Recursos Tagged: Seed Harvesting

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  1. Park's Success with Seeds

    01/01/1978 To help you derive the greatest measure of success, here is a concise but encyclopedic volume of all the things you need to know about the seeds you grow--their geographicial origin, relationship with other plants, germination requirements such as light, moisture and temperature, together with...
    Ornamental Plants Seed Storage Seed Harvesting Seed Production plants Vegetable gardening Flower gardening

  2. True Potato Seed Has Many Advantages

    20/03/2000 Potatoes do produce seeds, so to help distinguish these from "seed potatoes" the seeds are called "true potato seeds" (TPS). It takes only 160 grams of TPS to seed one hectare (2.3 ounces/acre) and half that amount if seeds are used for transplants. That compares with over 2,000 pounds/acre of...
    Root Crops TPS Seeds ECHO Resources Seed Harvesting Seed Potatoes Potatoes

  3. The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving

    04/05/2015 This comprehensive book on the art and science of seed saving demystifies the time-honored tradition of collecting the seeds of more than 75 crops-from heirloom tomatoes and peppers to century-old varieties of beans and grains. InThe Seed Garden, Seed Savers Exchange and the Organic Seed Alliance...
    Garden Vegetables Seed Harvesting Plant Propagation Varieties Seed Saving

  4. Growing to Seed

    01/01/1990 The purpose of this booklet is to demonstrate that you can grow your seed in a small area for many levels of benefit. It attempts to enable you to answer the questions "How much seed and how many plants do I need?" and "How much of area will I need to devote to become seed self-reliant?" Knowing...
    Seeds Gardening Seed Saving Seed Harvesting

  5. Growing & Saving Vegetable Seeds

    01/01/1978 Each vegetable is discussed in detail. You'll know the problems and their solution, understand how to raise, harvest, and store the seeds.
    Vegetable Seeds Vegetable gardening Garden Vegetables Seed Storage Seed Saving Seed Harvesting

  6. Seed Diversity in the Drylands: Women and Farming in South India

    01/01/2006 In this paper, the author explores threats in a case study of the farming system of the Deccan Plateau in South India. She looks in particular at women's roles in agriculture and especially the important part woment play in saving and reproducing seeds. Gatekeeper Series, 126 24 pages
    Seed technology India Dryland Farming Seed Harvesting Seed Handling Women in Agriculture

  7. Tree Seed Management: Seed Sources, Seed Collection and Seed Handling, A Field Manual for Field Workers and Farmers

    01/01/2003 To assist smallholders and non-government organizations in Indonesia build the technical capacity required to properly collect and manage tree seed ICRAF and Winrock International, in collaboration with Indonesia Forest Seed Project developed this manual. 54 pages, illustrations, pictures
    Seed Harvesting Tree Seeds Seed Handling seed collection

  8. Collection Storage and Treatment of Tree Seeds

    01/01/1992 It is rather extraordinary to think that one small seed can grow into a tree that will live for hundreds of years, reaching a size several metres in diameter. But seeds are delicate, as all farmers know. To maintain their potential to sprout, (or “viability”), seed must be collected, stored, and...
    Seed Storage Seed technology Trees Seed Harvesting seed collection

  9. The Four Techniques of Seed Harvesting- Thai เทคนิคการเก็บเมล็ดพันธุ์สี่แบบ

    04/10/2017 Seeds are the most significant agricultural input factor. Smart farmers must know how to select and harvest the seeds that are adaptable to the environment in a particular area and their production requirement characteristics. Each vegetable has certain times during the plant’s growth when seed...
    Seeds Seed Harvesting Asia