Awe! Luke in his younger days! Thank you for another great video! I’m going to try saving seeds this year from my lettuces that have bolted. I appreciate you!
Caress the seeds with your breath - gardeners just prove that getting outside in the beauty and bounty of nature gives you a poetical appreciation of everything you do! Loving this.
Wow! I didn't realize how long Luke's been sharing his knowledge with us online! So awesome to see his progress! I'm going to harvest lettuxe seeds from my winter lettuce & needed to find out how. So of course I looked for MiGardener! Thanks so much Luke!
Hi Luke, Nice video, you still are showing a great amount of info and lots of good advise. Why some people are giving you a wee bit of a hard time is beyond me. This info is going to save a lot of peoples life's in the future. Mark my words. Keep up the good work - You are doing it!
Luke, didn't realize how far back you started making videos on gardening. You've been doing a great job and have helped me growing vegetables in my garden. This time I'm going to save some lettuce seeds and save money. Thanks for putting the effort and publishing this and other videos.
I was just listening to you and your wife talking about how you got started. And earlier today, I just happened to see this tomato intro she spoke of. Lol. Soo cool you started this when you were so young. And you’re still young! Thanks for all your sharing!! You’re very helpful. This is how I saved my seeds last year.
I must say....this is the first video i ever came across where getting seeds from lettuce was actually explained, thank you very much, now i can try get some seeds from my lettuce
Great video. Always happy to see a new generation of people willing to put in the work to produce their own. Keep up the good work. BTW, the stuff you are blowing away is call chaff, and it is not really an ancient method. As it is exactly how even modern machinery such as a combine harvester does it as well. One simple way to do this at home is to get a small breeze, from a fan or just a light wind and pour it between two bowls. The seeds will fall and the chaff will blow away. This is where the saying "Separating the wheat from the chaff" came from.
Thank you Luke! I will be doing this today. We planted your SALAD BOWL mix. We haven't bought lettuce since March. It is August. I start them in a large flat container. Then transplanted them everywhere as long as it was shaded in the evening. Thanks. Rhonda
> I've been growing leaf lettuce since 2015 or so. I've always grown it in full sun, but it tends to bolt pretty early. This year I constructed a tarp shelter that provides shade during much of the day during June- September, and that seems to be useful. I also start saved seeds in trays and then replant them. This year I have replanted those seeds numerous times so as to have a number of plants growing in different stages. Now in late October, I have thirty or so lettuce plants, from vigorous and mature plants down to small seedlings just replanted. I will be interested to see how long I can harvest lettuce leaves as we move towards late fall and winter. Of course, with a lot less sun things don't grow very fast at this time.
Thanks for this. I had some salad green plants that served me so well during the winter and spring, and I'm eager to save the seeds to plant again in the fall!
Great video Luke! I harvested lettuce seeds for this first time this year and can't believe how easy it was! I must have at least 500 mixed lettuce seeds and it took less than 10 minutes total.
Great video!!! Very helpful! You look so young here. Well you always do but you can see the maturity now. This is so sweet. I'm an old lady 👵🏼 lol you always Bless me with your videos! Thank you!
Hi Luke, EXCELLENT not only the info you provided but also the way you showed your explanation ,I am very pleased have found your TH-cam videos and your web site as well,thanks
I bought a packet of leaf lettuce circa 2015, and have been growing lettuce and saving seeds ever since. It's my only crop this year, which I love using as a salad for breakfast on a daily basis. I observed that you break off the whole seed pod. I've always plucked the seeds out of the pods by the fluff. I don't suppose it makes much difference, but I'll try your method next time. I suppose you get more seed that way. I'm still using seed in 2023 that I saved in 2017, and still have plenty of that for next year, although I have seed saved from later years as well that I could use. This year I've experimented with growing lettuce from seed in trays, and then replanting the seedlings several times to get fresh a vigorous lettuce plants later in the season. It's now late in October, and I have thirty or so lettuce plants ranging from small little plants recently replanted to mature plants that have lots of leaf. I'll be interested to see how late I can get lettuce as we head into late fall and winter. I went out and watered my lettuce plants today, even though we've had several decent rains. But after several days with no rain, I figure they might benefits from a drink. I save water from gutters, so I have far more water than I have a use for, so that's another reason for watering my lettuce plants in late October. Anyway, thanks for providing a useful and watchable video on saving lettuce seed!
