Heritage Seed Library guide to saving seed: Carrots

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• Carrots
• saving seed
• vegetable growing
• heitage vegetables
• heirloom vegetables
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[Cruella99]

Best seed saving video I have come across yet! Thanks a bunch as this should help us save our first seeds! What size strainer is that, because it is hard to tell what would be a small seed vs a big seed?

[CantataRV682]

@Cruella99 - Thanks for the comment - the size of the sieve was 2mm. Good luck with the seed saving.

[CantataRV682]

Turnips (Brassica rapa) are the same species as Chinese cabbage and mustard so will cross pollinate with them.

Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) is the same species as chard and sugar beet, and they are all wind pollinated so produce clouds of pollen in late spring. For this reason they are very difficult to isolate so it’s best to make sure yours is the only flowering variety within about a kilometer radius.

[LetsCook2gether]

Do you use the same methode for beets and turnips?

[CantataRV682]

The general principle is the same for turnip and beetroots. They both need to be overwintered, and lifting and storing is probably the best option if you have very low winter temperatures or a problem with pests. 20 plants is the recommended minimum – more is ideal but space can be an issue as they will need replanting about 40cm apart. When they go to flower they can get to about 150cm high and tend to flop over so will need staking.

[workwithnature]

Very very good :)

[horlacsd]

5:20 looks like the bombbb chronic