Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners

by Suzanne Ashworth
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
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44 ratings, 4.02 average rating, 8 reviews (more data...)
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published
March 1st 2002 by Seed Savers Exchange

binding
Paperback, 320 pages

isbn
1882424581    (isbn13: 9781882424580)

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Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains d...more




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Wayne
03/14/09
Wayne rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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My wife has had this book for years, and I've mostly ignored it until now because I thought it was just about how to clean and store seeds. Wow, was I wrong. This is a comprehensive, advanced guide to how to grow plants (of just about every genus you'd find in a vegetable garden) so that they breed true to type. We're talking flower taping, stamen bags ("corn condoms"), hand pollination, using window-screen cages to exclude pollinators, and lists of which varieties and species can inte...more
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Ragan
02/21/09
Ragan rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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Read in February, 2009
This books give detailed instructions on how to preserve seeds from Heirloom plants. I was just reading recently that most of the seeds you buy though the store and though a catalog are genetically engineered to not produce viable seeds. Check out seedsavers.org for plants that will produce viable seeds. This is an important thing to know about, especially if our food economy collapses and we must find ways to feed ourselves.
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Jon
06/17/09
Jon rated it: 5 of 5 stars

I got this book after it was reccomended to me by a local farmer... and I love it! Everything you need to know about growing, harvesting, and saving seeds. It's a good read too because it's a bit of a combination textbook and manual so while you're learning applicable information about good growing techniques you're also getting a bit into the botany and science of plants.
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Sarah
04/09/09
Sarah rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
If you are interested in growing heirloom seeds and then harvesting seeds from your own plants to plant again the next year, this book is the one to help you do that. It's very easy to follow and understand.
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Shaun
04/22/09
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This book is indispensable...
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Lisa
05/13/08
Lisa rated it: 4 of 5 stars

I read this a really long time ago, and while I don't save seeds from my garden at the moment, this book still sits on my bookshelf along with my other gardening books.... maybe someday in the future I will save seeds.
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Tarah
11/10/08
Tarah rated it: 4 of 5 stars

This is *the* go-to book or seed-harvesting and saving. I give it 4 because I like color pictures- that's right, I said it: I like books with color pictures.
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Dianne
02/17/08
Dianne rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in January, 1996
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