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Yeah, my wife think I'm nuts, too.

Now, I didn't say nuts. Heh, if I had, I would also have to point that finger at myself. I just don't have many seeds to collect THIS year.
I'm finally getting around to getting all those little paper cups of seeds sorted and put into envelopes this year. Sigh, but there are some mystery seeds.

Hello, I just stopped in a sec to see what you guys are saving. Wow! I feel like I should be doing more lol.

I do have a question. I grow several veggies and was wondering if anyone on here save them. I would like to save some canary melon seed. Last year I saved my son's Giant Atlantic pumkin seeds and got a few
huge ones but they seem to rot worse than a regular Jack O Lantern type

I collect daylily seeds of course! Do you have a seed swap where you can put in a wish list? I would love to try the profusion zinnia and others.

Thanks,
Teresa

I don't save or trade much any more. After more than 30 years in the same place, my garden is pretty full. And the fact that I've been wintersowing since 2006 contributes to the "my garden runneth over" thing. Still, I do start a few things under lights every year and I still wintersow a few jugs every year, too.

Best bet for seed trades is the plant and seed trading forum. Lots of people do the piggy swap too, but I never have. Someone else will have to give you info on that.

Karen

Ella does the piggy Seed Swap.

http://cubits.org/ellasgarden/...

Ok, thank you. I really don't need to even look, but I love growing things!

This seed swap has not begun but you can look at people's databases to see what they have listed so far. Ella and everyone are so helpful if you have any questions.

Thank you, Arlene
I would love to have a few new things to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Just found this thread It looks like everyone is done with it ~ I am late as usual

I LOVE to save seeds.

So far I have my own Roma I have been saving for years

Many cultivars of Sunflower
many wildflowers
watermelon
cantaloupe
Scarlet runner Red Emperor
Purple snap beans
kentucky wonder beans
Jacob Cline bee balm
red swiss chard
Dent drying corn (for polenta or cornmeal)
Jimmy Nardello italian frying peppers
Anaheim peppers
Oregon spring tomatoes
Beets
Speckled trout Lettuce
Chinese long beans

and I will go check my seed box for more to add to the list

I'm not done still collecting

Waiting on a few things
some heirloom beans
butter daisy
morning glory


collected
milkweeds
cleome
cilantro
dill
parsley
Hardy hibiscus
stokes aster
jewel weed
blue shrimp plant
and a bunch I can not remember

I grew some type of Bee Balm and it really was beautiful but not a seed to be found.

Question please about the Jacob Cline bee balm:
When I look on the internet half the people say this plant is sterile/will not set seeds and other other half say it re-seeds like crazy.

Which bee balms will make viable seeds and which will not?

Interesting lists. So far I have seeds from:

Canna lily (from a Canna sdlg with unknown parentage)
Antigonon leptopus (Coral Vine)
Cissus trifoliata (aka Cow-itch, Grape Ivy, Sorrelvine)
Torenia fournieri (Wishbone Flower)
Caesalpinia gilliesii (Mexican Bird of Paradise)
a wild Senna growing in the creek bed
hybrid bearded iris seeds

I forgot daylily seeds. I planted every single one of them. I never dreamed nearly all of them would germinate. I'm not used to that. I'm overrun with 200-300 seedlings at a guess. Dumb, dumb, dumb!

greene said:I grew some type of Bee Balm and it really was beautiful but not a seed to be found.

Question please about the Jacob Cline bee balm:
When I look on the internet half the people say this plant is sterile/will not set seeds and other other half say it re-seeds like crazy.

Which bee balms will make viable seeds and which will not?

I rather doubt folks are seeing it reseed like crazy; they're probably just seeing how well it spreads by runners/rootlets. Just a guess here, but I'd side with the folks who think JC is sterile, or nearly so.

I've tried to find seeds on the native monardas, but I'm either not very adept with the timing, or I don't know what exactly to look for.

There are three sureties on this page http://www.prairiemoon.com/sea... for starters...

Toni -- I don't think people are done with the seed collecting here by any means!! Hope you'll check out the Piggy Seed Swap at Ella's Garden on Cubits -- this is my first year for signing up (although every year I've "thought about it")

I've saved several tomato varieties, several bean varieties, marigolds, catnip, dill, and Baptisia australis (blue false indigo). Next year I'll plan to save more things to share!

I have been harvesting seeds for Vietnamese Perilla, more Cinnnamon Basil.
A hot Mexican chili/Tree Chili.
Forsythia Salvia is starting to make its first blooms!! don't know if I will get seeds from it.
Chipilin will have enough time for the seeds to mature.
Large leaf green Perilla/Shiso seeds need more time to ripen.
Papalo is making too many seeds and I am trying to catch all of them so they won't spread.
I harvested a ton of Callicarpa americana/American Beautyberry, I plan to make seed bombs with the extras.

Yep, I'm gonna need more bags and labels.

Greene----JC spreads very easily here. Haven't seen any seeds from it.

Had to go back through the thread looking for what JC was the abbreviation for.
Thanks. So, does it NOT make seeds? and only spreads by runners and such?
(This is my first year growing any type of bee balm.)

I think I have a found a few seeds but they didn't germinate for me. I think most all monarda spreads by roots.

There are at least a few that grow from seed. I only know this because Swallowtail accidentally sent me some last year. http://www.swallowtailgardense...