Seed Saving Tips and Tricks Part 1

RECORDING YOUR COLLECTED SEED

It is important to record the details about the seed you have collected because:
• you may forget why you saved it by the time you want to plant it
• you may want to give it to someone
• you may want to compare it with another variety

How to record your collected seed at home

• Keep a notebook or old diary with the dates.
• Write down the following details on the date you picked the seed:
  - Name of vegetable
  - Special qualities of vegetable e.g. disease resistant, long yielding
  - Dates of collection
  - If there were special conditions at the time it was growing e.g. very dry
• If you sent some to your seedbank send these details on the packet
  Address of sender
  Name of seed and special type
  Details of the seed – e.g. can grow in dry season
  Date of collection
  On the envelope you have placed the seed in, write the same details.

From Michel and Jude Fanton, The Seed Savers’ Handbook, Byron Bay, Australia, 1993