01/31/2025
One of the biggest questions I get is where I get my seed .
I try to save and use my farm grown seed but sometimes will buy from Amish or naturally grown sources .
In the case of carrot , which I grow A LOT of , I will save the tops from my processing of carrots to replant for seed.
By planting the top of a carrot you will not grow a new carrot but you will grow flowers from what you can produce seed.
When he do a carrot picking project I’ll end up with hundreds of tops . I will sow these in a row outside so that they will produce a massive open pollinated seed crop .
Each carrot top has the potential of creating 1000 flowers.... you figure every time I plant 300 carrot tops I’m harvesting about a Lb of carrot seed . Between what my farm consumes including snacks for my son and all my pickling projects , I easily grow about 10 Lb of seed a year and sometimes more .
Sometimes I’ll run out of my rainbow blend and will hit the seed store to stock up but I never run out of my personally developed varieties
I haven’t bought lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower ,Broccoli, garlic , corn, beans pumpkins , squash , pepper , tomato , or onion seed in years !!
