It is that time of year when you need to think about seed saving. Choosing which seeds to save is going to be the key to success in the years to come. This gardening in Canada video looks at which seeds you should look at keeping in your collection.
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Ashley is a soil scientist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her p
ost-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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Seed saving is the last step in securing a self sufficient food supply in your garden. Plus the yields will continue to get better year after year!
I am super excited about this video! I have a potted porch garden and this year I bought a grape tomato plant. I took some cuttings and they are producing fruit already & the original plant has been feeding me a handful of ripe tomatoes for a few weeks now. I really want to replant them next year because they are producing masses and early for my area. They also have the best full mouthwatering flavor. Since the season has been cooler than usual, I’m even more excited to save some seeds because they are hardy.
QUESTIONS: should I save from the original plant or the cuttings (does it make a difference)? Are old pill bottles a good idea for storing seeds?✌️💗🤘
Hi, do Marigolds attract aphids? I just finished dealing with an aphid infestation, I'm not sure if planting Marigolds will invite another, thanks.
Yea I knew about the saving of seed from the garden because its adapted to your region but never thought about the weather aspect – I think that may be a question one would fine difficult to answer as they start their seeds in February and March would it not?
Weather forecasting is not accurate, they may call for a scorcher and it turns out to be wetter and cooler – so how would one go about determining which batch of ….. seed to start/pant – as every season is different in warmth and rain –
Great video as usual, thanks for the info –
Great information!!
Thank you Ashley. Great video. I never thought about fine tuning seed saving
Ashley, can you address cross pollination please. For example I grew 20 different varieties of tomatoes … all in the same bed. I have one tomato starting to ripen even in this cold wet year. I’m not sure that I can save seeds. Maybe you have a video on this already? Thanks for another great video. I appreciate the work you do to help those of us that are just learning. 💕🇨🇦
Many years ago, before I started seed saving – which my brother in law taught me after I accidentally ate one of his prize tomatoes.
It was on the side, so I ate it and it was yummy!
Needless to say, he was not best pleased, but I learned a lot!
Thank goodness he still loves his crazy sister in law.
Happy harvesting to all!
This was sow informative Ashley. I’ll keep this in mind when harvesting and seed saving. Thank you very mulch for elaborating take CaRe
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I haven't really saved seeds…I'm not good at identifying disease I also dont know if I have made it deficient in anything that might effect seed viability or future plants…in short idk when my plants are perdy enough
Do you grow dwarf tomatoes? Mine had lots of potato style leaves and prevented sunscald that was so common with my normal paste tomatoes.
Love this video! I try to tell everyone this exact thing that you need seeds adapted to YOUR environment, not wherever they’re from.
Seed prices were insane this year. Paid 6 bucks for 10 tomato seeds haha. So I plan on saving as much seeds as possibly. Appreciate the tips.
Mmmmm story tine i saved one of the biggest zucchini squash fruit and planted its seeds this year, found out it had cross pollinated with the pumpkin, as the fruit this year has a strikingly resemblance to mr jack-o-lantern
I saved seed from a Big Boy volunteer that impressed me with its will to live. It hasn't disappointed. It's given me 100% germination, and all plants produce well. However, it's a hybrid. I understand that you can't save seed from a hybrid, or shouldn't, or whatever. Your thoughts on saving seed from hybrids? I'm into my third generation and going strong…
That's so cool. A seed collection "designed" specifically for your own property! Fantastic! Thank you Ashley! 🤗💖
I wouldn't be able to help myself. I'd welcome a 9 or 12 foot tomato plant. I'm thinking mainly of SuperSweet 100s. Mine got to 8 feet before I topped them. I wasn't properly prepared. But I'd do it again in a minute, and grow them over an arched cattle panel. 🍅🍅🍅
So the only questions I have are: how to properly save seeds, and how do I know in the beginning of a season which type of seeds to plant? Do you rely on an almanac?
Very informative thank you
And if you lack the plant you want or have poor gardening luck, go get a bunch of produce from the local farmers market and save those seeds. Not your own, but at least they grew up close to home.
Gardening in Canada is very similar to Gardening in Colorado!
I came to see if you had a seed saving video and you put one out just yesterday…you're the best. I have had a year heavy with pests and disease – should I wait for a better year to save my own seeds or save my most successful ones and consider them more resilient? And what's a good way to store the seeds to keep them viable for next year?
My peas and San Marzano and super sweet cherry tomatoes are third generation. Amazaing yield this year! My zinnias and marigold seeds are 6th generation.