Cross-Pollinating Friskiness Plants that won't cross, even when snuggled right next to each other in your garden: These are some of the easiest varieties for seed saving. If you have the room, give different varieties of the same plant a little distance - no sense in encouraging them to get frisky. Annuals = Lettuce "Mung Beans ‘Tomatoes, except potato-leaf varieties . {just plant one kind) & any double- . Current Tomatoes Garden Huckleberry blossomed beefsteak fruits. Plants that won't cross so long as they have a little room to eyeball each other suggestively in your garden: Multiple varieties of the same species should be planted as far apart as you can manage in your garden. They won’t cross with your neighbors. Annuals + Egeplants (6 plant minimum) "Peas "Basil = Common Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) = Sweet Peppers (but if your neighbor is = Lima Beans growing hot peppers, they might sneak *_ Cowpeas & Blackeyed Peas a cross-pollinating snuggle) "Soybeans Plants that like to get frisky with your neighbor's garden: So if you plant only one variety of each of these and your neighbors don’t plant any, you can save seed. Or share seeds with your neighbors so you are all growing the same variety. You can also use hand-pollination, bagging and other techniques to keep them from crossing with your neighbor's plants (most of these cross up to about 1,600 feet). Annuals Biennial = Watermelon and Citron = Rutabaga & Siberian Kale + Melons (all other types) + Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussel = Cucumbers Sprouts, Kale, Collards & Kohlrabi = Squash/pumpkin, all six species (if you = Turnips have no neighbors to worry about, = Radishes (also flirts with wild radishes). grow one plant from each variety) Large groups suggested to save seed. = Hot Peppers = Leeks = Runner Beans = Onions (might overwinter with cover) "= Garbanzo Bean = Most Biennial herbs. E = Peanuts In Wisconsin & Minnesota, most biennials "Okra must socialize in your basement over winter ‘Most Annual Herbs before going to seed. Commurity. Know Prepares. Coulee Region Emerguncy Preparedness & Homestead Group hsp /survivalism meetup.com/358Plants that need a chastity belt to keep them from crossing within mile These plants require caging, bagging or other techniques to keep them from crossing with varieties across town or in the next county. Annuals Biennials = Corn Beets & Swiss Chard (6 plant minimum) + Spinach "Celery = Sunflowers (also crosses with wild = Carrot (crosses with Queen Anne's escapees) Lace/wild carrot) Perennials + Parsnip (crosses with wild parsnip) Asparagus (3-5 years to produce edibles if you start from seed) Your plants are making babies, now what? For more information and for details on how to save the seeds your plants are producing, check out the following resources: Books (both available from the La Crosse Public Library): Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition, by Suzanne Ashworth = The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs, by Robert E. Gough Websites: = www.seedsavers.org * For a chart listing specific distances for each type of plant, see: http://www.seedsavers.org/site/pdf/crop_chart.pdf For home users with fencing and other barriers between you and your neighbors, Seed Savers suggests cutting the distances listed down to a third. + www howtosaveseeds.com But wait, where do I get seeds to start my garden? ‘The La Crosse Library Seed Library, of course! But there are also some excellent websites that carry more varieties than the library currently has available: = www.seedsavers.org/onlinestore/ = wwwsstclareseeds.com = www.rareseeds.com * www.seedsforthee.com Community. Knowiede. Preparedness. Coulee Region Emergency Preparedness & Homestea Group hapy/suralism meetup con/358