The Importance of Seed Saving | HOW TO Save Seeds for New Gardeners
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My 25 year old son recently moved out. He came home last week to go through my seeds.
I am always so proud of him,but th his especially warmed my heart. I was glad I had saved so many.
Way to go mama! That is something to be proud of!
Ever since I became a mother I cry at stuff like this. This warmed my heart so much. I pray for prosperity over your family.
I love that I always feel like I’m sitting with one of my girlfriends and having a chat when I watch you. You just feel comfortable and I mean that in the best way. Sending love and hugs 🤗 to y’all.
Nikki Cooper me too.
Yes!! Same!!
My children are all hybrids and I love them all 😂
Cindy Gardener mine too 😂 🥰
Cindy Gardener 😭
Mine too 😊
I just really want to say to you guys at roots and refuge farms, as well as the other people making these types of helpful videos for first time growers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. In a time of uncertainty you have given me the wisdom and confidence to start my own garden and grow my own food. And the relief i feel to have this type of knowlege at my fingertips is worth its weight in gold. I wish i could say something more powerful than thank you honestly. Because you have given me what i need to take care of my family and myself. And what an incredibly kind and generous gift to offer. Thank you so much. Bless you.
For those who are more book-oriented: I highly suggest a book called The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds by Robert E. Gough. Lots of illustrations and 'teach me like I'm 5' guides on seed saving that can answer questions specific to the plants you may have questions for.
ManCave Gaming and Gardening And- local libraries often have free electronic downloads of books. This might helps those of you who can’t access paper copies of books at the moment. BRB, searching that book.
ManCave Gaming and Gardening Preciate ya!
I'm about to plant my first real garden. I've been thinking about saving seed and this was the most gentle, easy to understand and encouraging video. Thank you!!
My husband looked at me like I was a crazy person for being a seed hoarder last year. I would have brown paper bags all over the place with random flowers that had gone to seed drying out in them. I even had a couple of overripe yellow squash hanging out until I could get time to process them. This year he's grateful for the stockpile. I love the different variables with growing hybrids and I love hybrid vigor. There are also heirlooms that are bullet-proof that I wouldn't hybridize. This is great info!
yep I save seed before so i can rush the season more with less risk.
Hi Jess. I like how you explain whatever you're talking about in details we all can understand! Thanks for your heart and sharing your gift of Gardening with us! Bless you and your sweet family and farm!!
“You’re not going to get seed off that plant, because you killed it and ate it” when gardening gets dark 😂😂😂
dun dun DUN
Thats why I like peppers and tomatoes you can eat food and have your seed too.
That quote made me giggle 😆
"If a German Sheppard and a Labrador mate, it doesn't immediately turn into a mutt." As silly as that was it was the perfect lightbulb going on explanation. Thanks Jess again for another perfectly worded video. You could just replay this video at the conference and you would be good to go. Stay safe! We bless you!
Thank you so much for making this video, I love saving seeds and run around every year with mini ziplocks saving all kinds of things wild flowers included. This was a most welcome break from the constant bad news, thank you for being a bright spot in the dark!
Great explanation, Jess! An idea: I recycle the paper envelopes my bills come in for seed packets because I naturally open them on the short end anyway. I cut them uniformly but leave enough extra to fold over. Plastic windows are fun and seed catalog photos can be taped on.
I would love to see a video of how you save your seeds. Like the process you go through with different types of plants for saving their seeds.
I linked a very old video of saving several types. Just skip the first 7-8 minutes because it’s all this background info
The video Jess Linked is great. I just watched it.
I’m a hobby gardener and new to your channel... just wanted to say thank you! This information was sooo incredibly helpful and your ability to translate all the knowledge you have into something us newer gardeners can understand, is so appreciated! Please keep sharing all your tips and tricks with us. You’ve inspired me to save seeds for the first time, and plant my first okra (I live outside Philadelphia... so that one might be a bit of a challenge but I’m going to give it a try!). Thanks for the escape!!
Great video! Thank you so much for joining the collab, Jess!
"That Labrador retriever doesn't turn into a mutt" 😂😂😂 I love it!
I love your voice Jess.
This morning I was thinking about getting a nose ring, and I was like wait a minute, I've never wanted a nose ring, why do I want one now? Then I realized you have one 😂
I have always had an interest in gardening, and haven't because I've been in college. I love that you say turn your waiting room into your class room.
This year, I'll be using my balcony as the trellis for beans and peas, and hopefully tomato
So proud of you! You'll learn so much!
catlovernat I have lots of pots on my balcony too! And I keep wanting a nose ring ❤️
catlovernat This is exactly what I though when I started the video ... what a beautiful and peaceful voice .. I love it.
