Saving brassica seed

  • 4 Replies
  • 733 Views
*

LivvyW

  • Experienced Member
  • ***
  • Location: Wicklow Mountains
  • 498
Saving brassica seed
« on: May 11, 2011, 20:13 »
I let one of my kale plants flower (fabulously!!) so i could collect seed for next year.

PSB and even a cabbage nearby have also flowered. Is there any point in keeping the kale seed or will it have cross pollinated.
Liv.

*

Trillium

  • Guest
Re: Saving brassica seed
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2011, 23:34 »
I don't think there are too many kale varieties to worry about cross pollinating. Unless you've got curly kale, red kale and tuscan kale in the same area. Then I could see some unusual varieties popping up.

*

LivvyW

  • Experienced Member
  • ***
  • Location: Wicklow Mountains
  • 498
Re: Saving brassica seed
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2011, 08:40 »
OK,so i shouldn't get a kale/cabbage crossbreed of  a kale/psb mix?

*

Trillium

  • Guest
Re: Saving brassica seed
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2011, 21:10 »
Sorry, I missed your point first time around. Yes, all the brassica family will interbreed with one another unless you've taken specific care to avoid this. Which I'm guessing you haven't. You could always plant a few seeds to see what you get, but for the most part, I'd buy specific seeds so you get what you want with no surprises. The only way they're likely to not interbreed is if the crops are over 1,000 ft away from each other. That sort of puts allotments out of the game  ;)

*

LivvyW

  • Experienced Member
  • ***
  • Location: Wicklow Mountains
  • 498
Re: Saving brassica seed
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 17:23 »
Thanks Trillium.


xx
Seed Saving.

Started by Potiron on Grow Your Own

13 Replies
4064 Views
Last post March 26, 2009, 08:47
by Haz
xx
seed saving

Started by dmg on Grow Your Own

2 Replies
1166 Views
Last post July 20, 2012, 23:54
by dmg
xx
Saving Seed

Started by fatbelly on Grow Your Own

4 Replies
1557 Views
Last post May 20, 2011, 12:15
by DD.
xx
Seed saving

Started by gobs on Grow Your Own

12 Replies
3852 Views
Last post July 11, 2008, 07:45
by DD.
 

Page created in 0.848 seconds with 37 queries.

Powered by SMFPacks Social Login Mod
Powered by SMFPacks SEO Pro Mod |