Connecting Seed Savers groups located in Australia
Botanical name : Brassica rapa Synonyms : Brassica campestrus Common name : Turnip, Chinese cabbage, Komatsuna, Mizuna, Mibuna, Rapini, Box Choy, Choy sum, Bomdong, Tatsoi, Broccoli raab, canola Images Growing for seed Brassica rapa varieties are all cross compatible and need to…
Botanical name : Basella alba Synonyms : Basella rubra (now considered a cultivar of B. alba) Common name : Malabar spinach, Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach Images Growing for seed Basella is frost tender and needs a warm growing season to…
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Botanical name : Asparagus officinalis Common name : Asparagus Images Growing for seed As asparagus is insect pollinated different varieties need to be kept at least 250 metres apart. These perennial plants are grown in the same manner whether for eating…
Botanical name : Allium ampeloprasum Synonyms : var. porrum, var. ampeloprasum, ampeloprasum ssp. persicum, var. sectivum, var. kurrat Common name : Leek, Elephant Garlic, Russian Garlic, Giant Garlic, Kurrat, Pearl Onion, Persian Leek Images Growing for seed These biennials require vernalisation to initiate flowering. They generally require…
Botanical name : Atriplex hortensis Common name : Orach, Mountain spinach Images Growing for seed Orach may be grown for eating like spinach using quite close spacings and being eaten while leaves are young and small. But when grown as a…
Botanical name : Tetragonia tetragonioides Common name : Warrigal Spinach, New Zealand Spinach, Kokihi (Maori), Warragul (and other phonetic spellings) Images Growing for seed As there are no named varieties of Warrigal Greens there is no isolation distance or selection…
Our next national zoom catchup is coming up on Sunday 3rd August at 5pm. We’ll be catching up with two community engagement programs that the Bega Valley Seed Savers have been running: Seed Saving Resources – The second part of our…
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The recording of the National Zoom held on May 4th 2025 is now available.
We heard from two seed saving groups: Coonabarabran Seed Library and Bilpin Seed Savers. We also had a short discussion about how to determine how much seed to put into a packet.
It is time to register for our next quarterly Zoom meetup of seed savers around Australia. Come along and join in. It’s an opportunity to ask questions, share experiences, gather new ideas, learn something and connect with other seed savers.