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SHTF Gardening: Beware of Biennials

by Prepper Potpourri

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Published 23 Jun 2020

Do you know which of your garden vegetables are annuals and which are biennials?

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SHTF gardening

Seed saving

Prepper Potpourri

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@CookingwithCatLover03304 years ago I never thought about the plants that you have to wait for the seeds. I love onions! I buy seeds, and plants to put in my small garden now. When we finally . ...Expand
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@ModernRefugee4 years ago Ive dedicated space for seed production this year. I have onions, carrots, parsnips, cabbage, spinach, and radishes all flowering out for seed right now. Largest seed crop i have ever tried. 8
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@fallenangelwi254 years ago We can' t afford to buy food currently so our garden is to help us eat this year (a family of 6) and make seeds for future gardens. 5
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@sherryakuta4 years ago I just want to express to you how much of a help and blessing you have been to me! Every video is full of gold. The way you communicate and teach is exactly . ...Expand
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@lindat25254 years ago Good point. I knew my raspberry canes were biennial fruit producers, but hadn' t considered leaving some root veggies in the ground to harvest the seeds in the 2nd year.
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@RoguePreparedness4 years ago It' s good to know that biennials will grow seed, that is definitely also what i want. I want to save seeds and also want things to keep plants that keep growing back.
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@TXJan00574 years ago Thanks for the info. We don' t have much of a winter so i don' t usually think of things like this. It is interesting i have a couple of basile plants . ...Expand 1
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@jemmiestone57314 years ago Great info, thank you. I did not realize about the biennials. You all stay healthy and safe. God bless y' all.
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@melodytenisch62324 years ago Thank you! Good video and i learned a couple things. I am a seed-saved; i keep everything i possibly can. Even old seeds usually partially sprout or take . ...Expand 1
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@BittyBooBrown4 years ago Great info. I normally don' t save many seeds but this year i am letting some things go to seed. I figure if i let one plant of each thing go to seed that should give me more than enough seeds for next year. 1
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@kratz57x4 years ago As always, a wealth of info. Here' s my gardening dilemma. I harvest often, collect and plant all my seeds. 9mm, 45acp, 300blk and 12ga seeds are id="hidden10" most prevalent. No matter how hard i try my seeds won' t sprout let alone take root, i' m constantly having to buy moreseeds. Any suggestions?. ...Expand 7
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@josephinecronin11954 years ago Also getting into perennials- kale and spinach varieties and yacon.
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@jackpinesavage16284 years ago It' s nice to hear the birds singing in the background. I appreciate the information about biannual plants.
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@oldnanz4 years ago This was going to be my first year saving seeds now i think ill do more reading about it thank you. 1
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@Jomama024 years ago Young people today don' t know about a lot of vegetables that aren' t readily in the stores. Like rutabaga, turnips, parsnips, leeks, rhubarb. All of which i love especially rutabagas and turnips! Yum. 1
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@sunnybelisle40074 years ago Thank you so much for this heads-up info, pp. I never thought of this before as it' s always been so easy just to buy the seed packets every year. Times they are: \: d < 3.
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@rebekahdubois96454 years ago Thank you so much! I just found your channel when searching abt canning. This will be my first year to try to can and you have taught me lots just with one video. Please keep sharing your knowledge:
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@marygallagher34284 years ago Very good points! So far i have only saved heirloom tomato seeds:
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@deeleb50644 years ago If you have the space you could use just one bed for seeds. Plant at least 3 or 4 or transplant 3-4 the best plants of each specie in that bed just for . ...Expand 2
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@HuplesCat4 years ago Hum. You using power point for thumbnails? I will have to try that
another great video that actually helps me. Thanks pp!
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@coloradopackratprepper4 years ago I didnt realize that. I had onions that i didnt pull up first year n im assuming went to seed the second year. Then disappered. I assumed voles ate them. . ...Expand 3
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@barbaranissen93004 years ago First year gardening here. I tried to save seeds from my spinach but failed they seemed to never dry and get soggy. I also have pea pods drying on the vine. Hopefully ill have a better outcome.
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@mackenziedrake4 years ago I was delighted to find out indeterminate (vining) tomato plants are perennials. For those of us who can keep them over the winter, they produce insanely well and early the next year.