Ikr? I wasn't expecting that intro, after having watched Luke for 3-4 years. He's my first TH-cam gardener channel but, never seen the hippy loving intro. I love it!
Great understanding of what makes the footage usable from the instructional standpoint. Very good camera focus control with the hand as focal point! Intro was a little strange for me, but it's comes after that's really important and that part was great. I'll be looking at more of your work as time avows.
my girls and i found a Lettuce that we love!!!! it was called Lettuce bowl my niece has a Lettuce that was also called Lettuce bowl it was NOT same and no 1 save pack. ;( so to Save the Lettuce we all loved. I will try to Save Lettuce Seed and see what happens!!!!! thanks for showing me how. and keep up the good work
Great information on what to look for when picking seeds, and that seeds in the wind technique is fire bro! Thanks for all the videos and endless about of information.
Many years ago I let two romaine lettuce plants go to seed. I got over 2,000 viable seeds. I always harvest the seed heads only when dry and brown. Not all at once but over a period of two to three weeks. Each harvest of romaine lettuce seed. I place in a individual small paper envelopes. Mark,date , variety and each envelope marked as 1,2 etc. I then place at least 10 seeds from each harvest onto a damp paper towel in a zip lock bag. Put a date,number and variety on the zip lock bag in a Sunny window. I start checking after 3 days. Until they germinate. I usually get 95 to 100 percent germination. I place the seed packets dated , variety and germination percent in a taped mason jar so no light can get in. Put some packets of desiccant in the mason jar and store all my seeds in a cool dark place. I’ve lettuce seed that is 7 years old. And still get at least 85 percent germination. Through saving romaine lettuce seeds over the years. My romaine lettuce seeds have acclimated to the climate I live in. These Romaine Lettuce seeds now produce excellent heads of true romaine lettuce heads.
> I bought a packet of leaf lettuce seeds circa 2015, and I've been replanting seeds ever since. There's something satisfying about ripping off the leaves for my breakfast salad and then running indoors to make the salad! So, what are the advantages of Romaine lettuce in your experience? How do you use up a plant at a time? Do you think I should invest in a packet of Romaine lettuce seeds and give those plants a try? I'm really happy with my leaf lettuce, but perhaps you can convert me to Romaine!
@@SeattlePioneer It is really what is best for you. Your soils health, the weather, how long is your areas growing season, how much rain you area averages daily the growing season. All these play a major part in when to grow anything. I moved to Florida from the North East. Where I fortunately can garden year round I also grow Butter Crunch and Leaf Lettuce. What I especially like about the Romaine lettuce. The plants that I haven’t harvested. As the plants stalk shoots up to produce flowers. The side leaves only aren’t bitter. I just cut out the thick stems. Wash the leaves well and place them in water with ice. This way my family is still enjoying Romaine Lettuce. Until early summer and I still get viable seeds.I strictly grow non hybrid vegetables and flowers. When I moved from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania to East Central Florida. It took 2 to 3 years for my some seeds from acclimate to Florida weather. For example ,I grow 2 different varieties of Cucumbers. One for fresh eating and one for picking. I have to hand pollinate each variety and cover the female flower with a coffee filter and either a rubber band or a twist tie. That I rub between my hands to make the coffee filter soft. This is to prevent cross pollination. I leave the coffee filter on the female flower/fruit until I can feel the female flower is wilting or fell off. Then I mark the fruit with a twist tie around the stem. I do this with at least 4 female flowers. Making sure I’ll get viable seeds once the fruits fully mature. I do this with all my vegetables and Flowers that are of the same Genus but a different variety. There are plenty of TH-cam videos on how to hand pollinate. I enjoy hand pollinating, I also on occasional cross pollinate two varieties of the same genus. Creating a F1 hybrid. I have never have always gotten exact same results when I do this. I mainly do this with Marigolds.
I don't pick the flowers. While they are still in the grounds, I just hold a box under the fluffy clusters, shake the stem, and roll the fluffy parts between my fingers. The seeds just fall into the box. I do it every day or so until there is nothing left. I get enough seeds to plant a lettuce farm. I filter them pretty much the same way as in the video.
The method of vibrating the plate is also used in a wheat harvester to separate the seed and reprocess some chaff. I'm allowing lettuce to go to flower to save seed from my plants. Paris Island is one of my preferred lettuce types because its easy to grow and tasty. I do plant other types of lettuce because a little variety makes a good salad.
