.
Leave this somewhere warm There are hundreds of types of heirloom tomatoes, and although they aren’t all
(kitchen counter) and let it begin perfectly round and red like the grocery store type, they are beautiful and delicious.
to ferment. The bad seeds and
jell will float to the top. After them. Put them onto a plastic These seeds should store well
about three days, it will stink plate and allow to dry for about 4 years as long as you
really bad and you may have somewhere warm and out of keep them out of direct
mold, this is normal. Just pour direct sunlight. Once they are sunlight.
out the water and floating completely dry, you can save
seeds, rinse the remaining your seeds in a paper envelope
seeds in clean water, and strain stored in a glass jar.

Cultivate for your climate

Heirloom tomato cultivars can be found in a wide variety of colors,
shapes, flavors and sizes. Some cultivars can be prone to cracking
or lack disease resistance. As with most garden plants, cultivars
can be acclimated over several gardening seasons to thrive in any
geographical location through careful selection and seed saving.

Heirloom tomato’s come in an almost

limitless variety of colors, shades, and Seed Life = 4 Years with care, longer if frozen.
flavors. Have fun trading seeds with
neighbors and local gardening clubs.
Savin g Bro a d B e a n s

Broad beans can cross easily with other varieties, so if you are
B ean s
saving seeds you need to keep each variety isolated from one Br o ad
another if you want to maintain 100% purity. You can do this
by covering them with netting, so that insects can't carry It is a rigid, erect plant 0.5-1.7
foreign pollen into the seeds. If you aren't very concerned with m tall, with stout stems with a
them crossing, you can just save seeds from plants in the square cross-section. The
middle of a block, insects will usually work the outer plants leaves are 10-25 cm long,
first, meaning there is little foreign pollen contamination. pinnate with 2-7 leaflets, and
of a distinct glaucous grey-
To save seeds, let your beans mature on the bush. Your pods green color; unlike most other
will turn brown, and will get dry and wrinkled. You can now vetches, the leaves do not
pick the pods, and shell out the beans. Test if they are really have tendrils for climbing over
dry, by trying to bite into them. If your teeth leave a dent, they other vegetation. The flowers
are still moist inside, and need to be dried somewhere dark are 1-2.5 cm long with five
and warm, not hot. petals, the standard petal
white, the wing petals white
with a black spot (true black,
Bean seeds will keep for many years without any special not deep purple or blue as is
provisions, so they don't need to be re-planted every year just the case in many "black"
for seeds. colorings [1]), and the keel
petals white. Crimson flowered
broad beans also exist, which
were recently saved from
extinction[2]. The fruit is a
broad leathery pod, green
maturing to blackish-brown,
with a densely downy surface;
Mature pods should be in the wild species, the pods
are 5-10 cm long and 1 cm
dry and leathery before
diameter, but many modern
harvesting for seed cultivars developed for food
production. Make sure use have pods 15-25 cm long
and 2-3 cm thick.
you select the
healthiest pods, from
1) Kathrynne Holden. "Fava Beans,
the healthiest plants. Levodopa, and Parkinson's Disease".
2) Russ Parsons. "The Long History of
the Mysterious Fava Bean". http://
archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/
05-96/05-29-96/c01li096.htm.
Saving French Beans

It is important to grow some of by, they may be cross airflow, and then remove them
your beans specifically for pollinated by insects. from there pods and allow
seeds, instead of just them to dry further.
collecting the left over extra
Buildings, trees, and other
pods at the end of the season.
hinderances will interfere with
You want to select pods from
insect flight patterns, so the
plants that are healthy and
exact distance other beans
well balanced.
need to be isn't easy to
determine. If you are just
French beans will self- saving your seeds for your
pollinate, usually before their own use, grow other bean
flowers open, so cross varieties at least 6-12 feet
pollination isn't a huge away, and you should be fine.
concern, although if there are French beans are a very popular side
dish with many dinners in North America.
other french beans right near

C ol le c t ing the s e e d s

To C o l le c t S e e d
s
To collect your seed
s, you
will want to allow th
e pods to
“Beans need something fully mature, turn ye
llow and
dry out. Collect the
to climb, so provide pods
individually, and let
them dry
them with a teepee out somewhere with
good
airflow, and then re
made of bamboo or move
them from their pods
sticks, or even tomato and
allow them to dry fu
rther.
trellises.
Saving Runner Bean Seeds

Runner bean flowers need to

be stimulated by wind or
insects before the beans set,
and are very easy to cross
pollinate with other varieties.
Ideally, to make sure no
crossing takes place, your
beans should be 1/2 a mile
away from any other runner
beans. Remember though,
that buildings, trees, and
shrubs, will limit insect flight
patterns, so you may not have
any problems depending on
your setup.
To collect your seeds, you Ipsum fermentum placerat tempor. Curabitur auctor, erat mollis sed fusce, turpis
vivamus a dictumst congue magnis. Aliquam amet ullamcorper dignissim molestie.
will want to allow the pods to
fully mature, turn yellow and
If you are having any problems hatch. Once you’re ready to
dry out. Collect the pods
with weevils in your seeds you take seeds out, allow the
individually, and let them dry
can put the sealed container in container to come up to room
out somewhere with good
airflow, and then remove them the freezer for a week or so, temperature before opening it,
from their pods and allow immediately after drying, to kill otherwise the beans will
any insect eggs before they absorb moisture from the air.
them to dry further.

Some Types of Runner Beans

• Enorma
• Scarlet Runner
• Aztec Half-Runner, also called "Potato bean"
• White Dutch Runner
• Case Knife
• Black Runner
Some varieties of runner beans have an • Painted Lady
edible soft pod, while others have only • Hammond's Dwarf
edible seeds as the pod become fibrous • Lady Di
and tough. • Pickwick Dwarf
• Riley
• Scarlet Emperor
Saving Peas$

Good news! Because peas are To collect your seeds, let the
almost entirely self pollinating, pea pods dry until they are
you usually don't have to brown and the seeds start to
worry about any cross rattle inside. If the weather has
pollination. You should set turned bad, you can pull up
aside a section of your peas the whole pea plant and bring
specifically for seed it into a garden shed, or
production, as you may have greenhouse to dry. Once all
to uproot the whole plant the vines are dried and the
come harvest time. pods are dried, take the peas
To avoid physically mixing up out, and allow them to dry
pea varieties, you should further.
make sure to plant some other
vegetable in-between your pea Label your peas with the variety and
varieties. date of storage. Put them into an air
tight package, store where cool & dark.

