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by Weird Heather
Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:29 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Water, water everywhere (I wish)
Replies: 6
Views: 2107

Re: Water, water everywhere (I wish)

Wish it would rain some more at moment, getting fed up of hefting watering cans about the place every couple of days. Sorry I don’t have any stats to add to yours, but I’m in West Yorkshire so I’d imagine it’d be similar to yours anyway.
by Weird Heather
Sun May 31, 2020 1:13 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Are these seeds ok to save?
Replies: 5
Views: 3516

Re: Are these seeds ok to save?

Westi - I’m assuming it probably is an F1. With the whole hybrid vigour thing and uniformity of produce, I’d imagine most commercially grown crops would be from hybrid seeds. But having said that, I’m not adverse to growing some out anyway and just seeing what I get. If there’s anything interesting,...
by Weird Heather
Fri May 29, 2020 11:08 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Are these seeds ok to save?
Replies: 5
Views: 3516

Re: Are these seeds ok to save?

Thanks for your reply Westi. I was wondering the same kind of things. It was October last time I harvested squash seeds. This one was a cool looking squash I’d got from the supermarket and it saved right through until recently. I guess it’s been warmer than usual in kitchen lately, so drying too fas...
by Weird Heather
Fri May 29, 2020 12:57 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Are these seeds ok to save?
Replies: 5
Views: 3516

Are these seeds ok to save?

Hi everyone, Got a quick seed saving question. I harvested these seeds from a squash to try and grow and they’re only air dried at the moment, but they’ve developed a bunch of cracks down the centre of nearly all the seeds. I’ve not had this happen to squash seeds I’ve saved before so i was wonderin...