Seed sowing and saving

Carole B. Turner, 1964-

Book - 1998

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Published
Pownal, Vt. : Storey Pub 1998.
Language
English
Main Author
Carole B. Turner, 1964- (-)
Item Description
"A Storey Publishing book."
Physical Description
217 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781580170024
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sowing Seeds
  • 2. From Seed to Bloom
  • 3. Selecting Plants for Seed Saving
  • 4. Collecting and Storing Seeds
  • 5. Annual Vegetables
  • 6. Biennial and Perennial Vegetables
  • 7. Annual Flowers
  • 8. Biennial and Perennial Flowers
  • Appendices Optimal Germination
  • Temperatures for Seeds Characteristics of Common Vegetables Saved for Seed
  • Seeds that Require Special Treatment
  • Open-Pollinated (Standard) Varieties Zone Map Mail-Order Sources
  • Further Reading
  • Glossary
  • IndeX
Review by Booklist Review

This new volume in Storey's Gardening Skills Illustrated series gives detailed instructions on collecting, storing, and planting seeds. Introductory chapters discuss special treatments for seeds, sowing them indoors and outdoors, soil mixes, containers, labeling, lights, watering, transplanting, pollination, and germination. The remaining chapters provide individual instructions on growing more than 100 annual, biennial, and perennial vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Each listing includes gardening tips, seed facts, and data on harvesting the seeds. This comprehensive guidebook features 300 illustrations in color. (Reviewed December 15, 1997)1580170021George Cohen

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

The resurgence of interest in heirloom plants has triggered a necessary focus on seed preservation. Horticultural writer Turner demystifies the techniques of seed saving for modern gardeners in this practical guide. Acknowledging that she has found most seed-saving instructions complicated, she begins with encouraging words: "Many seeds require only a pot of soil, consistent moisture and a sunny windowsill to germinate." Turner discusses such basics as potting mediums, seed viability testing, container choices, the planting of various seed types and how to water to prevent plant fatalities. Separate chapters cover selecting plants for seed saving and the gathering and storing of seeds. Turner devotes two pages each to featured flowers and vegetables, which are arranged according to their classification as annuals, perennials or biennials. Here she clearly delineates how and when to harvest and later how to sow the seeds. Included are instructions for easily germinated seeds (e.g., bachelor buttons, radishes and cosmos) and specific advice for how to manage carrots and parsley, both noted for their reluctance to germinate. Reader-friendly prose, illustrative line drawings and master gardening tips will likely embolden even the most hesitant gardener to embark on a seed-saving adventure. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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