Saving Seeds By Sluicing

Sluicing is a way to get seeds out of the fruit or vegetable and into the seed packet for next year. Easy and simple, you can do this at home. Basically, you are mashing the fruit to a pulp or mash and then running water through it in order to get the seeds out. The good seeds drop to the bottom of the running water and the bad seeds float away with the mash. Growing garlic is quite easy and you can even grow it in containers. Fall is a great time to plant garlic but early s...

Growing Wisdom | October 24, 2009

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