P e a ti ps and t ri c ks

Pr e t t y Pe a s
People know peas
for their
pretty pink, red, an
d orange
“Remember to set aside flowers, as well as
their cool
crisp flavor. Peas ne
some pea plants for seed ed lots
of support, so mak
e sure
saving ahead of time. you have set up a fe
w
trellises that are ea
You don’t want to sy to
access. Also remem
ber to
simply use the leftovers” harvest your peas woody peas. If they
are
often so
that you don’t get ha woody, dry them fo
rd r soups,
salads, and stews.
Savin g E ggp la n t s e e d s

n ts
Eggpla
Eggplant flowers are usually self pollinated, but can be
crossed by bees. If you are planning on saving your seeds you
need to just grow one variety of eggplant at a time. Aim for 6
to 8 plants each year to maintain a good variety long term. To The plant is native to India.[1][2] It has
maintain 100% isolation you need at least 50 feet between been cultivated in southern and
eastern Asia since prehistory, but
your eggplants. appears to have become known to the
To get ripe seeds, let the eggplant mature well past eating Western world no earlier than circa
1500. The first known written record of
stage. Make sure these are plants that looked healthy when the plant is found in Qí mín yào shù,
they were younger. an ancient Chinese agricultural
treatise completed in 544.[3] The
Cut the eggplant into quarters, avoiding cutting into the core, numerous Arabic and North African
and pull it apart. The hard brown seeds should be obvious. Put names for it, along with the lack of the
ancient Greek and Roman names,
the quarters into a bowl of lukewarm water, and gently rub the indicate that it was introduced
seeds out with your finger. Add more water to the bowl and throughout the Mediterranean area by
the Arabs in the early Middle Ages.
wait a few minutes. The good seeds will sink to the bottom
The scientific name Solanum
and the poor seeds will float. Pour them out and gently rinse melongena is derived from a 16th
the good seeds. century Arabic term for one variety.

Put them somewhere warm but not hot to dry, and The name eggplant, used in the United
States, Australia, New Zealand, and
occasionally stir them around, so they dry evenly and don't Canada refers to the fact that the
stick to your plate or each other. fruits of some 18th century European
cultivars were yellow or white and
These seeds should last 7 years or so, if kept in a cool, resembled goose or hen's eggs. The
moisture free environment. name aubergine, which is used in
British English, is an adoption from
the French word (derived from Catalan
albergínia, from Arabic al-baðinjān
from Persian bâdenjân, from Sanskrit
vātiga-gama). In Indian, South African
and Malaysian English, the fruit is
known as a brinjal, which derives
directly from the Portuguese
Once thought to be "beringela". Aubergine and brinjal,
with their distinctive br-jn or brn-jl
poisonous (I still think aspects, derive from Persian and
Sanskrit. A less common British
they are), eggplants are English word is melongene which is
also from French (derived from Italian
now a staple in many "melanzana" from Greek "melanzana"
countries. Their from Arabic al-baðinjān. In the
Caribbean Trinidad, it also goes by
abundant size and "meloongen" from melongene.

pleasing texture make Because of the plant's relationship

with the Solanaceae (nightshade)
up for an almost total family, the fruit was at one time
believed to be extremely dangerous.
lack of taste. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Eggplant
Saving Sweet Peppers, and Chili Pepper Seeds

Sweet peppers and Chilies

both belong to the Capsicum
Annum Species, and their
flowers will self pollinate and
set fruit without any help from
insects.

However, they will also readily

cross pollinate with sweet or
hot peppers, should they be
planted to close together. You
should plant your peppers
about 150 feet apart. Even if
you are only growing one type
of pepper, you need to see
Use a Day Caging to protect your seeds from cross pollination
what your neighbors might be
growing.

You just need to get some old from cross pollinating your
If you want to grow several misquote netting, or curtain peppers.
varieties, or your neighbors are netting, and drape over a
growing peppers, you can tomato cage around your
Avoid touching the peppers
make isolation cages to cover plants. This will stop bees
with bare hands.
3 or 4 seed plants.

How to Save Pepper Seeds

To save seeds, take over ripe peppers that have started to crack,
and cut them open. You should wear gloves as you rub the
seeds onto a plate. Dry the seeds somewhere warm, but not hot,
and wait until they are dry enough to crack in half, instead of
bending. this will tell you they are ready for long term storage.
Cover all but one variety of chili pepper
each day, to protect them from cross
breeding. This isn’t necessary if you
aren’t saving seeds, but should be done
to maintain a pure strain.
Savin g Ca r rot S e e d s Bi-ennial

s
Carrot
Carrots are biennial, which means they only flower after their
second year of growth. In areas where the winters are mild,
you can just leave them in the ground and mulch them
heavily. If you have harsh winters however, you can dig up
To harvest the carrot seeds,
some healthy roots, and after removing the foliage, store
watch the umbells of flowers,
them in a box of sand, where they don't touch one another.
and cut them off when they
Place the box in a cool, but frost free, dry place. You can
start to turn brown and die. If
replant these roots in the spring, and they will grow new
you have lots of plants, just
foliage and flower.
save the seeds from the first
few umbells on each plant, as
You should save at least 40 good roots for carrot seeds. If these will have the biggest and
you save fewer than this, you will end up with weak, poor best seeds on them. Dry, the
carrots after a few harvests. seed heads further inside, and
then rub the seeds into a
container.
Because carrots grow into big plants, with large flat umbells
of flowers, you need to separate flowering carrot varieties by
at least 500 feet or more. Although, because most carrots
don't go to flower, this probably isn't a concern for many
growers.

As with all insect pollinated plants, houses, shrubs, and other

barriers may decrease the distance needed.

“Carrots of many
colors. They cross
pollinate very easily, so
unless you are looking
for the rainbow effect,
take care during their
second year”
Saving Beets, Spinach and Swiss Chard

Beets, spinach and swiss distribute the pollen within the

chard all come from the same bag.
family, and will readily cross Once the large prickly seeds
breed. Because they are begin to mature, watch them
biennial, they flower in their closely. As soon as they begin
second year, and so care to dry out, you can cut the
should be taken in there entire seed stalk, or harvest
second year, to avoid cross mature seeds by rubbing them
contamination. into a bucket. Make sure that
In order to avoid cross the seeds are thoroughly dry
contamination, you should before storage, and they will
isolate 6-8 plants close last at least 5 years.
together, and cover them with
agriculture fleece, or netting. Isolate plants by 50 feet or so, or cover
Make sure that when they start individual plants with netting once they
start to flower.
to flower, you shake them and

