{"id":31258,"date":"2016-10-22T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-save-vegetable-seeds-for-next-year-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:02:21","slug":"how-to-save-vegetable-seeds-for-next-year-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-save-vegetable-seeds-for-next-year-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save vegetable seeds for next year | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSerious seed-saving requires more than just harvesting \u2013 but why not try it? You may even get some surprises, says Alys FowlerIimagine that your summer vegetables are in tatters, slowly rotting back from where they came. However, there is one last dance to steal before the month is out: collect any seed that has ripened and save it for next year.Serious seed-saving requires more than just harvesting. It may, in the case of biennial vegetables, root crops and the like, require allowing plants to grow for another year. Or isolating varieties so they don\u2019t cross-pollinate with others, as well as roguing out \u2013 removing any plants that are weaker or not true to their varietal type. (I have two well-thumbed bibles on the subject in my bookcase: Back Garden Seed Saving by Sue Stickland and The Seeds Of Kokopelli by Dominique Guillet.) Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/oct\/22\/how-to-save-vegetable-seeds-alys-fowler\" target=\"_blank\">How to save vegetable seeds for next year | Alys Fowler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Serious seed-saving requires more than just harvesting \u2013 but why not try it? 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But if space is at a premium, it may be worth investing in quality plug plantsThere have been years when, by now, I\u2019ve had a windowsill full of seedlings. And a spreadsheet, a checklist and a plan to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138984,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/save-seeds-simply-with-a-bit-of-loo-roll-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":31258,"position":1},"title":"Save seeds simply with a bit of loo roll | Brief letters","date":"August 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tomato tip | Pedigree broad beans | An Elgin accent | Incipient beer goggles | Better than the best at Wordwheel?What a messy, smelly method Alys Fowler uses to save tomato seeds (Never buy vegetable seed again! 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Hello\u00a0summer, hello sun.I intend to have rows of them this year on the allotment.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19190,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-does-my-antirrhinum-have-rust\/","url_meta":{"origin":31258,"position":3},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: does my antirrhinum have rust?","date":"July 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Alys Fowler has the answerI have grown from seed a rust-resistant hybrid antirrhinum \u2018Liberty\u2019. The leaves have dark red marks. Is it rust? Can I save the plants?Antirrhinum rust is an American import from the last century. 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