Physical Description:print viii, 311 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Publisher:North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-293) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Saving seeds : the basics & beyond. Seed biology 101 -- Growing plants for seeds -- Harvesting and cleaning seeds -- Seed-storage know-how -- All about germination -- Sowing seeds and raising transplants -- Breeding your own varieties -- The handbook : from vegetables to nuts. Saving vegetable seeds -- Saving herb seeds -- Saving flower seeds -- Advanced seed saving : nuts, fruits, & woody ornamentals.
Summary, etc.:
A full-color resource explains how to gather, clean, and store seeds for three hundred different kinds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs, as well as how to propagate and care for new seedlings.
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