Tomatoes like container growing just fine! Just make the container big enough, and mind the weight on a balcony. Look for potting mixes that dont use peat moss (holds water), but does use Vermiculite and Perlite. Soil bags have ingredient lists, just check them!
My daughter has a love for plants like my mother and myself. She lives in an apartment and has the upstairs unit. Her balcony looks like a jungle, a beautiful jungle! Everyone always stops and compliments it. One thing to note with growing on a balcony be watching where your sun and shade hit at certain parts of the day and also in the summer water is critical. Forget to water and its can be bad. We live in Texas so it is just plain hot!! Happy growing :)
I am so ready for this. I grow my garden with the forethought into saving seeds. Also if some things cross pollinate it still grows something edible lol.
One year I grew both zucchini and sugar pie pumpkins in the garden, and I saved the seeds from the pumpkins. The next year those "pumpkin" seeds grew watermelon shaped, zucchini-colored fruit - they were huge, with a tough skin, and slightly firmer flesh, but totally delicious.
@@sabrinaqualley5743 cool you could name that variety after yourself
I’m a flower gardener but watch all your videos. This information was explained throughly and easy to understand. Thanks g rest job!
Seed saving has seemed so stressful! I’m for sure gonna jump in and just start doing it!
Jess, you killed me, you are not going to get seeds because you just killed it and ate it. Love it and love you.
I watched your past seed saving video and I didn't believe it would work. So, I saved the seeds from 2 or 3 cherry tomatoes my husband grew in the backyard last year. This year, I have planted 10 seeds in little growing containers and 8 out of 10 have sprouted and look great. I am so ready for warmer weather, so I can put them outside. So proud of myself. Thank you for showing me this! I have learned a lot.
Your videos are really helping me right now stay grounded There is something very calming about your voice And even though things are scary right now my plants are growing,the sky is blue and the sun is shining💚💙💛
Sold. It is my first year gardening and I had decided out of nowhere that I would not save seeds for my first year .. well Jess you can be sure that I WILL be saving seeds thanks to your excellent explanations, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and again, thank you for being you.
I saved some sweet potato squash seeds from last year and it was the very first time I ever thought about being able to save seeds thanks to you! I had never thought about saving the seeds and it was my first attempt and it was successful. They are coming up this year! I want to thank you for even making that a possibility for me! It had never crossed my mind to save seeds from the plant or fruit. This year I will be saving everything I possibly can!
Thank you for sharing the great information and teaching us new gardeners so many great things to helps us in our gardens. Sending hugs and prayers from Texas 🌱😊💕
Jess, this was so good. What you said about crosses not becoming evident until the next generation is so important to know. And, some vegetables including carrots and beets don't produce seeds until the second year. That's why it's OK to plant beets in a garden close to a farm growing GMO sugar beets.There's absolutely no chance of cross pollination and both crops will be harvested before either have come into bloom and remain true to their type..
Thats such a good point. So much misinformation on this that has crippled people!
I love letting plants live their whole life, so I always have seeds. Right now, I have some beautiful brassicas and kale flowering and the bees are very happy. The kale when it gets too infested with aphids, I will cut off the leaves, trim it a bit, save the seed heads, and watch the stems grow again in the all. Don’t forget to get the free plants from the market, like green onions, garlic, rooting herbs, various stems. Some melons will ne ripe enougn for the seeds to sprout, such as water melon, grapes. I don’t bother doing anything with tomato seeds except let them dry on a paper towel. Sometimes I just bury a whole tomato and let the sprouts decide which one lives, or dig them out, split and plant them all over.
Dang you are right about people speeding down that road. That truck was going so fast!
There's a book about seed saving called Seed to Seed. It gives you information on how to save seeds from just about every plant.
In my first year, last year, I bought hybrid plants at Menards. I didnt know any better and it was one of the first things I bought. But over that year I learned a lot. One of those things is seed saving can save a lot of money. For someone on a very fixed income its a good thing. So this year when I planed on starting things from seed I bought all heirloom seeds before the virus really hit. I did save some seeds from last year. I got a cantaloupe off of a marked down cart ($.54) and some bell peppers at the store and saved the seeds from them. Granted they may not be heirloom but they are viable after testing them and it allowed be to buy other seeds that are to increase the variety of my garden. I will be collecting and saving heirloom seeds from my plants this year so I wont have to buy them next year. If the cantaloupes and peppers are not to my liking I will buy heirloom replacements next year.
That is an awesome idea, saving seeds from grocery produce! I've seen good results from that actually. I saved the seeds from the pumpkins I bought for Halloween and all the watermelons I got from farmers markets as well as all my own heirloom seeds, and I love how many options it gives me.
