Let Your Garden Go to Seed

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2 жыл бұрын

Let plants grow past normal harvest times and be rewarded with seeds. There are some good reasons why allowing some of your plants to flower and seed makes sense. Gardener Scott discusses why to let garden plants set seed and why he grows a seed garden. (Video #293)
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@lindadavidson2237 2 жыл бұрын

I let my zinnias, cosmos and marigolds go to seed every year. I let them self-sow. Because I live in a windy area, it's always fun to see where they will pop up!

@dondale68 2 жыл бұрын

I've found that sun flowers are very easy to use when you're teaching young children the importance of seed collection

@Orange_You_Glad 2 жыл бұрын

Radish pods are also delicious when added to a stir-fry

@ElanAbneri 2 жыл бұрын

Let my spring Spinach go to seed and when they dried planted them and have lots of new plants.

@lilal3753 2 жыл бұрын

I love letting radishes go to seed. I have trouble saving the seed though because I eat the pod. LOL I'll get better.

@dr4928 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see exactly how you harvest and store the seeds for next year's planting. I'd like to try it myself. Thanks!

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

I have other videos that show harvest and saving.

@yeevita 2 жыл бұрын

the best part is you can grow old seeds. i just transplanted a bunch of leeks from 3 year old seeds. i still grow lettuces from 10+ year old seeds. every year, I grow some of my oldest seeds. it is rare for all of them to fail. mostly i get full germination. sometimes i collect the seeds and just leave in containers around, in sun, heat and sometimes rain or mold. this yesr, i also grew a bunch of kabocha from 2 year old moldy seeds. they all sprouted, unlike my newly purchased zucchini and yellow squash seeds. the new zucchini all failed (i am still trying - i guess i keep trying until I run out of seed), and the yellow squash mostly failed and took forever to germinate. still not sure if any of those will grow at all. meanwhile my kabocha from 2019 seed saved from a purchased kabocha are all rambling about and have already produced. i really enjoy growing out brassica seeds, since they are all different and beautiful and give me tons of greens to eat.

@Dee.C 2 жыл бұрын

Broccoli flowers are edible and yummy .

@ValedasBrumas 2 жыл бұрын

I always do that to some plants, so I only have to buy seeds once, especially now that I'm growing 'milho criolo' that is ancient corn. Thats a very nice video, thanks =D

@Xnam5 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love collecting seeds from my favorite crops. Its like finding treasure.

@lastchancemonicam3948 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. FYI, if you look closely at your daikon radish flowers, you'll see they have a very slight purplish tint to the. If you look at the smaller American radishes, you'll find they are white. If you look at a turnip flower, you'll find it has a slight pinkish tint, but you'll find that apart from that, all the flowers look the same. Just a word, double check your germination rate on your American radishes. They don't have a high one unless you have several thousand plants growing. I think they're like kale that way.

@renatkinson5624 2 жыл бұрын

Really am enjoying the way you explain gardening. Very practical and lovely.

@alexplechash7560 2 жыл бұрын

What do you think of the idea of setting aside one (or two) raised beds simply for seed generation?

@shadyman6346 2 жыл бұрын

Been doing just that, for about 4 years! It works great. Then you must tend only a small area, then transplant them out...

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

I like the idea. Most seeds last for about three years, so having a cycle of one or two beds for seed generation ensures viable seeds.

@NewMindGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome ❤️

@giteducalme 2 ай бұрын

Very good advise, thank uou👌😊

@jamesalexbarnes1116 2 жыл бұрын

I spent a few hours yesterday picking out seeds from onions pods that I deliberately let flower and seed. Got hundreds from 6 plants. They were great benefitial flowers for the garden too!

@basicbaroque 2 жыл бұрын

I plan to let more things go to seed next year. I've been inspired by Native American gardening and food forests, so I want to try growing an annual food forest with veggies, herbs, and flowers.

@elabanieh 2 жыл бұрын

absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing!

@hugelpook 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great idea. Definitely going to do this!

@yvoennsche 2 жыл бұрын

I have collected Endive seeds. They are a bit tricky to extract from the seed head though.

@thecampbelllife5054 2 жыл бұрын

That's a really good idea!

