Ever had a variety that just PERFORMED in your garden and wanted the same results next year? Learn the science behind seed saving – why some varieties work, some don’t, and how to know the difference. Shannie has 10+ years of horticulture experience and used to work for a popular heirloom seed company, so she knows what she’s talking about when it comes to saving seed.
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00:00 – Intro
01:08 – Plant Biology Lesson
04:45 – Plant Taxonomy
07:55 – Seed Saving Storage
08:25 – Seed Saving Tutorial
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41 Comments
Do kings play chess on fine grain sand?
Perfect timing
I fermented some tomato seeds and was nice to have refresher on separating at end.
Grew a surprise golden paste tomato plant. Cross between my small yellow pear & red paste tomatoes in last year’s garden?
Awesome video!! Really informative and scientific, yet concise and easy to understand as a normal human.
Thank you 🙌🏽🎉
I literally could not stop watching. She's fabulous! Thanks for posting! 😊
I was LITERALLY searching this up yesterday!!!!! Thank you so much!!!
Awesome video!!
Shannie's a really good teacher!
I'm saving seeds to get plants that are more adapted to my climate for each following year
A humorous comment: Joseph Lofthouse, a plant breeder from Utah, once made a comment about storing seeds in glass vessels… I'll paraphrase what he said… He said (more or less) that he hadn't found a reliable way to winnow the seeds from broken glass.
Food for thought…
Great video. Thanks!
Love saving my own seeds.
Shannie, best of luck with your baby❤ also, enjoyed the Beet Podcast that you did with Jacques.
Thanks Epic for great content.
You’re always popping up out of nowhere 😂 😂😂
Thanks for the more in-depth explanations. Great video
yeah. watch a lot and dont comment much, but this was a good one.
got a science degree that included botany a bit, the scientific naming bit was like a hammer in the back of the head from the gods.
finally i understand
yeah im a bit slow
And where DID you find that awesome seed saving cabinet? I love it!
i learned a lot today! Thanks alot Shannie❤
Terrific information 😊
This is extremely helpful and informative! I learned a lot from this!
I understand this seed saving technique if you do it commercially but for small home growers, just scoops out some of the seeds, smear them on a blotting paper which you can then write the name on and hang them up to dry. Once dry you can easily scrape off the seeds and they will be dry, clean and will germinate just fine. I've been doing it this way for years after seeing it on YouTube and it has saved me so much time.
I just love your garden and Jackques as well.
Could have used this video prior to my horticulture test last Monday
I loved Shannie. Very good, clear explanations.
Shannie has a Mumsie on! Glad I’m not the only one rocking mine in the garden 🪴
Oh my goodness, I just got an everglades tomato plant from their etsy shop about a month ago, it's been growing pretty well, though it just got beaten up pretty good by the hurricane.
Highly recommend checking their shop out!
Plant taxonomist here w/ a minor quibble. When looking at the scientific name, the full binomial makes the species name. The second half of the binomial is the specific epithet, not the species. I understand that this might seem like a small thing, but in taxonomy and systematics, precision of language matters.
That said, thank you for the advice about how to save seed. I'll be incorporating it into my own gardening in the coming seasons.
This is perfect ! I needed this 🙏🏾
Wow the informational portion that Shannie did was amazing! In depth but covers the important things for seed saving and pollination. And I had no idea about the 3-4 day fermentation for tomato seeds that was really helpful 10:50 👍
saving tommy seeds is soooo easy (except the tiny ones with very few seed inside) scoop out the seed put in jar of water 2-3 days then dry on some tissue ………………and ready for next year
you are supposed to keep plant varieties far apart but so far I have had no problems with cross pollination
one thing I have never heard a good explanation for is how F1 seedlings get supplied every year commercially if they crazy pollinate
ps dont forget to label the jar and the tissue
pps capsicum is even easier but beware some take 4 to 6 weeks to germinate
Just a nitpick:
While it's true that Vigna unguiculata (long bean) is not in the same genus (Phaseolus) as the common bean, long beans are still "beans" if by bean you mean in the legume family Fabaceae. It along with mung bean and adzuki bean are in the Vigna genus. There are other "beans" that are not in the Phaseolus genus but are legumes (Fabaceae) as well like soybean (of the genus Glycine), fava bean (of the genus Vicia), and garbanzo bean/chickpea (of the genus Cicer).
Basically it's like saying Maine coon cats aren't felines just because they aren't in the Panthera genus.
I was looking this topic especially tomato. looks like we save it in wrong way. thanks for the info 👍🏻
Thanks.Very beneficial info.
Fermentation overrated and unnecessary. Each year I just squeeze out the insides of a tomato into the soil and watch as tomatoes sprout up with the rain. Boom. Done.
This was extremely helpful! I loved getting all this information. I’ve tried saving lots of seeds. Some successfully and some not so much. So I would love to learn more and techniques. Thanks!
Excellent video. One of the best in a while. Loved the brief intro to seed and plant naming and also that you're trying to encourage us to save seeds
Great information and very clearly explained . Thanks!!
I like your video thanks for the 🎁👌👌👌💐🎁
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Omg!! That seed saving tutorial was amazing! So informative. Thank you Kevin and Shannie 🤩 really love this channel
I guess there aren’t any evergreen crops…?
I saw Shannie do a tutorial for Heirloom Seed company years ago and she was terrific. Still is! Thanks for bringing her into the team.
What seeds does 'Eric' save? College football seeds? Basketball tournament seeds?
Seriously, thanks for the helpful non-gambling information about vegetable patch seeds, Kevin.