@@Sokolva Being on a fixed income with not a lot of extra money saving produce seeds let me buy other things. I only grew 3 different things in multiple containers my first year and I want to expand that this year. Next year I can be a little more selective in buying, I just need to find more garden space. :)
You are truly a blessing to us. Thank you for taking the time to share all of this info. It's very important to us especially in these uncertain times. God bless
I am new to your channel (through the Homesteaders Grow Your Food series), and I'm loving listening and learning from you! You speak so kindly and definitely share a passion, and put people at ease...thank you!!
Welcome! Thank you!
I just let the tomato seeds dry engooped on the paper. Sticks it good to the paper, so they dont fly everywhere, and you just tear up the paper to plant individual seeds.
I started doing that (accidentally) in 2005, when I had a crazy notion to selectively breed 'oversized' cherry tomatoes .. I used coffee filters to catch the seeds coming out of their bath, and they stuck to the paper .. a little scissor work, and they sprouted and grew just fine. I still have some of 2007's crop, dehydrated, and very tasty, 13 years later!
I just poke each seed off the paper with my nail when I am planting. Then I can reuse the dried paper towel haha.
I did that at first, and it does work, but when you ferment them you will be so thrilled with the little sparkly hairs. They're so pretty.
AND they'll last much longer. I have 30+ year old viable tomato seeds, saved airtight in ammo cans (keep cool).
@@sweetpea3472 What a great use of ammo cans! We have a few of those laying around. Thanks for the idea.
So much terrific information! I was a little timid about seed saving so I've been working on it slowly a few new things every year, it has helped me to ease into the learning curve.
in 2015, we had just retired and started our first garden. even though at that time we only had 100' of workable garden space. I had to hand pollinate every plant, because we had no bees that year. It works! Fast forward to 2020 - we have a ton of bees, and are busy as "bee's" :O) and we have an acre that we are growing food on.
Thank you so much for all your information, friend. I was a very casual gardener until this last month. Now I am overplanting in case my neighbors need food too. I have never successfully saved seeds but I will do it this year! Thank you for your kind heart and willingness to share your knowledge.
Great video, Jess! Totally agree with the points you made of why people hold back on seed saving. I have felt the same intimidation. Here’s to saving seeds for the next generation!🌻 ~ Nicole
God bless you Jess, you have a gift for teaching and explaining things. Also you're very inspirational and have a beautiful family. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
And just like that, easy peasy! I just came across your channel this week. Very clear and concise information and presented in a laid back and calm manner. I'm a new fan!
I know this video is "old" but i just watched it... I kind like seeing what happens too! I love seeing what little volunteer plants pop up from the compost (because there are always teeny tiny seeds that hide). I am *not* a random type person unless it comes to 2 things- D&D and gardening 😆
I am a seed saver. This is a lot of useful information. Things I didn't even know. Thank you
Just got up, just got my coffee, check out TH-cam... new R&R video?! YESSSS
This is a wonderful explanation! Thank you for teaching people to be more confident in their gardening skills :)
My husband and I bought our tiny farm in southwest Missouri (almost 2 acres) the end of December and moved in February. (Prior owners were amish so no electric but we have it now.) I am so thankful that we ordered our seeds in December from Baker Creek in anticipation of having a garden this spring. We also ordered plants from Stark Bro's. We do plan on saving seeds for the future. Thank you for the helpful info!!
gmtigger61 hello from Saint Louis, congratulations on your land. Good luck with your garden. Stay safe and healthy out there 💙
We’ve got a candy cane pepper next to a red bell pepper (both are sweet). The pots are right next to each other so they’re bound to cross pollinate. My husband and I will save the seeds from both and see what comes up next year! We’re pretty excited to see the results. Your seed saving videos are what inspired us to want to save seeds when we’d never thought of doing it before. Thank you very much this information 😊
Of all the years to plant some plants just for seeds to save, this is the year.
Great job on explaining this topic 👏👏👏
Keep up the good work 👍
God bless you 🙏
True story. Several of our cantaloupe got away from us one year and rotted on the ground. The next year we had cantaloupe plants growing where the fruit had been. It was awesome since we didn’t have to do anything but miss a few cantaloupes one year. Haha
Jess Thanks so much for being part of this collaboration!!! This is so helpful to folks!
I'm new to your VLOG and I absolutely love your personality! You add warmth and a realness that most youtube videos miss. And as if that wasn't enough.....you do Devotionals!! OMG, the whole package at my fingertips!. Thank You so much for sharing your life with us. This video is so informational and it's hard to believe how easy seed saving can be. I am currently waiting for Baker Creek to begin operations again so I can find some of those Jakari, Kajari ... melons (not sure if I'm saying that right) Hopefully they will still have some available.