Good video. Starting to grow some lettuce for a fall crop and I may let one of whatever turns out to be my favorite variety go to seed. This vid will help with guidelines on the refining process. Cool indian trick by the way. Happy Gardening :)
I tried picking off my seed pods one by one into a ziploc bag, but it was really sticky and time consuming and there was no way I could get all the seeds from the plant. So I ended up waiting until the whole plant was completely dry in the fall. Then, I just pulled it up by the roots and shook it violently upside down over a clean garage floor. Then I swept up the seeds into a dustpan, blew the fluffy bits and husks off, and saved almost a quart-sized ziploc baggie full of seeds just from two plants.
Interesting method. I would have thought that much of the lettuce seed would have been blown off the plant long before the whole plant dried up. That's what seems to happen if I don't collect seed when it gets fluffy! I grab the fluff and the seed comes out with it. That has worked well for me.
Thank you so much for this video. I love the entro LOL. I also want to thank you for being honest and mentioning us. I definitely appreciate that. I truly love all your tips. Peace n blessings 🙏🏽🕎😘🦅✊🏾💖
I just had an idea for squash seeds and cross pollination. (If you have multiple squash/gourd family stuff nearby the seeds can be hybrids). The idea is to pollinate a flower by hand and then tag near its stem with a paper clip or something to identify it. Then in theory you can let it mature fully and save the seeds and they will be true to type?
I wonderif there are different ways to crop this thing, I have multiples so maybe I'll try simply cutting one in half, another cutting side branches, another cutting, 75% of the top growth, etc. How much did you cut and from where? Was it an already developed head, or was it similar to my situation with no head at all?
Can we PLANT THESE SEEDS? Right away? -or- is there a process they must go through, freeze etc... before viable for germinating? Thank you so much in advance for helping us :)
If some of them are white and puffy, but some are still closed and I cut the entire top do you know if the unopened pods are mature yet? They look to be mature size, just not opened yet.
Thanks for the video! IT was very informative. Do you let them air dry for a few days before putting them away in a plastic bag or air tight jar to be saved for next year? Thanks!
Nice vid Luke, I have a bunch of these about to go puffy/white. I have a seed question regarding Brocoli I planted late(which didn't produce anything at all) Will this thing go to seed, it shows no signgs yet. What if I cut the brocoli plant back 50%, do you know if this thing will produce a brocoli head given that we're going back to "brocoli friendly" temps?
FANTASTIC.....IF I may ask.....what variety is that lettuce. I have 3 different kinds I grown here in Cali because of the HEAT where I live. They BOLT early and fast. BUT my seeds look different than yours. Thank you for your gr8 vid. I await your reply... Happy Gardening and blessing.....
Shu Pesmerga your lettuce grown from seed will seed at the end of the season. Keep in mind the seeds will not grow to look like the plant which produced it if the seeds your planted from the store are not heirloom.
Omg I am dying! I’ve followed you for a long time and then I saw the intro to this 9yo video… wow you have come a long way!! You were a baby in this video. Still good info tho!
I believe I just cut the center head (which did develope) out , leaving as long a stalk as possible. I had seen it done on the victory garden show. Indiv. florets come out at all the leaf junctions along the stem,basically giving you another 1/2-3/4 of the first harvest, sm but tasty. I dont think the stem grew taller so leave as much as you can, nothen to lose?
I'm not sure about lettuce but i know a lot of seed like pepper tomatoes i clean them in a small bowl of water that also gets out the infertile one's. Dry them well in the sun and store in a plastic bag wrapped in paper towel.
Ric Komarek No, from what i have learned they are ready to use or can hold for years. As long as you make sure they are dry and out of the sunlight. I'm putting mine inside a ziploc bag, but i wrap the seeds in paper towels and i store all my seeds in a thick black retail bag.
It's so nice to see young folks gardening...
thesupermom1975 i know right
thesupermom1975
This comment was 2 years ago and us young folks are still watching! Lol 😉
im 15 watching this and I'm learning how to garden. I just planted apple seeds in my backyard in the fall as was told online and hopefully, they grow.
@@zman9315 I wonder if they would do better if you started the apple seeds indoors and then transplanted them outdoors.
Yah!! The young people all they do is tiktok
Awe! Luke in his younger days! Thank you for another great video! I’m going to try saving seeds this year from my lettuces that have bolted. I appreciate you!
Retro Luke delivering the knowledge a decade later! Thanks, bro. You the man.
