Seed Saving

Seed can be expensive, but many vegetables produce their own seed that can be harvested and saved. Always select the strongest plant to harvest seed from. Lettuce, broccoli and carrot may need to be bagged as the seed is very fine and will be lost. Pumpkins, tomato, watermelon, rock melon, paw paw, chili, eggplant, can all be grown from their own seed which should be saved, dried out and stored until use. Never store seed in plastic, use either glass jars or paper bags. Mark the container with the name of the plant, date when collected and when to plant out. Most seed will store for 4 years. Seed should be stored in the fridge or an air-conditioned room.

Collecting lettuce seed using a paper bag