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 Specific Instructions

BROCCOLI Waltham 29 ONION, BUNCHING Tokyo PARSNIP Harris Model

Collecting Seed: When the weather Long White Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that
warms, the heat will force broccoli to Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that produces a seed stalk the second year.
flower. It is now past the good-eating produces a seed stalk the second year. Roots need to be kept cool and moist.
stage and you can collect the seeds. Selected bulbs need to be kept cool and Protect first year root from winter freezing
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1” moist. Protect first year bulbs from winter by burying in sand or leaving it in ground
Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Germination freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in covered with heavy mulch. Seed heads
Temp: 65 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 3 - ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed form after summer growth. When seeds
5 days Planting Dates: 2 weeks after last heads form after summer growth. When have matured and partially dried on the
frost Seed Per Foot Row: 1 seeds have matured and partially dried seed stalk, gather the seed before it falls
After Thinning: 24” Days To Maturity: 50 - on the seed stalk, gather the seed before to the ground. Complete the drying
60 it falls to the ground. Complete the drying process at room temperature. Store in a
process at room temperature. Store in a cool, dry area.
CABBAGE Golden Acre cool, dry area. Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1 - 2”
Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1” Row Spacing: 12 - 18” Germination
produces a seed stalk the second year. Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination Temp: 50 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10
Selected roots need to be kept cool and Temp: 40 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 10 - 14 days Planting Dates: 5/20 - 7/10
moist. Protect first year roots from winter - 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/15 Seed Per Foot Row: 8 - 12 Spacing After
freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in Seed Per Foot Row: 9 Thinning: 3 - 4” apart Days To Maturity:
ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed After Thinning: 2 - 3” Days To Maturity: 105
heads form after summer growth. When Varies
seeds have matured and partially dried PEA Green Arrow
on the seed stalk, gather the seed before ONION, PICKLING Crystal Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy
it falls to the ground. Complete the drying White Wax Green Arrow pods and remove seeds
process at room temperature. Store in a Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that when pods have dried completely. Store
cool, dry area. produces a seed stalk the second year. in a cool, dry area.
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Selected bulbs need to be kept cool and Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
1” Row Spacing: 18 - 28” Germination moist. Protect first year bulbs from winter 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 5 - freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 9/1
Seed Per Foot Row: Transplant Spacing heads form after summer growth. When Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning:
After Thinning: 18 - 24” Days To Maturity: seeds have matured and partially dried Do Not Thin Days To Maturity: 70
65 on the seed stalk, gather the seed before
it falls to the ground. Complete the drying PEA Lincoln
ONION Utah Yellow Sweet process at room temperature. Store in a Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy
Spanish cool, dry area. pods and remove seeds when pods have
Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1” dried completely. Store in a cool, dry
produces a seed stalk the second year. Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination area.
Selected bulbs need to be kept cool and Temp: 40 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 10 Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
moist. Protect first year bulbs from winter - 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/15 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in Seed Per Foot Row: 9 Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed After Thinning: 2 - 3” Days To Maturity: 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 9/1
heads form after summer growth. When 95 Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After
seeds have matured and partially dried Thinning: Do Not Thin Days To Maturity:
on the seed stalk, gather the seed before 60
it falls to the ground. Complete the drying
process at room temperature. Store in a
cool, dry area. seeds and keep moist.
Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1”
Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination
Temp: 40 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 10
- 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/15
Seed Per Foot Row: 9
Spacing After Thinning: 2 - 3” Days To
Maturity: 115
 Specific Instructions