Oh boy, that old intro was something
ikr
Lol he looks so young in this video. Didn't know his channel was this old.
He's got that baby face still on these videos 😆 . Cute reminds me of my son
😂😂😂😂😂 right! I had to look and see how long ago it was Bol 😅 so thankful for growth🙌🏽
Hahahaha right??? Iconic❤
Caress the seeds with your breath - gardeners just prove that getting outside in the beauty and bounty of nature gives you a poetical appreciation of everything you do! Loving this.
Wow! I didn't realize how long Luke's been sharing his knowledge with us online!
So awesome to see his progress!
I'm going to harvest lettuxe seeds from my winter lettuce & needed to find out how. So of course I looked for MiGardener!
Thanks so much Luke!
Hi Luke,
Nice video, you still are showing a great amount of info and lots of good advise. Why some people are giving you a wee bit of a hard time is beyond me. This info is going to save a lot of peoples life's in the future. Mark my words.
Keep up the good work - You are doing it!
And the intro dance was hilarious 😂👌🏼 keep it up, it indicates that you don't care what people think and you have a strong personality 💪🏼😊
Luke, didn't realize how far back you started making videos on gardening. You've been doing a great job and have helped me growing vegetables in my garden. This time I'm going to save some lettuce seeds and save money. Thanks for putting the effort and publishing this and other videos.
I was just listening to you and your wife talking about how you got started. And earlier today, I just happened to see this tomato intro she spoke of. Lol. Soo cool you started this when you were so young. And you’re still young! Thanks for all your sharing!! You’re very helpful. This is how I saved my seeds last year.
Wow blast from the past! You have been into plants for quite some time!
I must say....this is the first video i ever came across where getting seeds from lettuce was actually explained, thank you very much, now i can try get some seeds from my lettuce
So.... how's it going after a couple of years?
LOL been watching your newer stuff for the last few months.... this throwback intro is gold
Great video. Always happy to see a new generation of people willing to put in the work to produce their own. Keep up the good work. BTW, the stuff you are blowing away is call chaff, and it is not really an ancient method. As it is exactly how even modern machinery such as a combine harvester does it as well. One simple way to do this at home is to get a small breeze, from a fan or just a light wind and pour it between two bowls. The seeds will fall and the chaff will blow away. This is where the saying "Separating the wheat from the chaff" came from.
It’s interesting to see migardner a earlier videos as I just started watching his TH-cam channel a few weeks ago
Same!!
Thank you Luke! I will be doing this today. We planted your SALAD BOWL mix. We haven't bought lettuce since March. It is August. I start them in a large flat container. Then transplanted them everywhere as long as it was shaded in the evening. Thanks. Rhonda
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I've been growing leaf lettuce since 2015 or so. I've always grown it in full sun, but it tends to bolt pretty early.
This year I constructed a tarp shelter that provides shade during much of the day during June- September, and that seems to be useful.
I also start saved seeds in trays and then replant them. This year I have replanted those seeds numerous times so as to have a number of plants growing in different stages.
Now in late October, I have thirty or so lettuce plants, from vigorous and mature plants down to small seedlings just replanted. I will be interested to see how long I can harvest lettuce leaves as we move towards late fall and winter. Of course, with a lot less sun things don't grow very fast at this time.
Thanks for this. I had some salad green plants that served me so well during the winter and spring, and I'm eager to save the seeds to plant again in the fall!
So amazing, I love how you told about how the ancients did it. This is how God intended us to live😇
As other commenters mentioned, it's great to see young people into gardening. Great educational video as well, I'm harvesting today.
Great video Luke! I harvested lettuce seeds for this first time this year and can't believe how easy it was! I must have at least 500 mixed lettuce seeds and it took less than 10 minutes total.
I enjoy your videos! This was an oldie but goodie. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
Great video!!! Very helpful! You look so young here. Well you always do but you can see the maturity now. This is so sweet. I'm an old lady 👵🏼 lol you always Bless me with your videos! Thank you!
Perfect...this video was just what I needed. Now I know what to do with the yellow flowers that are sprouting on my lettuce. 👍
Hi Luke, EXCELLENT not only the info you provided but also the way you showed your explanation ,I am very pleased have found your TH-cam videos and your web site as well,thanks
Seed saving/sharing and food production is beyond important, thumbs up. Plan bigger gardens next year, go green now.
watching this in 2020 after watching most of your latest content and my first thought was "Luke looks like a baby." Grow big man.