@heidiclark6612 2 жыл бұрын

Great information! Thank You!

@nachig4754 2 жыл бұрын

I always get fascinated in the garden, thank you for sharing, eatables plants have beautiful foliage and flowers as well 🤗

@NashvilleMonkey1000 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, we're growing around ten varieties of radish, and since they are out-breeding plants, they combine in interesting ways. Some of the radish pods were double sized at least, and some of them had a few rows of seeds instead of a single line of them, so the normally short pods were more packed with seeds. One or two varieties even have pink flowers, so we can't wait to see how next year's plants grow.

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

I started saving seeds from purple radishes that resulted from a random cross pollination. The flowers were purple too. It was a fun activity but I wasn't able to stabilize the new creation.

@NashvilleMonkey1000 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, you should know that the purple color in radishes shows up when it has one of each, red and white gene for bulb color, so by definition the purple radishes are hybrids, so creating an heirloom purple radish is defeated by mathematics, unless a mutation breaks the way it currently works.

@tendraftsdeep 2 жыл бұрын

Marvelous video! We let a few plants go to seed this year. Great stuff

@debbiep7419 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great video that confirms an idea I already had. I square foot garden in a small space and, while I wanted to save seeds, I didn't like tying up limited growing space with a plant going to seed. When I move to my retirement property, I will dedicate a bed to seed producing plants. In the meantime, I may get some grow bags to put the seed plants in.

@michaelmarchione3408 2 жыл бұрын

Very educational...Big thumbs up! Take care!

@PrettyAliceNight 2 жыл бұрын

I love saving seeds! I’ve saved quite a variety this year already.

@VEGA8 2 жыл бұрын

love this

@nikkitronic80 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'll never buy spinach seed again.. so much from just a few plants. Also nasturtium.. so much nasturtium seed! Thanks for a great video Gardner Scott! ❤️🌻❤️🌻❤️🌻❤️🌻

@melissakingery4393 2 жыл бұрын

This was extremely interesting Scott, Thankyou so much for talking about the seeds especially the radishes I have let my purple Tri ton radish gone to seed it has tons of flowers on it and some pods with one seed in it!

@scotthussar5691 2 жыл бұрын

Wow GardenerScott, this might be one of your best videos…maybe ever! Been watching for some time now and this is the kind of content i come to you for. Ive been saving seeds for a few years now and its an interesting process and your insight really is an encouraging validation to what I’ve been trying to do. Love your channel and keep on doing what your doing.

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Scott! I'm glad to hear my intent is being received with such enthusiasm,

@aplaceinthestars3207 2 жыл бұрын

I save seeds mainly because I don't have the heart to chop down any of my plants when they're past their prime. They're my baaaay beeees.

@NashvilleMonkey1000 2 жыл бұрын

This year has produced tons more food plant seeds than any other year. I definitely have a problem with balancing food versus seeds, and that's why certain plants do well for all of us. Especially with tomatoes, where making food is making seeds, and I've even decided that the only skill in growing tomatoes is simply two checkmarks, one for starting plants before the season and one for handling self-seeded plants. We have no ego invested in our tomatoes, they simply grow and by the end of summer every flat surface in the kitchen is covered with them, simply by having enough plants. This year peppers are doing just as well, so we're more than content.

@1991macie 11 ай бұрын

When you let plant go to seed, they look a lot like wild flowers in fields.

@Hayley-sl9lm 2 жыл бұрын

So I'm letting my green ice lettuce go to seed and I notice that it's making this sticky exudate that wasps are attracted to. I think they're eating it? Not sure. I couldn't find any bugs or anything (at first I thought that they might be eating aphids). It's interesting the carbohydrate sources besides flower nectar that they can utilize. I also let my yugoslavian red lettuce bolt and it had really nice more dandelion-type corollas that were more attractive to bees than I've seen for other lettuce types. I think it would be cool to select crops for some of their beneficial bolting characteristics, not just their vegetative ones :)

@cindynielson4231 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I had a volunteer cantaloupe near the asparagus bed, my hubby thought it was honeydew which is not possible. I was right love saying that it was a cantaloupe. Best tasting ever. I wonder did it acclimate to our zone 7b? I'm interested in seed saving. TFS

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

The best cantaloupe I ever tasted was a volunteer that showed up in one of my beds. The seed may have been introduced through compost or a bird that ate seeds from someone else's compost.

