[Garden] Saving seed

[Peter Belej]

Jason,

To store potatoes for a long period of time, you need to keep them dry
and cool.  A burlap sack in a cold cellar (ie: below 10 degrees C, above
freezing) works pretty well.  They may start to grow the little
chutes/eyes, but they should be fine for the sake of planting.

This season, my parents had just bought potatoes from the grocery store,
and they seemed to do just fine, so worst-case, we'll just go buy a
handful from the store!

I can save some butternut squash seeds (if I remember), and probably
some pole bean seeds (if I remember).  I wasn't entirely sure how to
store tomato seeds, so I didn't bother.  We've already planted garlic,
so that's one less thing to worry about.

Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of J. Rochon
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:16 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [Garden] Saving seed

Gardeners,
                Has anyone saved seed from our garden plants? How do you

preserve potatoes for use as seed? I have a few of our potatoes still 
under my sink. Finally, did we dig up the potatoes on Sunday, or are 
there still some left?


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