Master Gardener Janice Kennedy will present a program on seed harvesting at the Black Mountain Library on Tuesday, July 22 at 7 pm.
This free program is in conjunction with the library’s seed lending program, but is open to anyone interested in harvesting seeds from their garden and preserving them.
For more information, contact the library at 250-4756 or email [email protected].
After you’ve given your plants the help they needed to produce healthy seeds, you must harvest and store the seeds properly to keep them healthy until you are ready to plant them.
How you treat your seeds during harvest and storage can have a large impact on their viability and vigor when planted. For best results your seeds should be harvested at the right time, properly cleaned and dried (some seeds need to be ‘fermented’ before cleaning and drying—see Why Ferment Some Seeds?), and then stored under conditions favorable to their long-term health.