Thank you! This might be an old video, however, we have some lettuce that's gone to seed, so we figured we would seed save them!
I bought a packet of leaf lettuce circa 2015, and have been growing lettuce and saving seeds ever since. It's my only crop this year, which I love using as a salad for breakfast on a daily basis.
I observed that you break off the whole seed pod. I've always plucked the seeds out of the pods by the fluff. I don't suppose it makes much difference, but I'll try your method next time. I suppose you get more seed that way.
I'm still using seed in 2023 that I saved in 2017, and still have plenty of that for next year, although I have seed saved from later years as well that I could use.
This year I've experimented with growing lettuce from seed in trays, and then replanting the seedlings several times to get fresh a vigorous lettuce plants later in the season. It's now late in October, and I have thirty or so lettuce plants ranging from small little plants recently replanted to mature plants that have lots of leaf. I'll be interested to see how late I can get lettuce as we head into late fall and winter.
I went out and watered my lettuce plants today, even though we've had several decent rains. But after several days with no rain, I figure they might benefits from a drink.
I save water from gutters, so I have far more water than I have a use for, so that's another reason for watering my lettuce plants in late October.
Anyway, thanks for providing a useful and watchable video on saving lettuce seed!
very helpful, the old intro was good haha
So glad you liked it! So many people hated it! haha
JJ R
check the date of the video 😉
Ikr? I wasn't expecting that intro, after having watched Luke for 3-4 years. He's my first TH-cam gardener channel but, never seen the hippy loving intro. I love it!
Great understanding of what makes the footage usable from the instructional standpoint. Very good camera focus control with the hand as focal point! Intro was a little strange for me, but it's comes after that's really important and that part was great. I'll be looking at more of your work as time avows.
thanks Luke I always learn something from your videos and you explain it in a way I always remember....
@migardener I just stumbled upon this video. You are such a youngin here. I love it!!
Oh my young Luke! So cute and so knowledgeable.
Wow. Throw back. Thanks for your videos bro. I tell everyone about you when I talk gardening.
Luke, watching today . Your content is always good. 🌻🌻
One of the best intros I've ever seen
Dude, just subbed you... this info is exactly what I was looking for... thank you for the close look... that helps a lot💜
Thanks Luke. I was looking hard for this info! P.s. quite the intro. We all grow. Blessings 😊
What a great way to save seeds for microgreens as well as regular lettuce.
Finally, some inspiration for gardening. Thank you.
When I grew brocolli and cut off the main head, it formed very nice little side shoots, worth a try.
my girls and i found a Lettuce that we love!!!! it was called Lettuce bowl my niece has a Lettuce that was also called Lettuce bowl it was NOT same and no 1 save pack. ;( so to Save the Lettuce we all loved. I will try to Save Lettuce Seed and see what happens!!!!! thanks for showing me how. and keep up the good work
Great information on what to look for when picking seeds, and that seeds in the wind technique is fire bro! Thanks for all the videos and endless about of information.
Many years ago I let two romaine lettuce plants go to seed. I got over 2,000 viable seeds. I always harvest the seed heads only when dry and brown. Not all at once but over a period of two to three weeks. Each harvest of romaine lettuce seed. I place in a individual small paper envelopes. Mark,date , variety and each envelope marked as 1,2 etc. I then place at least 10 seeds from each harvest onto a damp paper towel in a zip lock bag. Put a date,number and variety on the zip lock bag in a Sunny window. I start checking after 3 days. Until they germinate. I usually get 95 to 100 percent germination. I place the seed packets dated , variety and germination percent in a taped mason jar so no light can get in. Put some packets of desiccant in the mason jar and store all my seeds in a cool dark place. I’ve lettuce seed that is 7 years old. And still get at least 85 percent germination. Through saving romaine lettuce seeds over the years. My romaine lettuce seeds have acclimated to the climate I live in. These Romaine Lettuce seeds now produce excellent heads of true romaine lettuce heads.
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I bought a packet of leaf lettuce seeds circa 2015, and I've been replanting seeds ever since.
There's something satisfying about ripping off the leaves for my breakfast salad and then running indoors to make the salad!
So, what are the advantages of Romaine lettuce in your experience? How do you use up a plant at a time?
Do you think I should invest in a packet of Romaine lettuce seeds and give those plants a try? I'm really happy with my leaf lettuce, but perhaps you can convert me to Romaine!