PEA Little Marvel RADISH Cherry Belle moist. Protect first year root from winter
Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy Collecting Seed: Older Cherry Belle freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in
Little Marvel pods and remove seeds plants should blossom and grow into ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed
when pods have dried completely. Store stalks to produced seed. Radish plants heads form after summer growth. When
in a cool, dry area. produce high yields of seed. The seed seeds have matured and partially dried
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 - stalk produces brown pods which contain on the seed stalk, gather the seed before
2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination the dark brown seeds. When seeds have it falls to the ground. Complete the drying
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - matured and dried, separate chaff with process at room temperature. Store in a
15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 9/1 your fingers, then collect and dry seed. cool, dry area.
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning: Store Cherry Belle Radish Seeds in a Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
Do Not Thin Days To Maturity: 60 cool, dry area. 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10
PEA, SNOW Dwarf Sugar Grey 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination - 20 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15
Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After
pods and remove seeds when pods have 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Thinning: 2 - 3” Days To Maturity: 80
dried completely. Store Dwarf Sugar Grey Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning: 2
seeds in a cool, dry area. - 4” Days To Maturity: 23 BEET Early Wonder
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 - Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that
2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination RADISH White Icicle produces a seed stalk the second year.
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Collecting Seed: Older White Icicle Selected roots need to be kept cool and
15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 9/1 plants should blossom and grow into moist. Protect first year root from winter
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning: stalks to produced seed. Radish plants freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in
Do Not Thin Days To Maturity: 65 produce high yields of seed. The seed ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed
stalk produces brown pods which contain heads form after summer growth. When
PEA, SNOW Oregon Sugar Pod the dark brown seeds. When seeds have seeds have matured and partially dried
matured and dried, separate chaff with on the seed stalk, gather the seed before
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your fingers, then collect and dry seed. it falls to the ground. Complete the drying
Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy
Store White Icicle Radish Seeds in a process at room temperature. Store in a
pods and remove seeds when pods have
cool, dry area. cool, dry area.
dried completely. Store seeds in a cool,
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
dry area.
1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10
2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination
15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 - 20 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning: 2 Seeds Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After
15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 9/1
- 4” Days To Maturity: 28 Thinning: 2-3” Days To Maturity: 48 - 60
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 After Thinning:
Do Not Thin Days To Maturity: 67
SPINACH Bloomsdale
BEET Ruby Queen
RADISH Champion Longstanding Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that
Collecting Seed: Older plants should Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to produces a seed stalk the second year.
blossom and grow into stalks to produced produce flower seed stalks. Cut the Selected roots need to be kept cool and
seed. Radish plants produce high yields mature spinach plants and dry them so moist. Protect first year root from winter
of seed. The seed stalk produces brown that the seed will come off by rubbing freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in
pods which contain the dark brown them in the palm of your hand. Separate ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed
seeds. When seeds have matured and seed from chaff and store in a cool, dry heads form after summer growth. When
dried, separate chaff with your fingers, area. seeds have matured and partially dried
then collect and dry seed. Store in a cool, Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: on the seed stalk, gather the seed before
dry area. 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination it falls to the ground. Complete the drying
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - process at room temperature. Store in a
1 - 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination 15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 cool, dry area.
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
15 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Thinning: 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 45 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 28” Germination
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10
Thinning: 2 - 4” Days To Maturity: 25 BEET Detroit Dark Red - 20 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15
Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that Seeds Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After
produces a seed stalk the second year. Thinning: 2 - 3” Days To Maturity: 60
Selected roots need to be kept cool and
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CARROT Chantenay Red Core seeds will separate from the chaff by LETTUCE, LEAF Salad Bowl
Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that rubbing flower head with your fingers. Red
produces a seed stalk the second year. Store in a cool , dry area. Collecting Seed: Allow several Salad
Selected roots need to be kept cool and Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Bowl Red lettuce plants to produce flower
moist. Protect first year root from winter 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination seedstalks. A dandelion type flower head
freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 - is formed after the plant blooms. The
ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds seed will separate from the chaff by
heads form after summer growth. When Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning: rubbing flower head with your fingers.
seeds have matured and partially dried 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 75 Store in a cool , dry area.
on the seed stalk, gather the seed before Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
it falls to the ground. LETTUCE, LEAF Black Seeded 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Simpson Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
1 - 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10 produce flower seed stalks. A dandelion Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning:
- 18 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15 type flower head is formed after the plant 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 54
Seeds Per Foot Row: 12 - 18 Spacing blooms. The seed will separate from the
After Thinning: 2” Days To Maturity: 68 chaff by rubbing the flower head with LETTUCE, ROMAINE Cimarron
your fingers. Store in a cool, dry area. Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to
CARROT Scarlet Nantes Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: produce flower seedstalks. A dandelion
Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination type flower head is formed after the plant
produces a seed stalk the second year. Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: blooms. The seed will separate from the
Selected roots need to be kept cool and 7-15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 chaff by rubbing flower head with your
moist. Protect first year root from winter Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After fingers. Store in a cool , dry area.
freezing by burying in sand or leaving it in Thinning: 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 75 Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
ground covered with heavy mulch. Seed 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
heads form after summer growth. When LETTUCE, LEAF Oakleaf Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
seeds have matured and partially dried Collecting Seed: Allow several Oakleaf 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
on the seed stalk, gather the seed before plants to produce flower seedstalks. A Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning:
it falls to the ground. dandelion type flower head is formed 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 65
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: after the plant blooms. The lettuce seed
1 - 2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination will separate from the chaff by rubbing LETTUCE, ROMAINE Parris
Temp: 40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 12 flower head with your fingers. Store in a Island Cos
- 18 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15 cool , dry area. Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to
Seed Per Foot Row: 12 - 18 Spacing Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: produce flower seedstalks. A dandelion
After Thinning: 2” Days To Maturity: 95 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination type flower head is formed after the plant
Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 - blooms. The seed will separate from the
LETTUCE, CRISPHEAD Iceberg 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds chaff by rubbing flower head with your
Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning: fingers. Store in a cool , dry area.
produce flower seedstalks. A dandelion 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 40 Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
type flower head is formed after the 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
lettuce plant blooms. The seed will LETTUCE, LEAF Salad Bowl Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
separate from the chaff by rubbing the Green 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1
flower head with your fingers. Store in a Collecting Seed: Allow several plants to Seed Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After
cool, dry area. produce flower seedstalks. A dandelion Thinning: 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 75
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: type flower head is formed after the plant
1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination blooms. The seed will separate from the
Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 - chaff by rubbing flower head with your
15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds fingers. Store in a cool , dry area.
Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning: Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 75 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
Temp: 35 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
LETTUCE, CRISPHEAD Salinas 15 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
Collecting Seed: Allow several Salinas Per Foot Row: 12 Spacing After Thinning:
lettuce plants to produce flower 6 - 8” Days To Maturity: 54
seedstalks. A dandelion type flower head
is formed after the plant blooms. Salinas
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MELON, CANTALOUPE Hales Planting Depth: 1” Seed Spacing: Hills 12 Temp: 70 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 5 -
Best Jumbo - 24” apart Row Spacing: 24” 8 days Planting Dates: 5/1 - 6/20 Seeds
Collecting Seed: Fruit should be stored Germination Temp: 60 - 100 deg. Per Foot Row: 5 Spacing After Thinning:
for a time before the seeds are collected Germination Time: 10 - 20 days Planting 5 - 6” Days To Maturity: 53
from them so the seeds will mature inside Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds Per Foot Row: 3
the fruit. If they are removed prematurely - 4 per hill Spacing After Thinning: 1 per BEAN, SOYBEAN Edamame
they may be unviable. After the fruit is hill Days To Maturity: 55 Collecting Seed: Collect seeds by letting
harvested, it should be placed in a dry, pods dry out on the plant. Open dry pods
shady spot where the fruit will not rot SWISS CHARD Lucullus and take out seeds. Dry Edamame seeds
unnecessarily, and left there for 20 days Collecting Seed: Biennial plant that can be stored in a cool dry place.
(3 weeks). After the 20 days has passed, produce a seed stalk the second year. Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing:
it can be sliced open, the seeds removed When seeds have matured and dried on 3” Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination
and cleaned. Store in a cool dark place the seed stalk, separate chaff with your Temp: 70 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 5 -
for longest viability. fingers, then collect and dry seed. Store 8 days Planting Dates: 5/1 - 6/20 Seeds
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - in a cool, dry area. Per Foot Row: 5 Spacing After Thinning:
8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1” 5 - 6” Days To Maturity: 85
Germination Temp: 65 - 85 deg. Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination
Germination Time: 3 - 5 days Planting Temp: 35 - 70 deg. Germination Time: CORN Golden Bantam
Date: 2 weeks after last frost Seed Per 7-10 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 7/1 Collecting Seed: Leave a few long
Foot Row: 1 Spacing After Thinning: 12” Seed Per Foot Row: 8 Spacing After healthy cobs on the stalk until the kernels
apart Days To Maturity: 65 - 85 Thinning: 8 - 12” Days To Maturity: 50 show denting. Pick the cobs and dry the
kernels completely before removing them
MELON, CANTALOUPE Hearts BEAN, BUSH California from the cob. Store in a cool, dry area.
Of Gold Blackeye (Cowpeas) Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing: 4
Collecting Seed: Wait until the vine Collecting Seed: Collect seeds by letting - 6” Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Germination
attached to Hearts of Gold cantaloupe pods dry out on the plant. Open dry pods Temp: 50 - 85 deg. Germination Time:
has dried, then remove cantaloupe and and take out seeds. Dry California 7-10 days Planting Dates: 5/5 - 7/1
set it aside for 3 weeks. Cut open Blackeye seeds can be stored in a cool Seed Per Foot Row: 1 Spacing After
cantaloupe and scoop out seeds from dry place. Thinning: 8 - 12” Days To Maturity: 82
center. Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing:
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 3” Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination CORN Indian Corn
6-8” in hill Row Spacing: 36” Germination Temp: 70 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 5 - Collecting Seed: Leave a few long
Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - 8 days Planting Dates: 5/1 - 6/20 Seeds healthy cobs on the stalk until the kernels
14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds Per Foot Row: 5 Spacing After Thinning: show denting. Pick the Indian corn cobs
Per Foot Row: 1 Spacing After Thinning: 5 - 6” Days To Maturity: 75 and dry the kernels completely before
12” apart Days To Maturity: 90 removing them from the cob. Store in a
BEAN, BUSH Kentucky Wonder cool, dry area.
MELON, HONEYDEW Orange Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing: 4
bean pods that rattle. Remove seeds - 6” Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Germination
Flesh, Green Flesh
when pods have dried completely. Store Temp: 50 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
Collecting Seeds: Wait until the vine
cool, dry area 10 days Planting Dates: 5/5 - 7/1
attached to Orange Flesh honeydew has
Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing: Seeds Per Foot Row: 1 Spacing After
dried, then remove honeydew and set it
3” Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination Thinning: 8 - 12” Days To Maturity: 110
aside for 3 weeks. Cut open honeydew
and scoop out seeds from center. Temp: 55 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
Planting Depth: 1” Seed Spacing: Hills 10 days Planting Dates: 4/5 - 6/10
12” apart Row Spacing: 36” Germination Seed Per Foot Row: 9 Spacing After
Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Thinning: 8 - 12” Days To Maturity: 65
14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds
Per Foot Row: n/a Spacing After BEAN, BUSH Slenderette
Thinning: n/a Days To Maturity: 105 Collecting Seed: Collect Slenderette
seeds by letting pods dry out on the
OKRA Clemson Spineless plant. Open dry pods and take out seeds.
Collecting Seed: Select dry long healthy Dry seeds can be stored in a cool dry
pods and remove seeds when pods have place.
dried completely. Store Clemson Planting Depth: 1 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing:
Spineless okra seeds in a cool, dry area. 3” Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination
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CUCUMBER Spacemaster 80 PEPPER, HOT Jalapeño PUMPKIN Big Max

