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Title: Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
ISBN: 1882424581
Author:
Suzanne Ashworth
Kent Whealy
Publicate Date: 2002-03
Publish: 2002-03
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Very Great Book
This book is a perfect reference for anyone interested in seed saving from vegetables. I purchased this book not knowing a single thing about seed saving and have learned heaps of useful knowledge from it. This is truly THE essential book for seed saving, but the majority of the content in this book is most likely to be used as reference for when the time for implementing the ideas approaches. And also, there are loads of pictures which really help for visual learners, a great example of the good pictures is the section on seed saving from tomatoes using the fermentation technique.
Well, this is a superb book and has quality, and quantity of things to seed save from. Highly recommended. 5/5
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2: Love this book!
So happy to have this book, it is a keeper. Filled with easy to understand techniques and information on saving seed. Gave me a feeling of empowerment.
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3: Fantastic book for those looking to start saving seed
I have gotten so much use out of this book, even long before trying to save seeds. It is very detailed and a wonderful resource of information on various veggies (also includes some other plants). When choosing what seeds to order for my garden, this book was constantly at my side. Now, I am confident in its clearness, user friendly style, and wealth of information and am ready to make saving garden seed a regular gardening task. Very happy with this book!
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4: Great book
This book is great. It covers everything you could need to know about saving seed and when to plant for your area. I highly recommend it!
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5: Seed to Seed
This is perhaps the best book on the subject of raising heirloom plants and then harvesting the seed. It explains in detail procedures for timing, protecting from undesirable cross pollination, and harvesting seed. I would recommend to the author that at the end of every plant type (genus) that a summary chart that is easy to identify be placed. Large plant groups like beans, for instance, had all of the information I needed but sometimes it was difficult to locate quickly. This summary could also list more concisely other plants that might appear to be questionable as companion plants but are actually safe options. For instance the tomato section talks about the potato leaf varieties being okay to mix with others, as there is little chance of crossing but specific names would clarify which is which. Nonetheless, I have gleaned huge amounts of information from this book and it is an exceptional resource for the seed saver.
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