@@SeattlePioneer
It is really what is best for you. Your soils health, the weather, how long is your areas growing season, how much rain you area averages daily the growing season. All these play a major part in when to grow anything. I moved to Florida from the North East. Where I fortunately can garden year round
I also grow Butter Crunch and Leaf Lettuce. What I especially like about the Romaine lettuce. The plants that I haven’t harvested. As the plants stalk shoots up to produce flowers. The side leaves only aren’t bitter. I just cut out the thick stems. Wash the leaves well and place them in water with ice. This way my family is still enjoying Romaine Lettuce. Until early summer and I still get viable seeds.I strictly grow non hybrid vegetables and flowers. When I moved from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania to East Central Florida. It took 2 to 3 years for my some seeds from acclimate to Florida weather. For example ,I grow 2 different varieties of Cucumbers. One for fresh eating and one for picking. I have to hand pollinate each variety and cover the female flower with a coffee filter and either a rubber band or a twist tie. That I rub between my hands to make the coffee filter soft. This is to prevent cross pollination. I leave the coffee filter on the female flower/fruit until I can feel the female flower is wilting or fell off. Then I mark the fruit with a twist tie around the stem. I do this with at least 4 female flowers. Making sure I’ll get viable seeds once the fruits fully mature. I do this with all my vegetables and Flowers that are of the same Genus but a different variety. There are plenty of TH-cam videos on how to hand pollinate. I enjoy hand pollinating, I also on occasional cross pollinate two varieties of the same genus. Creating a F1 hybrid. I have never have always gotten exact same results when I do this. I mainly do this with Marigolds.
I don't pick the flowers. While they are still in the grounds, I just hold a box under the fluffy clusters, shake the stem, and roll the fluffy parts between my fingers. The seeds just fall into the box. I do it every day or so until there is nothing left. I get enough seeds to plant a lettuce farm. I filter them pretty much the same way as in the video.
Me at 5 am: let’s learn lol. Always wondered this. And with heirloom being harder to find I’m learning
Just what I was searching for.
Thanks so much.
Thanks for the video. I can't wait till next Summer to try your method of harvesting lettuce seeds.
That was very informative, Thank you. can I plant some mid-summer in the same season I harvested the seeds and expect a crop?
The method of vibrating the plate is also used in a wheat harvester to separate the seed and reprocess some chaff. I'm allowing lettuce to go to flower to save seed from my plants. Paris Island is one of my preferred lettuce types because its easy to grow and tasty. I do plant other types of lettuce because a little variety makes a good salad.
heavymechanic2 awesome! I am glad you found this tutorial helpful.
Great video Luke. Thanks for showing us this.
Aww.. Baby Luke 🥰
I wonder with the shaking technique if you could put it on a speaker with the bass turned up?
Just what I was looking for. You were just a baby😊
I never knew how this was done! Maybe you can do vid how to save certain other seeds. Thanks!
Good video. Starting to grow some lettuce for a fall crop and I may let one of whatever turns out to be my favorite variety go to seed. This vid will help with guidelines on the refining process. Cool indian trick by the way. Happy Gardening :)
I tried picking off my seed pods one by one into a ziploc bag, but it was really sticky and time consuming and there was no way I could get all the seeds from the plant. So I ended up waiting until the whole plant was completely dry in the fall. Then, I just pulled it up by the roots and shook it violently upside down over a clean garage floor. Then I swept up the seeds into a dustpan, blew the fluffy bits and husks off, and saved almost a quart-sized ziploc baggie full of seeds just from two plants.
Thank you for this reply. I'm way too old to bend over like Luke did picking individual seeds. It's nice to know there is an easier way!
Interesting method. I would have thought that much of the lettuce seed would have been blown off the plant long before the whole plant dried up. That's what seems to happen if I don't collect seed when it gets fluffy!
I grab the fluff and the seed comes out with it. That has worked well for me.
Do you discard the plant after you get the seeds? New at this. Appreciate and replies.
Great video! Thank you! How do you know if you have heirloom variety & why does it have to be heirloom in order to save seeds?
Wow the aero days
Thank you so much for this video. I love the entro LOL. I also want to thank you for being honest and mentioning us. I definitely appreciate that. I truly love all your tips. Peace n blessings 🙏🏽🕎😘🦅✊🏾💖
Thank you. Exactly what I wanted to know.
Clear explanation, thanks!
Are those seed ready to put in a box until nest spring or we should before let them to dry under the sun?