Collecting Seed: Separate seeds from Collecting Seed: Select very mature Collecting Seed: Allow Big Max
flesh when cucumbers are very yellow peppers and remove seeds. Allow seeds pumpkins to dry for 3 weeks then open
and very ripe. Dry at room temperature. to thoroughly dry on a paper towel or them and extract seeds. Clean and then
Store in a cool, dry location. cloth. dry the seeds. Store them in a cool dry
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 5” Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - place.
in hill Row Spacing: 24 - 30” Germination 8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing:
Temp: 60 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 8 - Germination Temp: 80 - 85 deg. 3 - 4” between hills Row Spacing: 4 - 6
10 days Planting Dates: 5/5 - 7/30 Seeds Germination Time: 7 - 15 days Planting feet Germination Temp: 70 - 85 deg.
Per Foot Row: 3 Spacing After Thinning: Dates: 5/5 - 7/30 Seed Per Foot Row: 3 Germination Time: 7 - 10 days Planting
15” Days To Maturity: 60 Spacing After Thinning: 3 - 4 per hill Days Dates: 4/20 - 5/15 Seeds Per Foot Row:
To Maturity: 67 5 - 7 per hill Spacing After Thinning: Do
CUCUMBER, PICKLING Boston Not Thin Days To Maturity: 120
Pickling PEPPER, HOT Santa Fe Grande
Collecting Seed: Separate Boston Collecting Seed: Select very mature PUMPKIN Jack O’ Lantern
Pickling seeds from flesh when Santa Fe Grande Hot peppers and Collecting Seed: Allow pumpkins to dry
cucumbers are very yellow and very ripe. remove seeds. Allow seeds to thoroughly for 3 weeks then open them and extract
Dry at room temperature.Store in a cool, dry on a paper towel or cloth. seeds. Clean and then dry the seeds.
dry place. Planting Depth: 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 2” Store them in a cool dry place.
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Row Spacing: 24 - 30” Germination Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing:
8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Temp: 60 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 14 3 - 4” between hills Row Spacing: 4 - 6
Germination Temp: 60 - 75 deg. - 21 days Planting Dates: 5/20 - 7/1 feet Germination Temp: 70 - 85 deg.
Germination Time: 7 - 14 days Planting Seeds Per Foot Row: Transplanted Germination Time: 7 - 10 days Planting
Dates: 5/5 - 7/30 Seeds Per Foot Row: 3 Spacing After Thinning: 18 - 24” Days To Dates: 4/20 - 5/15 Seeds Per Foot Row:
Spacing After Thinning: 3 - 4 per hill Days Maturity: 80 after transplant 5 - 7 per hill Spacing After Thinning: Do
To Maturity: 68 Not Thin Days To Maturity: 110
PEPPER, SWEET California
PEPPER, HOT Anaheim Chili Wonder PUMPKIN Sugar Pie
Collecting Seed: Select very mature Collecting Seed: Select a very mature Collecting Seed: Allow Sugar Pie
Anaheim chili peppers and remove California Wonder pepper and remove pumpkins to dry for 3 weeks then open
seeds. Allow seeds to thoroughly dry on seeds. Allow seeds to thoroughly dry on them and extract seeds. Clean and then
a paper towel or cloth. a paper towel or cloth. dry the seeds. Store them in a cool dry
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: Planting Depth: 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 2” place.
6-8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36” Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 3 -
Germination Temp: 60 - 75 deg. Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - 4” between hills Row Spacing: 4 - 6 feet
Germination Time: 7 - 14 days Planting 14 days Planting Dates: 4/15 - 6/1 Seeds Germination Temp: 70 - 85 deg.
Dates: 5/5 - 7/30 Seeds Per Foot Row: 3 Per Foot Row: Transplanted Spacing Germination Time: 7 - 10 days Planting
Spacing After Thinning: 3 - 4 per hill Days After Thinning: 24” Dates: 4/20 - 5/15 Seeds Per Foot Row:
To Maturity: 68 Days To Maturity: 75 5 - 7 per hill Spacing After Thinning: Do
Not Thin Days To Maturity: 100
PEPPER, HOT Cayenne Long PEPPER, SWEET Yolo Wonder
Slim Collecting Seed: Select a red, very
Collecting Seed: Select a red, very mature pepper and remove seeds. Allow
mature cayenne pepper and remove seeds to throughly dry on a paper towel
seeds. Allow seeds to thoroughly dry on or cloth.
a paper towel or cloth. Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 -
Planting Depth: 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 2” 8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36”
Row Spacing: 24 - 30” Germination Germination Temp: 60 - 75 deg.
Temp: 60 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 14 Germination Time: 7-15 days Planting
- 21 days Planting Dates: 5/20 - 7/1 Dates: 5/5 - 7/30 Seed Per Foot Row: 3
Seeds Per Foot Row: Transplanted Spacing After Thinning: 3 - 4 per hill Days
Spacing After Thinning: 18 - 24” Days To To Maturity: 67
Maturity: 70 after transplant
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SQUASH, WINTER Sweet Meat TOMATO Rutgers