@TJtheHAWK 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely video Scott. I'm curious whether or not it's true that planting seeds you've grown in years past can better acclimate the plant genetics to your climate than in years past?

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It takes many generations and careful seed selection to get plants that acclimate to a climate. There are many factors beyond the age of the seed. By saving seeds from the plants that do best in your garden you can help continue the success.

@midsouthhomestead7527 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@33rcarley90 2 жыл бұрын

I wish i could have basil all over my garden but japanese beetles wont allow me to have nice things.

@TexasConnor 3 ай бұрын

If someone has a bunch of land could they theoretically have wild growing common vegetables and herbs if they just planted a bunch and let them seed every year?

@GardenerScott 3 ай бұрын

It depends on the climate but it could definitely be a possibility.

@ashleyyergin7724 2 жыл бұрын

This is my first year growing my own vegetables. I am growing in containers, so if I want my spinach and romaine to go to seed should I stop watering them? Should I keep them from getting rain. I know my spinach has bolted and started making seed pods, but they are not dried out yet. Thank you!

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Keep watering until the heat of summer starts the bolting. You want a strong plant to generate flowers and seeds. Stopping water can weaken the plant.

@reneejmj Жыл бұрын

Do you have to worry about hybrid vs heirloom when it comes to the plants mentioned in this video (lettuces, radishes, broccoli,..)?

@GardenerScott Жыл бұрын

If you save seeds you should save from heirloom or open-pollinated plants to get seed that will produce the same plant. While you can save seed from hybrids, you won't get the same plant as the parent.

@JohnPritzlaff 2 ай бұрын

I get seed from both because I'm attempting to create my own wild-growing, naturalized hybrids over several generations of letting many genetically compatible varieties go to seed in ultra-high density massively polycultural hugelkultur-edged beds with zero harvesting (except for the soil and nature!). Phoenix 9b food forest creating an oasis in the desert. Already have all the minerals and sun we could ever need, just need to exponentially promote water and shade and organic matter. @@GardenerScott

@thissideofglory 2 жыл бұрын

What about cross pollination of plants in the same family? This has been my biggest hesitation. If I want to have a few different varieties of heirloom tomatoes, how do I keep them separated and not cross pollinated?

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Cross pollination can be an issue if you save seeds of open pollinated plants. There is less concern with tomatoes. They tend to pollinate themselves with very little cross pollination. You can grow them in separate beds but I regularly collect tomato seeds from plants next to each other with no hybridization.

@thissideofglory 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott Would this be the same for peas and beans? Also, I often get powdery mildew on my peas. Should I save seeds from plants that have powdery mildew? One more question...(for now :))...is it better to save seeds from the beginning of the growing season versus the end? Is the quality/germination better at the beginning of the season? Thank you very much for your help and encouragement! It is very helpful!!!

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Both peas and beans tend to self pollinate. To reduce future problems, it's best to discard plants with powdery mildew, but the seeds are okay to save. Seeds from the beginning of the season are less likely to have cross pollination issues and those are the ones I tend to save.

@EntinludeX 2 жыл бұрын

I planted a bunch of radishes in the fall and let them over winter and they sprouted in the spring and I completely forgot about them and everything went to seed. Since they have... Can I leave them to turn over the bed till next spring? Or should I have actually collected seeds?

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

You can leave them. Some will decompose and some may sprout in spring. Next time you can plan to collect them.

@jean-pierreposman7282 2 жыл бұрын

Hoy Scott . There is a possibility that monday a 10 yaer old boy come on-line . Its the son of my householdhelp Melissa . He understand enough english bit cant write it zo fast. He"s name is Robbe . Do you mind or is it disturbing if he ask the questions on me in my languige ( Dutch ) and i als it for him to you ? Its not Sire he is there on monday . Because he start just discovering youre channel. But i think he's coming in a few weeks . Maybe now monday i am not sure . I have giving the links of youre channel to he's mom on USB. Have a Nice day jp

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Jean-Pierre. I would like to see Robbe on Monday. It is not a problem. Thank you for asking and thank you for sharing the information.