Hi, we have recently started a new seed circle where I live We are in the early stages of setting up and there is a discrepancy between some members which I'd like some advice on please. What's a good number of plants, such as brassica to seed save from?
As a realistic number we felt that asking people to save between 16-20 plants would be possible in terms of space and keeping the strength of the seed. One of our members feels strongly that to protect seed diversity/resilience we need to save between 20-50 plants which makes seed saving for some much more tricky
Please can you share your experiences of a realistic number of plants to save seed from that will last!
Thank you
Della
As a realistic number we felt that asking people to save between 16-20 plants would be possible in terms of space and keeping the strength of the seed. One of our members feels strongly that to protect seed diversity/resilience we need to save between 20-50 plants which makes seed saving for some much more tricky
Please can you share your experiences of a realistic number of plants to save seed from that will last!
Thank you
Della
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