SQUASH, SUMMER Early Collecting Seed: Squash seeds grow Collecting Seed: Select a red, very
Prolific Straightneck inside the fruits. Clean and dry the seeds mature tomato and remove seeds. Allow
Collecting Seed: Seeds grow inside the then store them in a cool dry place. seeds to throughly dry on a paper towel
Straightneck fruits. Clean and dry the Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - or cloth.
seeds then store them in a cool dry 8 seeds per hill Row Spacing: 48 - 60” Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1 - 2”
place. Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg. Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 11⁄2” Seed Spacing: Germination Time: 7 - 14 days Planting Temp: 50 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 8 -
3 - 4” between hills Row Spacing: 4 - 6 Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seeds Per Foot Row: 14 days Planting Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seed
feet Germination Temp: 70 - 85 deg. 1 Spacing After Thinning: 3 per hill Days Per Foot Row: Transplant Spacing After
Germination Time: 7 - 10 days Planting To Maturity: 105 Thinning: Do Not Thin Days To Maturity:
Dates: 4/20 - 5/15 Seeds Per Foot Row: 80 after transplant
5 - 7 per hill Spacing After Thinning: Do SQUASH, WINTER Vegetable
Not Thin Days To Maturity: 52 Spaghetti TOMATO VR Moscow
Collecting Seed: Vegetable Spaghetti Collecting Seed: Select a red, very
SQUASH, SUMMER Black seeds grow inside the fruits. Clean and mature tomato and remove seeds. Allow
Beauty Zucchini dry the seeds then store them in a cool seeds to throughly dry on a paper towel
Collecting Seed: Separate Zucchini dry place. or cloth.
seeds from flesh when Zucchini are very Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1 - 2”
ripe & mature. Dry at room temperature. 8 seeds per hill Row Spacing: 48 - 60” Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination
Store cool, dry. Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg. Temp: 70 - 80 deg. Germination Time: 6 -
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Germination Time: 10 - 14 days Planting 14 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
8” Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seeds Per Foot Row: Per Foot Row: Transplant Spacing After
Temp: 60 - 95 deg. Germination Time: 10 1 Spacing After Thinning: 2 - 3 per hill Thinning: Do Not Thin Days To Maturity:
- 14 days Planting Dates: 5/5 - 7/20 Days To Maturity: 70 80 after transplant
Seed Per Foot Row: 1 Spacing After
Thinning: 2 - 3 per hill Days To Maturity: SQUASH, WINTER Waltham TOMATO Yellow Pear
62 Butternut Collecting Seed: Select a very mature
Collecting Seed: Save seeds from the Yellow Pear tomato and remove seeds.
SQUASH, WINTER Burgess winter squash and dry at room Allow seeds to thoroughly dry on a paper
towel or cloth.
Buttercup temperature. Store in a cool, dry area.
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1 - 2”
Collecting Seed: Burgess Buttercup
8” in hill Row Spacing: 48 - 60” Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination
seeds grow inside the fruits. Clean and
Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg. Temp: 50 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 8 -
dry the seeds then store them in a cool
Germination Time: 10 - 14 days Planting 14 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
dry place.
Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seed Per Foot Row: 1 Per Foot Row: Transplant Spacing After
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 -
Spacing After Thinning: 2 - 3 per hill Days Thinning: Do Not Thin Days To Maturity:
8 seeds per hill Row Spacing: 48 - 60”
to Maturity: 105 80 after transplant
Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg.
Germination Time: 10 - 14 days Planting
Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seeds Per Foot Row:
1 Spacing After Thinning: 2 - 3 per hill TOMATO Beefsteak, Roma VF,
Days To Maturity: 100 Rio Grande, Large Red Cherry,
Brandywine Pink,
SQUASH, WINTER Pink Banana Collecting Seed: Select a red, very
Jumbo mature Beefsteak tomato and remove
Collecting Seed: Save seeds from the seeds. Allow seeds to throughly dry on a
winter squash and dry at room paper towel or cloth.
temperature. Store in a cool, dry area. Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 1 - 2”
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Row Spacing: 36 - 48” Germination
8” in hill Row Spacing: 48 - 60” Temp: 50 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 8 -
Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg. 14 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 5/1 Seeds
Germination Time: 10 - 14 days Planting Per Foot Row: Transplant Spacing After
Dates: 5/20 - 7/10 Seed Per Foot Row: 1 Thinning: Do Not Thin Days To Maturity:
Spacing After Thinning: 2 - 3 per hill Days 90 after transplant
To Maturity: 105
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Planting Depth: 1 - 3” Seed Spacing: Hills

WATERMELON Crimson Sweet 8” Apart Row Spacing: 8” Germination CARAWAY
Collecting Seed: Wait until the vine Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - Collecting Seed: Select a few seeds
attached to the watermelon has dried, 14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds from your harvest and store them in a
then remove it and set it aside for 3 Per Foot Row: n/a Spacing After cool dry place using ziplock bags.
weeks. Cut open watermelon and scoop Thinning: n/a Days To Maturity: 75 Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
out seeds from center. Separate seeds 3 - 4” Row Spacing: 12” Germination
by placing them in water and gently Temp: 55 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 14
swishing until seeds and pulp separate. ANISE - 21 days Planting Dates: 5/1 - 6/15
Planting Depth: 1⁄2 - 1” Seed Spacing: 6 - Collecting Seed: Select a few seeds After Thinning: 6 - 8” Days To Maturity:
8” in hill Row Spacing: 30 - 36” from your harvest and store them in a 60 - 70
Germination Temp: 60 - 95 deg. cool dry place using ziplock bags.
Germination Time: 3 - 5 days Planting Planting Depth: 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: 6” CHAMOMILE
Dates: 2 weeks after last frost Seed Per Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination Collecting Seed: Allow seedheads to
Foot Row: 1 Spacing After Thinning: 12” Temp: 60 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 10 dry on plants; remove and collect seeds.
apart Days To Maturity: 67 - 18 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15 Planting Depth: 0 - .1” Seed Spacing: 1 -
After Thinning: 12” 2” in pots Row Spacing: 6 - 12”
WATERMELON Jubilee Days To Maturity: 60 - 70 Germination Temp: 55 - 65 deg.
Collecting Seed: Wait until the vine Germination Time: 7 - 14 days Planting
attached to the watermelon has dried, ARUGULA Dates: Spring After Thinning: 6” apart
then remove it and set it aside for 3 Collecting Seed: Once arugula goes to Days To Maturity: 80 - 90
weeks. Cut open watermelon and scoop flower, seed pods will form up the stem.
out seeds from center. Separate seeds Cut off water and let the plant begin to CHERVIL, CURLED
by placing them in water and gently turn brown. If you hear a rattling sound Collecting Seed: To harvest the seed,
swishing until seeds and pulp separate. when you shake the pods, you can then hold the cut stalks inside a large bowl or
Planting Depth: 1 - 3” Seed Spacing: Hills clip the stems and hang them upside a paper bag, and rub the seed heads to
8” Apart Row Spacing: 8” Germination down in a bag for about a week. Then break the seeds out. Collect the seeds
Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - you will crumble the dried seed pods and together and store in a cool dry place.
14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds separate the seeds from the chaff using Seeds don't normally last longer than a
Per Foot Row: n/a Spacing After your favorite method. Store them in a year so use them quickly.
Thinning: n/a Days To Maturity: 95 cool dry place, ziplock bags work well to Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 5 -
keep out the moisture. 7” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 1 -
WATERMELON Striped Temp: 50 - 60 deg. Germination Time: 10
2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination - 14 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 4/15
Klondike Blue Ribbon Temp: 40 - 55 deg. Germination Time: 5 -
Collecting Seed: Wait until the vine After Thinning: 8 - 10”
7 days Planting Dates: Early Spring After Days To Maturity: 60
attached to the watermelon has dried, Thinning: Don't Thin
then remove it and set it aside for 3 Days To Maturity: 35-40
weeks. Cut open watermelon and scoop CHIVES, GARLIC
out seeds from center. Separate seeds Collecting Seed: Once the Garlic Chives
BASIL begin setting seed pods, allow them to
by placing them in water and gently Collecting Seed: Let the plant go to
swishing until seeds and pulp separate. dry on the stalk. Once they are dry,
seed and before it gets too dry cut the remove them from the stalk and remove
Planting Depth: 1 - 3” Seed Spacing: Hills seed heads with some stalk attached.
8” Apart Row Spacing: 8” Germination the black seeds from the pods.
Hang upside down, put in a paper bag Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
Temp: 75 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - and tie tightly. When dry, take down and
14 days Planting Dates: 3/15 - 5/1 Seeds 6 - 9” Row Spacing: 9” Germination
shake very hard (you may have to break Temp: 45 - 95 deg. Germination Time: 7 -
Per Foot Row: n/a Spacing After some seeds out by hand). Dump the
Thinning: n/a Days To Maturity: 90 21 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15 After
seeds out in a flat container and blow the Thinning: 12 - 18”
dried chaff away. Store in an airtight Days To Maturity: 42 - 50
WATERMELON Sugar Baby container.
Collecting Seed: Wait until the vine Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 10
attached to the watermelon has dried, - 12” Row Spacing: 10 - 12” Germination
then remove it and set it aside for 3 Temp: 65 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 5 -
weeks. Cut open watermelon and scoop 10 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 4/15 Seed
out seeds from center. Separate seeds Per Foot Row: 12
by placing them in water and gently After Thinning: Don't Thin Days To
swishing until seeds and pulp separate. Maturity: 85
 Specific Instructions

