Creating your own seed bank is a skill all gardeners should know. Saving seed can protect your precious crops from year to year, yield larger produce, and provide greater diversity when seed companies reduce inventories and selection. Saving seed is critical in our world of GMO's and sterile seed, find out how to save seed in the attached presentation.
Cross- pollinated crops are highly heterozygous due to the free intermating among their plants. They are often referred to as random mating populations because each individual of the population has equal opportunity of mating with any other individual of that population. Such a population is also known as Mendelian population or panmictic population. A population, in this case, consists of all such individuals that share the same gene pool, i.e., have an opportunity to intermate with each other and contribute to the next generation of the population. To understand the genetic make - up of such populations a sophisticated field of study, population genetics, has been developed. The Hardy Weinberg law states that in a large random mating population gene and genotype frequency remain constant generation after generation unless there is selection, mutation, migration or random drift. This is the fundamental law of population genetics and provides the basis for studying Mendelian populations. The law is proposed independently by G. H. Hardy (a mathematician) and W. Weinberg (a physician).
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Presentation by Md Alam, Bangladesh on the SAARC Seed Bank at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Cross- pollinated crops are highly heterozygous due to the free intermating among their plants. They are often referred to as random mating populations because each individual of the population has equal opportunity of mating with any other individual of that population. Such a population is also known as Mendelian population or panmictic population. A population, in this case, consists of all such individuals that share the same gene pool, i.e., have an opportunity to intermate with each other and contribute to the next generation of the population. To understand the genetic make - up of such populations a sophisticated field of study, population genetics, has been developed. The Hardy Weinberg law states that in a large random mating population gene and genotype frequency remain constant generation after generation unless there is selection, mutation, migration or random drift. This is the fundamental law of population genetics and provides the basis for studying Mendelian populations. The law is proposed independently by G. H. Hardy (a mathematician) and W. Weinberg (a physician).
GPB 311: Wheat- Centre of origin, distribution of species, wild relatives and major breeding objectives and procedures for development of varieties and hybrids for improvement yield, adoptability, stability, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and quality in Wheat
Presentation by Md Alam, Bangladesh on the SAARC Seed Bank at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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2. How to Create Your Own Seed Bank
What is in a seed? A viable seed is a tiny living plant surrounded by a small but essential quantity of nutrients.
3. What makes one seed bank different from another?
Intent Every gardener has a seed bank, whether they recognize it by that name or not.
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Have any leftover seed from last year?
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Did you buy any packets at the end of the season during a closeout sale?
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Are you saving heirloom seeds from any produce you have grown?
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Even weed seeds in the soil, lying in wait for who ever knows what constitutes a seed bank. Every seed bank has a distinct purpose and it is managed accordingly.
4. Why keep a seed bank?
Why not just buy fresh seeds every spring
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Changes in the seed industry
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Consolidation of companies
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Discontinue what is regarded as unprofitable
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You cannot count on your favorite variety being available in the future
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If you have heirloom varieties, you can save your seed for years to come
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Hybrid seeds will not produce true to form, they must be purchased each year.
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Saving seed that produced well under your climate conditions will insure healthier plants in the future years for your growing conditions
5. Goal for Storage
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Not to encourage germination
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Store in a cool dry location (how do I know it is a good place to store them?)
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Use the 100 rule NO BATHROOMS – TOO MOIST
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Temp is 70 degrees
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Humidity is 30%
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70 +30=100
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Seeds in Ziploc® bags are okay, but glass jars are better
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If you have heirloom varieties, you can save your seed for years to come
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Hybrid seeds will not produce true to form, they must be purchased each year.
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Saving seed that produced well under your climate conditions will insure healthier plants in the future years for your growing conditions
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Seeds Must Be Dry
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Silica Gel – little packets labeled “do not eat”
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Save from electronics, vitamins, and other things that you purchase
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Can absorbs 20% of it’s own weight in water
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Absorbs ethylene gas which is a waste product of the seeds respiration
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Protect Seeds From Pets
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Mice – especially in the fall
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Moths and Weevils
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Susceptible during drying
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Freeze (10 days)
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Can store in the freezer
7. For Freezer Storage
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Moisture content must be low
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Dry enough to snap instead of bend
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Commercial seed is dried to about 8%
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Drying seed to 1-3% can extend the life of the seed 4-16 times
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100 degrees F for six hours, you will bring seed down to about 8% moisture.
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Place in your glass jar with the silica gel
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Purchase silica gel which changes color when it absorbs moisture
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http://www.theruststore.com/Silica-Gel-Packets-C97.aspx
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Can regenerate silica gel in the oven – No Microwaves
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Recommended clasp lid jars in place of canning style jars
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Canning jars will allow some moisture in eventually, even if you draw a vacuum on the jar with your vacuum sealer
Come here my pretties
8. Hardening of the Seed
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Larger Seeds – Squash
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Can be damaged by extreme desiccation
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Hard Seed – Beans and Peas
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May require longer germination period
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Usual garden varieties will germinate within 2-3 weeks with higher humidity
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If you have hard seed, you can expose it to moisture for several weeks before planting to improve its germination.
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Test for Germination
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You can test seeds for germination rates by placing ten seeds on a damp paper towel. Keep them damp and warm. The number of seeds that sprout is your germination rate: if 5 seeds sprout, that is a germination rate of 50 percent. A germination rate of 50 percent is about the minimum you want - below that and you might not want to plant that seed at all.
9. Labeling
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Label bags and jars used for storage
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Use scientific names whenever possible
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Place labels inside the jars, outside labels peel off
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Include manufacturer that you originally purchased seed from
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Manufacturers very with their seed collection procedures
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If you saved seed from you own produce, also include details of the growing season
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If you grow the same varieties over several years, rotate your stock keeping it current
10. Decision Time
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Why are you saving seeds?
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Good Hobby
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Profit
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Just in case
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Insurance against crop failure
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Sustainable thing to do
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Partial (or total) societal collapse You can only save and store open-pollinated, non-hybridized, non-GMO seeds
11. GMO or Hybridized Seeds
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Frequently have sterile first generation off spring, sometimes referred to as F1. If you save seeds from your produce, the second planting with saved seed will not look like the first year produce.
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If they are sterile, you will receive nothing for your effort. The companies want you to buy more of their seeds every year.
13. Reason for saving seeds will dictate your seed stock
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Playing it safe for the first year
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Collect self pollinating seeds - tomatoes, beans, lettuce, peas, chicory, and endive. No muss no fuss
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More adventuresome
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Wind and insect pollinated - corn, cucumber, radish, spinach, and squashes
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Biennials
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onions, carrots, cabbages, beets, Swiss chard, turnips, celery, leeks
14. Special Cases - Tropics
Recalcitrant seeds (sometimes known as unorthodox seeds) are seeds that do not survive drying and freezing. Recalcitrant seeds cannot be dried for storage and must be planted immediately. Tropical plants such as mangoes, coconuts, and tea are recalcitrant. Intermediate seeds can take some drying for short-term storage, but they are not viable options for a personal seed bank. Intermediate seeds can take drying for a short storage period, but are not really suited for seed bank storage. Examples of intermediate seeds include coffee, papaya, and others.