I just had an idea for squash seeds and cross pollination. (If you have multiple squash/gourd family stuff nearby the seeds can be hybrids). The idea is to pollinate a flower by hand and then tag near its stem with a paper clip or something to identify it. Then in theory you can let it mature fully and save the seeds and they will be true to type?
I wonderif there are different ways to crop this thing, I have multiples so maybe I'll try simply cutting one in half, another cutting side branches, another cutting, 75% of the top growth, etc. How much did you cut and from where? Was it an already developed head, or was it similar to my situation with no head at all?
I got lettuce growing but because it was in a mixed package I've no idea what kinds I have but I'll be doing this in a few days.
I found the old video wowzers
I have four butter lettuce but all bolted! I guess I will get my own seed next year
Can we PLANT THESE SEEDS? Right away? -or- is there a process they must go through, freeze etc... before viable for germinating? Thank you so much in advance for helping us :)
great video Luke will be letting a lettuce turn to seed this year...
It is very easy to do and you will have lettuce seedlings for years!
I'm in Florida and moving to Connecticut, and was gonna brings seeds with me. I'm not sure if they grown up north in the cold.
If some of them are white and puffy, but some are still closed and I cut the entire top do you know if the unopened pods are mature yet? They look to be mature size, just not opened yet.
Thanks for the video! IT was very informative. Do you let them air dry for a few days before putting them away in a plastic bag or air tight jar to be saved for next year? Thanks!
Nice vid Luke, I have a bunch of these about to go puffy/white. I have a seed question regarding Brocoli I planted late(which didn't produce anything at all) Will this thing go to seed, it shows no signgs yet. What if I cut the brocoli plant back 50%, do you know if this thing will produce a brocoli head given that we're going back to "brocoli friendly" temps?
I will try it too to my channel 😍😍😊. I have so many lettuce that overgrown,. Love the idea😊😊😊
Good tips! Thank you.
How come you can only save from heirloom plants? I have a non-heirloom Bib Lettuce. Can I not save the seeds and plant this fall? If not, why?
Nice seed saving video Luke!
Omg Luke you were such a baby in this video!!!
FANTASTIC.....IF I may ask.....what variety is that lettuce. I have 3 different kinds I grown here in Cali because of the HEAT where I live. They BOLT early and fast.
BUT my seeds look different than yours. Thank you for your gr8 vid.
I await your reply...
Happy Gardening and blessing.....
Luke, love your channel. Thanks
If one were to package up seeds for sale… how many seeds do you sell per packet?
I would assume the companies that sell seeds sells seeds that don't grow seeds. Where did you get your hands on a seed-producing lettuce?
Shu Pesmerga your lettuce grown from seed will seed at the end of the season. Keep in mind the seeds will not grow to look like the plant which produced it if the seeds your planted from the store are not heirloom.
Very well done thank you
Omg I am dying! I’ve followed you for a long time and then I saw the intro to this 9yo video… wow you have come a long way!! You were a baby in this video. Still good info tho!
I believe I just cut the center head (which did develope) out , leaving as long a stalk as possible. I had seen it done on the victory garden show. Indiv. florets come out at all the leaf junctions along the stem,basically giving you another 1/2-3/4 of the first harvest, sm but tasty. I dont think the stem grew taller so leave as much as you can, nothen to lose?
I know this is an old video, but I am going to try and ask a question anyways. Can we use a dehydrator to dry to the flowers and to get the seed?
Great video
Excellent, thanks much.👍
I'm not sure about lettuce but i know a lot of seed like pepper tomatoes i clean them in a small bowl of water that also gets out the infertile one's. Dry them well in the sun and store in a plastic bag wrapped in paper towel.
Great video very helpful
Brilliant, keep the great work 👏🏼👌🏼
Thank you!
How old are those plants? I have four month old hydro lettuce no seeds yet but they are starting to bolt
do you have to let the seeds dry for any length of time before planting them?
Ric Komarek
No, from what i have learned they are ready to use or can hold for years.
As long as you make sure they are dry and out of the sunlight.
I'm putting mine inside a ziploc bag, but i wrap the seeds in paper towels and i store all my seeds in a thick black retail bag.
then where and how do you keep them? thank you
great video! LOL on the candles on a BD cake!
could you tell me how many seeds you get from a single fully matured lettuce plant. THANKS!
I would think many hundreds
hey my fave intro is back!
what variety of lettuce was that?
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