Post #1751370
2026-04-24 15:33 UTC
@wavesculptor I keep my saved seed inside paper envelopes and/or inside inside glass jars, inside a cool cupboard.
That’s the last of the saved carrot seed used so I messed up for next year.
I’m growing three heirloom varieties of carrot this year.
I’ll look to store the best of the roots in sand over winter and replant the best of these next spring for collecting seed from.
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@wavesculptor@climatejustice.social 2026-04-24 15:57
@Broadfork I kept a lot of the [often minimally or "uncleaned"] saved seed in the shed/workshop last winter due to space issues. I put the #edibleLupins seeds in sealed foil-lined plastic packets of 25 inside a foil-lined cardboard carton. When I came to do the spring planting, I found mice had chewed through both foils and eaten about half of them. The rest had got damp, and had about 50% germination - I got about 30 new plants out of the 120 saved. So much for foil! Luckily, the overwinter ones have survived the storms with stupid pampering and are looking to do 3+ tiers of pods!