CHIVES, ONION DILL MINT Lemon

Collecting Seed: Allow your existing Collecting Seed: Seed is harvested by Collecting Seed: If you don't want to
chive plants to blossom and watch for cutting the flower heads off the stalks trust to mint to reseed, wait until blooms
when they start to dry out and lose their when the seed is beginning to ripen. The begin to turn brown and dry. Cut the
color. If the chive plants are in a windy seed heads are placed upside down in a flower heads from the plant and place
location or in a place they can be paper bag and left in a warm dry place them in a paper bag and let dry. Over a
bumped, put a bag over the the flower for a week. The seeds then separate bowl, crush each flower head with your
heads and tighten the opening with a from the stems easily for storage in an hands and allow the seeds to fall into a
string or rubber band. This will catch the airtight container. bowl. Remove any chaff or debris from
seeds so they don't fall away. Allow Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: the seeds, spread the seeds in a pie pan
flower heads to completely dry out. Cut 1 - 2” Row Spacing: 18 - 24” Germination and allow them to dry for a couple days.
the flower heads off of the plants and put Temp: 65 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 10 Place the seeds in an envelope and keep
them in a bag that has extra room in it for - 14 days Planting Dates: 3/20 - 6/15 the envelope in a cool, dry location until
the flowers to bounce around. Shake the After Thinning: 12 - 18” spring.
bag, dislocating all the tiny black seeds Days To Maturity: 60 - 70 Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
out of the flower heads. The seeds will be 5 - 6” Row Spacing: 12” Germination
about the size of a flea, so look for them FENNEL Temp: 60 - 70 deg. Germination Time: 10
carefully. Store the seeds in a cool and Collecting Seed: Collect fennel seeds - 14 days Planting Dates: 5/15 - 6/15
dry location, such as a refrigerator as soon as the flowers start to turn After Thinning: Don't Thin
drawer. brown. For best storage, put the seeds in Days To Maturity: 80
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: a brown paper bag and store them in a
1” Row Spacing: 12” Germination Temp: cool, dry place. MINT Peppermint
40 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 7 - 10 Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 8” Collecting Seed: If you don't want to
days Planting Dates: Spring Row Spacing: 18” Germination Temp: 65 trust to mint to reseed, wait until blooms
After Thinning: 8” Days To Maturity: 45 - 70 deg. Germination Time: 10 - 20 days begin to turn brown and dry. Cut the
Planting Dates: 4/15 - 5/15 After flower heads from the plant and place
CILANTRO, SLOW BOLTING Thinning: 8 - 12” them in a paper bag and let dry. Over a
Collecting Seeds: Once cilantro begins Days To Maturity: 80 bowl, crush each flower head with your
to seed, you can collect the seeds and hands and allow the seeds to fall into a
use them as coriander, or save them to FENUGREEK bowl. Remove any chaff or debris from
dry out and replant. Collecting Seeds: The seeds from the seeds, spread the seeds in a pie pan
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: fenugreek are used as a spice when and allow them to dry for a couple days.
2 - 3” Row Spacing: 12” Germination dried, but they are saved for planting in Place the seeds in an envelope and keep
Temp: 55 - 65 deg. Germination Time: 10 the same way. the envelope in a cool, dry location until
- 14 days Planting Dates: Spring Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: spring.
After Thinning: 7 - 8” Days To Maturity: 5 - 6” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
90 Temp: 65 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 10 5 - 6” Row Spacing: 12” Germination
- 20 days Planting Dates: 5/15 - 6/15 Temp: 60 - 70 deg. Germination Time: 10
CRESS After Thinning: Don't Thin - 14 days Planting Dates: 5/15 - 6/15
Collecting Seed: The seeds from cress Days To Maturity: 80 After Thinning: Don't Thin
can be easily stored, the seeds grow in Days To Maturity: 80
pods and one can easily detach a mature MINT Catnip
pod and place it upside down in a paper Collecting Seed: Pick the flowers from
bag. After three months the seeds are the plant when they are beginning to dry
properly dried and by shaking the bag on the plant. Turn the flowers upside
they will fall out of the pod and should be down over a plastic or paper bag and
kept in a tightly sealed jar. shake heartily so that the seeds fall out.
Planting Depth: 0 - .1” Seed Spacing: 1 - Store in a cool dry place.
2” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing:
Temp: 55 - 75 deg. Germination Time: 2 - 1⁄2 - 1” Row Spacing: 14 - 18”
4 days Planting Dates: Spring Germination Temp: 55 - 65 deg.
After Thinning: Don't Thin Days To Germination Time: 7 - 20 days Planting
Maturity: 7 - 12 Dates: Spring
After Thinning: 12 - 15” Days To Maturity:
80
 Specific Instructions