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@marypeterson35124 years ago I actually started a container of carrots just to try to overwinter and save to get seed next year. First time trying to get a biennial seed. I already save other seeds.
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@practicallyheidi85054 years ago It was a very sad day when i realized i could never harvest cool season vegetables for seed in zone 4. Funny that those are also the plants i have the . ...Expand
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@dutchcourage73124 years ago Interesting topic, and interesting information (hadn' t realized so many of the things i would want to grow are biannual) hm. One thing though, id="hidden20" if you check the yield of seeds from just one plant, these will be more then enough for several years of planting (do note though that saving seeds from just one plant will somewhat reduce the amount of genetic diversity) so judging by that i don' t think you would need to reserve a lot of space in your garden annually to have enough seeds, probably 3 to 5 plants of each species would be more then enough; but, what you most definitely want to do, is have a biannual planting plan. Meaning you buy 2 times x seeds, then you plant 1 time x seeds, keep 3 to 5 for next year seeding, then also that next year you will want to plant the other 1 times x seeds (to eat from and save seeds from) then from there on out you can just seed the seeds from last year, keep 3 to 5 plants over, plant the seeds from last year, keep 3~5 over. Etc ad infinum. ...Expand
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@happygardener284 years ago Points against seed saving - 1) it requires space to let the plants finish their cycle
2) it takes skill and space to save the seeds 3)vermin lik points for saving seeds - 1) renewable source 2) avoids disappointment of " out of stock" 3) avoids future hunger 4) plantings can be staggered 5) seeds can be traded/shared
you' ve left me much to think about. ...Expand
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@CookingwithCatLover03304 years ago I never thought about the plants that you have to wait for the seeds. I love onions! I buy seeds, and plants to put in my small garden now. When we finally . ...Expand
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@sherryakuta4 years ago I just want to express to you how much of a help and blessing you have been to me! Every video is full of gold. The way you communicate and teach is exactly . ...Expand
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@TXJan00574 years ago Thanks for the info. We don' t have much of a winter so i don' t usually think of things like this. It is interesting i have a couple of basile plants . ...Expand 1
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@melodytenisch62324 years ago Thank you! Good video and i learned a couple things. I am a seed-saved; i keep everything i possibly can. Even old seeds usually partially sprout or take . ...Expand 1
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@kratz57x4 years ago As always, a wealth of info. Here' s my gardening dilemma. I harvest often, collect and plant all my seeds. 9mm, 45acp, 300blk and 12ga seeds are id="hidden30" most prevalent. No matter how hard i try my seeds won' t sprout let alone take root, i' m constantly having to buy moreseeds. Any suggestions?. ...Expand 7
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@deeleb50644 years ago If you have the space you could use just one bed for seeds. Plant at least 3 or 4 or transplant 3-4 the best plants of each specie in that bed just for . ...Expand 2
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@coloradopackratprepper4 years ago I didnt realize that. I had onions that i didnt pull up first year n im assuming went to seed the second year. Then disappered. I assumed voles ate them. . ...Expand 3
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@practicallyheidi85054 years ago It was a very sad day when i realized i could never harvest cool season vegetables for seed in zone 4. Funny that those are also the plants i have the . ...Expand
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@dutchcourage73124 years ago Interesting topic, and interesting information (hadn' t realized so many of the things i would want to grow are biannual) hm. One thing though, id="hidden40" if you check the yield of seeds from just one plant, these will be more then enough for several years of planting (do note though that saving seeds from just one plant will somewhat reduce the amount of genetic diversity) so judging by that i don' t think you would need to reserve a lot of space in your garden annually to have enough seeds, probably 3 to 5 plants of each species would be more then enough; but, what you most definitely want to do, is have a biannual planting plan. Meaning you buy 2 times x seeds, then you plant 1 time x seeds, keep 3 to 5 for next year seeding, then also that next year you will want to plant the other 1 times x seeds (to eat from and save seeds from) then from there on out you can just seed the seeds from last year, keep 3 to 5 plants over, plant the seeds from last year, keep 3~5 over. Etc ad infinum. ...Expand
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@happygardener284 years ago Points against seed saving - 1) it requires space to let the plants finish their cycle
2) it takes skill and space to save the seeds 3)vermin lik points for saving seeds - 1) renewable source 2) avoids disappointment of " out of stock" 3) avoids future hunger 4) plantings can be staggered 5) seeds can be traded/shared
you' ve left me much to think about. ...Expand