Demystifying SEED SAVING Concerns (Cross Pollination, Hybrids & How To Save SEEDS Anyway)

"Save seeds recklessly" should be on a t-shirt!

Last year was my very first garden. I squeezed the seeds out of some cherry tomatoes from the store that I loved! I ended up with 12 plants that produced way more than I was ready for!!

I'm over here "amen"ing you like we're in the greenhouse church! 😆 "We are so much more capable than we think we are" ❤️

Saving your own seeds also lets you practice what they call Selection. You can Select for whatever traits you value, whether that's color, flavor, size, early/late fruiting, etc. by saving seeds from plants that likely have traits you like. This also means that if you live in a short growing season zone, you can through selection eventually get a plant that fruits quickly for your short season. That's a huge idea, really, that gardeners don't often consider, but should. You can have a seed supply that's perfect for your land.

I don’t think ANYONE could do a better job explaining this, Jess, and as we all know, repetition is very useful. Keep preaching❣️

Another good tip: Get some fruits and veggies from your local farmer's market and save the seeds. I know quite a few vendors in our area who have been saving seeds and growing what they have saved. The logic here is you're getting seeds from a climate you live in, so they'll likely have traits that help the plant survive in your climate. I live in the desert of Washington and have gotten some plants that I don't worry about because I know previous generations have grown here before mine.

My husband and I moved to our dream property this year. Before we left our last house, I saved whatever I could so I could bring the past with us into the future

my cantaloupe cross pollinated with my watermelon last year. I thought I was going crazy when I noticed a cantaloupe growing on my watermelon vine!

Everything I do in the garden follows the “(do this) recklessly” mindset it seems 😆. Reckless planting. Reckless organization. Reckless seed saving. Reckless seed starting. Reckless seed purchasing. It’s all chaos. But it’s always productive!

My newly minted 14 year old (her birthday is today) is pulling dandelions and clover to dry and research to see if she can make them into tea or something else medicinal etc and is listening to this while I watch.... she stops and goes “mom! Can we try to make a hybrid seed/plant this year?!!” 😂 so now on her bucket list after blacksmithing so she can make a sword she now wants to figure out how to make hybrid seeds 🤪🙌🏻🎉

Right now, I'm growing 4 squash and 1 melon with seeds I saved from grocery store produce that I ate last year.

I grow so many plants from seeds saved from store bought fruit and veg. Tomato, peppers, avocado, melon, apple, comquat, pomegranate, physalis, date, butternut squash. The strangest of all I have a coconut palm in a pot grown from a store bought coconut here in the uk.

Happy Easter! HE IS RISEN...INDEED!!!🙌🙌🙏🌷

"Save seeds recklessly and without abandon!" Next months shirt! And or sticker!

I work for a seed company and this is the best advice I could have ever received. We actually watched some of you videos in training when I started and I'm always going back to watch your videos to give advice for myself and customers.

My mother saved seeds from 3 different cayenne plants. And the next year grew at least 8 different types. It was so beautiful! Lots of variations in color. Leaf and fruit. And some fruits stood up above the leaves of the plant and some hung below. Every plant was different.

The best part of seed saving is seed sharing! 💗 Happy accidents are awesome, that’s how you get new varieties!

Happy Easter Sowers family! HE is Risen!!!!!!

You opened my eyes a while back to the "The worst that can happen is you end up with a cool hybrid" mindset and I'm so glad... I ended up with one of those beautiful basil's also that were purple with green splotches!

Thank you so much for making the whole "Seed Saga" completely clear!