Thanks for this great information. I love your channel. I have been wanting to have a garden for so long and planned mine this past winter. Using the square foot method. I have under way. Learning so much from you. At 61 it is never to late.😃
Thank you for this video. I learned so much. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. I feel like I'm right there with you.
My sweet 11 yr old boy brought me an orange seed last night in the last remnant of the days light as I was planting sunflower seedlings. We aren't sure what to do with it, so we put it in a paper towel to dry.
I really never thought about seed saving but in fleeting thoughts. I did save some lavender, morning glory seeds from many years ago. Not sure if they are still viable. Last year I saved some cucumber seeds, but never really serious about it. I didn't think about not being able to but them from a store. I did not even know how or where carrot seeds were at on the plant until I learned from you this morning. Thankyou again Jess for your inspiration and education.
I learn so much from you. Thank you for sharing your gift. I am inspired to now try and save the seeds from my garden this season, including my flowers.
Thank you Jess, I learned so much from you today,
I'm planting from seed this year for the first time and I'm do excited !!
Now you've given me even more reason to be excited about it. Thank you Jess
Love from Lori - Oregon 🌱
Loved this video. I knew how to save some seeds, but wasn't sure about others. Very good teaching video. I have some cabbage that bolted on me. I had intended to pull them up, but now I'm gonna let them go to seed & save for fall & late winter crop. " Live life in full bloom "... Thanks for sharing! I BLESS the Sowards!!! : )
First time seed saver here and i appreciate all of the information that you gave me..ty:)
I'm excited! Thank you
I always hear you talk about the stories that go with heirloom seeds, and I gotta say that makes me so curious every time I hear you say it. I’ve never encountered a seed backstory in all the years I’ve been gardening. I really don’t know what that means.
Thanks Jess!🙏🏽
Very good reminder, Thanks
Thanks Jesse for your tips! Fermenting heirloom tomato seeds tonight with the help of your video!
Thank you Jess
Thanks for taking the time on this explanation. I thought I understood seed saving pretty well, but I learned of ton of new stuff from this video!
I like the vision of our gardens as glorious melting pots of vegetable heritages. Thanks for the defense of the mutt plants!
Best summary yet! Love the loaded info. Thanks!
LOVED this video! Great information!
Best video on saving seeds! 👏 Thank you, Jess!
I find the seeds so beautiful. All the different shapes and sizes. I collect all kinds. I’ve had some pretty strange looking squash. Lol but it’s fun.
Last year I saved my okra seeds. It is tricky b/c you have to wait til it drys out on the plant before it opens up and spills out on the ground. MI gardener was great in explaining that to me.
The knowledge you have is golden!
I am that person with the box of seeds in ziplock bags 😄 my happy box
Fantastic information. Thank you for what you do
SO MUCH helpful info!!! Thanks for all you do.
Thank you for this timely information! I saved my first flower seeds last year and am looking forward to saving good seeds this year!
Great information Jess ! Thank you .
Thank you Jess, this was really helpful.
Great information Jess!! As always. Thanks 😍
Last year I messed up because I didn't know to over-ripen fruits before saving their seeds. This year I plan on saving seeds from everything! Starting with my broccoli that just went to seed :D
I so enjoy your videos. They always make me smile.
Lots of great info in this video, listen up! Once you find the heirlooms that do well in your particular area and zone, stick with those. It's fun to try something new, but... don't try all new seeds in one year, just in case those don't do well and your garden fails.
I NEEDED this video! So valuable, and so are you! Be blessed!
I have found on Instagram people LOVE to save seeds and they hold seed swaps on there. I don’t like spending a bunch of money so that is a really good option depending on the swap u can send in and receive anywhere between 10-100 different seeds! I was mind blown, now I’m semi addicted... this is my first year I WILL be saving my own seeds. For when I move to a bigger home hopefully next year! Till then I hoard what I can 😂
THANK YOU! Great info!
Thank you for this info!
I love to listen to you...I'm not sure why I can understand what you are saying but not alot of other people on this seed saving stuff, Lol
Thanks for all you do for us just learning! 🙏
Amazing!!! Thank you. Great review for me.
In a time like right now YOU are a true blessing!
I love watching your videos! I have learned so much.
Fantastic video! I learned so much and am even more excited about my garden this year!!! Thanks!!!
❤🌱🌿
Thank you for explaining this! I was sooo overwhelmed and confused!
Oh Thank you for this information. I will watch again and take notes
Very well explained.
Thank you! You always have the most useful advice for beginner gardeners!!!😊🥰
Thank you Jess! I’m actually starting to get into seed saving. Perfect timing 😊
You rock girl, sooo much love and info. Keep them videos coming🙏🏻❤️
Thanks, you give a lot of great information.
Excellent information, as usual. Thank You🥬🌽🐝🌸🙏
Very informative as always. You are a wonderful teacher Jess!