MINT Spearmint Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 4 -

Collecting Seed: If you don't want to 5” Row Spacing: 14 - 18” Germination
trust to mint to reseed, wait until blooms Temp: 55 - 85 deg. Germination Time: 21
begin to turn brown and dry. Cut the - 28 days Planting Dates: 4/20 - 5/15
flower heads from the plant and place After Thinning: 10 - 12”
them in a paper bag and let dry. Over a Days To Maturity: 70 - 90
bowl, crush each flower head with your
hands and allow the seeds to fall into a SAVORY, SUMMER
bowl. Remove any chaff or debris from Collecting Seed: Allow seedheads to
the seeds, spread the seeds in a pie pan dry on plants; remove and collect seeds.
and allow them to dry for a couple days. Properly cleaned, seed can be
Place the seeds in an envelope and keep successfully stored
the envelope in a cool, dry location until Planting Depth: 0 - 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 6
spring. per inch Row Spacing: 14 - 18”
Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing: Germination Temp: 65 - 75 deg.
5 - 6” Row Spacing: 12” Germination Germination Time: 10 - 15 days Planting
Temp: 60 - 70 deg. Germination Time: 10 Dates: 4/15 - 6/15 After Thinning: 6 - 9”
- 14 days Planting Dates: 5/15 - 6/15 Days To Maturity: 60
After Thinning: Don't Thin
Days To Maturity: 80 THYME, COMMON
Collecting Seed: Thyme plants
OREGANO propagate best by cutting, but if you wish
Collecting Seed: Oregano is a perennial to save seeds, allow your plants to
herb that should last from 2-4 years, blossom and watch for when they start to
which may eliminate the need for dry out and lose their color. Put a bag
collecting seed very often. It will also over the flower heads and tighten the
cross-pollinate very easily, so if you opening with a string or rubber band. This
collect seeds from a plant in the garden will catch the seeds so they don't fall
you may not get exactly what you are away. Allow flower heads to completely
expecting. To collect seeds, you need to dry out. Cut the flower heads and stalks
cut the branches with seed heads and off of the plants and put them in a bag
place them in paper sacks so as to save that has extra room in it for the flowers to
as much seed as possible. Once the bounce around. Shake the bag,
seed heads are dry, shake the sacks and dislocating all the tiny seeds out of the
the seeds will fall into the bottom of the flower heads. Store the seeds in a cool
bag. store the seeds in opaque and dry location, such as a refrigerator
containers, in a cool dry place. drawer.
Planting Depth: 1⁄4” Seed Spacing: 6 - Planting Depth: 1⁄4 - 1⁄2” Seed Spacing:
12” Row Spacing: 12 - 18” Germination 3 - 4” Row Spacing: 12” Germination
Temp: 60 - 70 deg. Germination Time: 5 - Temp: 50 - 65 deg. Germination Time: 10
10 days Planting Dates: 6 - 8 wks before - 15 days Planting Dates: 4/15 - 5/15
last frost Seed Per Foot Row: 1 After After Thinning: 6 - 8”
Thinning: 12” Days To Maturity: 80 - 90 Days To Maturity: 70

PARSLEY
Collecting Seed: To save parsley seed,
overwinter at least two or three plants. In
warmer areas mulch heavily with straw or
cover plants with a frame, elsewhere
grow a few plants in a polytunnel or
greenhouse. The next spring, the plants
will start to flower and produce seed.
Only grow one variety for seed at a time
as parsley will cross- pollinate. Harvest
the seeds from individual flowerheads as
they dry and turn brown, as they tend to
drop from the plant when ready.
Seed Saving Terms - Cool definitions for the
big words.
anther - Organ where pollen is produced.
chaff - Broken pieces of dried seed capsules, stems, leaves and other debris mixed in with seeds.
cleaning screen - Screens with different-sized openings are used to separate seeds from chaff. The screen number denotes
the number of openings that will cover a one inch line. A screen is selected with openings just large enough to let seeds drop
through without the chaff or as in the case of larger seeds, a screen selected to allow the chaff to drop through without the
seeds. (See page 36.)
cross-pollination - When pollen is exchanged between different flowers from the same or different plants.
dehiscent - A seed capsule opened to discharge seeds is dehiscent. Seeds must be harvested before this process takes place
and the seeds are lost. In some varieties, the seed capsules literally explode.
dioecious - Species, that has male and female plants.
dominant trait - The variation of a specific, identifiable gene that results in observ able traits. For example, tall is a
dominant trait in pea plant growth. Crosses with bush varieties will usually result in tall varieties. See "trait."
filament - Tube that supports the anther where pollen is produced.
flail - The process of fracturing or crushing seedpods in order to free the seeds. This can take the form of everything from
simply rubbing broccoli pods between your hands to driving over bean vines with a car.
hybrid - Varieties resulting from natural or artificial pollination between genetically distinct parents. Commercially, the
parents used to produce hybrids are usually inbred for specific characteristics.
monecious - if a species produces single plants with separate male flowers and female flowers on the same plant.
open-pollinated - Open-pollinated varieties are stable varieties resulting from the pollination between the same or
genetically similar parents. Not hybrid.
ovary - The female part of a flower that contains the ovules. Fertilized ovules develop into mature seeds.
pappus - Small hairs borne at tip of seed (composite flowers only).
perfect flowers - Individual flowers that contain both stamens and pistils.
pistil - The female reproductive organ in a flower made up of the stigma, style, and ovary.
pollen - Equivalent of sperm in plants. Pollen grain fertilizes plant ovules.
pollination - The process of sexual fertilization in plants. The male chromosomes contained in pollen are combined with
the female chromosomes contained in the ovules.
recessive trait - The variation of a specific, identifiable gene that results in observ able traits only if the dominant trait is
not present. For example, wrinkled pea seeds result only in varieties where the dominant smooth-seed trait is missing.
rogue - The process of removing or destroying plants with unwanted characteristics or traits.
selection - The process of saving the seeds from plants that exhibit desirable charac teristics and traits. To identify
desirable characteristics, plant the same variety in different environmental conditions, or plant different varieties in the
same environ mental conditions.
self-pollination - When pollination takes place within a single flower, usually before it opens. Other flowers or plants are
not needed. Self-pollinating flowers are called "perfect flowers" because they contain the stamens that produce pollen and
the pistil that receives the pollen. Isolation distance to prevent cross-pollination is not necessary unless insects are known
to invade the flowers before pollination is complete.
silique (siliqua) - Long, tubelike seedpod that splits in half.
stamen - A flower's male reproductive organ consisting of the filament, anther, and pollen.
stigma - The opening in the pistil through which the pollen passes to the ovary.
style - Contains the pollen tube between the stigma and the ovary through which the pollen is carried.
thresh - A term used by seed professionals to describe the process of separating seeds from chaff.
trait - A specific feature traced to an identifiable gene or group of genes. Pea traits traceable to single genes include vine
growth (bush or tall), seed texture (smooth or wrinkled) and disease resistance (fusarium, enation mosaic, and powdery
mildew).
viable - A viable seed is one that will germinate and produce a vigorous plant. Seeds must not be harvested before they have
matured enough to be viable. There is wide variation in the point of maturity at which a seed can be harvested and still be
viable.
vigor - Strong, vibrant germination and growth. A desirable characteristic.
wind pollination - When pollen is carried from one flower to another by the wind.
winnow - An ancient technique used to clean seedsmoving air from a fan or breeze is used to separate heavier seeds from
lighter chaff.