Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Thanks to all for the help. Getting the right seed and saving them, insuring their origin is safe, all that sure is an additive process for sure. I appreciate the pointers and the websites. So far I have a modest saving of black Krim and hillbilly tomato, and am attempting to have a Datil Pepper (from St. Augustine, Fl - and I live in N. Utah) adapt and produce up here. I have a Bishops Hat, a Jalepeno, and the Datil all doing well so far in the basement. Again, thanks for all the pointers.

--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, "binaatthelake" <schultzjanet@...> wrote:
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> Hey Mark...I tend to start before I have all the beds put to bed for the winter as well.
> I guess after reading your questions the first one I have is what do you want the seeds for??? That may sound strange but if you are only growing your next crop off then the "kind" of seed does not matter but if you want to save then you want heirloom open pollinated seeds and I would get them through a reputable house like Seed Savers. Their catalog is the equivalent of garden porn. There are others and a quick search should give you some names.
> If it is all about crop hybrids are great for that, and some of the hybrids that have been around for quite a while, from a reputable grower should be okay. They only work for one season and then you buy again when the packet runs out.They do tend to have bigger and usually sweeter but I don't know they seem to have less flavor. Yes you could get GMO slid through as a hybrid if you weren't careful. But really when it comes down to it the only safe seed is one you save yourself.
> There are great books at your local library on how to do it, awesome vids on youtube, and watch for seedy Sundays in the spring to pick up some great ones. I did a French cos this year that was really nice, but not quite quick enough for my climate, but found an elephant garlic from about forty miles away that I have high hopes for...saving is addictive just so's you know.
> GMO in certain crops in certain areas is a done deal you're right, don't even want to think of nanos in the water, and GMO fish stocks running loose with the wild ones....(where did that soap box come from Bina kicks it back into the closet).
> I grow heirloom vegetables, and I save seeds for vegetables that have proven themselves in my area. So if you can find some organic heirloom seedhouses in your area, your seeds are used to your summers, your climate, your everything. Save your very best tomato, the one that is absolutely perfect and at it's peak...for seed, then do the same next year, eventually you have seeds that are the very best for your yard.
> I have found the pea for my yard and this year I saved almost a gallon of seeds, as well as several meals of fresh peas I will have enough to do several pots of soup and plant at least another seven frames of peas then I should get my gallon. It is a blue podded variety and the flowers look more like sweet peas in pinks, lavenders and purples. I have maybe found a white tomato for my global buckets one more year and I will know for sure if this and the black Krims are going to be enough ....I have to learn hydroponics I really do cause then I could grow these things year round. A white beefsteak tomato that makes a wicked sauce that at first glance like a cream...there has to be a way to do this in a zone 2b/3a there just has to....
> and I have yet to find the elusive melon but have heard of a Saskatchewan Cream that sounds promising. I did say addictive right. I look at recipes now with plants in mind and garden catalogs with recipes in mind...
> I just got my first catalog today.....yippee and they have a hazel nut....
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> Bina
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> > I have already looking for seeds for next year but am trying to be more particular this year about the seeds I use. As usual now I have more questions than answers about definitions.
> > Hybrid correct?
> > OP means open pollinated
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