Seed Saving Guides
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A collection of guides for Australian Seed Savers.
These guides have been developed with the collaboration of Australian Seed Savers Groups with a focus on Australian local environments, seasons and conditions.
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Getting StartedNew Species templateHow to use these guidesHow to contribute to these guidesWhat is seed savingWhy save seedsBotany for Seed SaversGenetics for Seed SaversQuick Start GuidesWhere to start as a beginnerQuick and Easy Tomato Seed SavingQuick and Easy Beans Seed SavingQuick and Easy Lettuce Seed SavingQuick and Easy Peas Seed SavingBeginning in the TropicsUrban seed savingSeed Saving MethodsGrowing True to TypeHarvesting seedPost Harvest ProcessingDrying seedStoragePlant FamiliesAizoaceaeWarrigal GreensAmaranthaceaeAmaranthSpinachOrachAmaryllidaceaeOnionTree OnionBunching OnionChivesGarlic ChivesGarlicApiaceaeCarrotCeleryCorianderCorn SaladParsnipParsleyMitsubaFennelDillArracachaAsparagaceaeAsparagusAsteraceaeArtichokeScorzoneraBurdockChicoryDandelionLettuceSunflowerJerusalem artichokeEndiveScorzoneraSalsifyChicoryGarland ChrysanthemumBasellaceaeBasella albaBrassicaceaeRocketBrassica oleraceaBrassica rapaBrassica junceaBrassica napusWild RocketWater CressRadishCannaceaeQueensland ArrowrootChenopodiaceaeBeetroot & Silver beetQuinoaConvolvulaceaeSweet PotatoKangkongCucurbitaceaeCucumis meloCucurbita argyrospermaBitter melonChayoteCucurbita ficifoliaCucurbita pepoCucumberWax GourdCitron MelonMelonAngled LuffaEgyptian LuffaSmooth LuffaBottle GourdCucurbita moschataCucurbits – an introductionCucurbita maximaFabaceaeAdzuki beanBlack Eyed BeanBeanRunner BeanBroad BeanChickpeaPeaLima BeanLablab BeanJicamaSoy BeanPeanutMung BeanWinged BeanLentilLamiaceaeBasilHoly BasilLinaceaeLinseedFlax SeedMalvaceaeAibikaRosellaOkraAibikaOxalidaceaeOcaPapavaceaePoaceaeCornRiceRyePolygonaceaeBuckwheatPortulacaceaeSolanaceaeSolanum family overviewTrue Potato Seed – TPSEggplantCape GooseberryTomatilloGround CherryCapsicum annuumCapsicum baccatumCapsicum chinenseCapsicum frutescensPotatoTomatoCurrant TomatoTropaeolaceaeNasturtiumValerianaceae
Plant Families
Plant Families
- Solanaceae
- Fabaceae
- Aizoaceae
- Amaranthaceae
- Amaryllidaceae
- Apiaceae
- Asparagaceae
- Basellaceae
- Brassicaceae
- Chenopodiaceae
- Cucurbitaceae
- Lamiaceae
- Linaceae
- Malvaceae
- Papavaceae
- Poaceae
- Polygonaceae
- Portulacaceae
- Valerianaceae
- Asteraceae
- Convolvulaceae
- Oxalidaceae
- Cannaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
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Getting Started
- New Species template
- How to use these guides
- Why save seeds
- Genetics for Seed Savers
- How to contribute to these guides
- Botany for Seed Savers
- What is seed saving
7 Articles in this topic
Quick Start Guides
- Where to start as a beginner
- Quick and Easy Tomato Seed Saving
- Quick and Easy Beans Seed Saving
- Quick and Easy Lettuce Seed Saving
- Quick and Easy Peas Seed Saving
- Beginning in the Tropics
- Urban seed saving
7 Articles in this topic
Seed Saving Methods
Seed Saving Methods
5 Articles in this topic
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