Growing From Seed Flashcards
Through seed saving, you will learn to
Save best crops from each years yield
For seed saving, look for plants that
Are resistant to diseases/insects
2 genetically similar plants that produce offspring identical to parents its called
True to type
True to type seeds referred to as
Open-pollinated
Opposite to true to type
Hybrid
Hybrid come about from
Two dissimilar parents
Hybrid are _ offspring
First generation
Hybrid benefits (3)
Bigger
More disease resistant
Uniformity
Hybridization is
Expense and time consuming to succeed in
Some plants are _ pollinators
Self
Self pollinators (2)
Beans/peas
Self pollinating means
Male/female parts merge within each flower
Great place for seed savers to start
Seeds from self pollinators
Opposite of self pollinators
Cross pollinators
Example of a cross pollinator
Squash
For most plants, you should save seeds for
At least 6 individual specimens
Because corn cross pollinates with wind
Staple paper bag over the male and female parts (bagging)
Reason it helps to know your plant’s botanical name
Members of same plant species often cross pollinate
May not be able to obtain seeds if planted together because same family and cross pollinate (4)
Broccoli
Cabbage
Kale
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea plants (4)
Broccoli
Kale
Cabbage
Cauliflower
To prevent plants from same family pollinating each other
Set up barriers
Barriers to prevent cross pollination can be physical
Or barriers of timing
Another barrier for cross pollination
Planting on different sides of a house
