Register / Login

New Topic

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Nancy Reading
Carla Burke
r ranson
John F Dean
paul wheaton
Pearl Sutton

stewards:

Jay Angler
Liv Smith
Leigh Tate

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks
Timothy Norton

gardeners:

thomas rubino
Jeremy VanGelder
Maieshe Ljin

seeds and breeding

Seed saving, seed exchange, where to buy seeds, plant breeding, and propagation.

The official permies.com Seed Source Review Grid

Best ever

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

578 replies 6 549 295

seeds and breeding

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

284 replies 3 51 146

seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

171 replies 1 44 36

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

235 replies 205 89

seeds and breeding

Landrace Gardening

136 replies 25 25

seeds and breeding

Maxima, Moschata, Pepo

74 replies 37 9

seeds and breeding

Growing Apple Trees from Seed Naturally

149 replies 6 66 151

seeds and breeding

Propagating Blood (cling) Peaches

144 replies 59 58

seeds and breeding

Giant Kale

130 replies 24 26

seeds and breeding

Growing Peach Trees from Seed Naturally

144 replies 95 115

seeds and breeding

Direct Seeding Tomatoes in ~100 Frost Free Days without season extension

128 replies 131 31

seeds and breeding

growing apples from seeds vs. cloning

211 replies 5 14 21

seeds and breeding

Breeding for dew collection, or my experiments with dryland farming

46 replies 2 11 3

seeds and breeding

Potato Onions from true seed - grow journal

91 replies 1 80 17

seeds and breeding

Landrace seeds from Joseph Lofthouse, USA

56 replies 53 36

seeds and breeding

Promiscuously Pollinated Tomatoes And The Bees That Make Them Possible

65 replies 55 31

seeds and breeding

Fruit Trees from Seed

102 replies 4 22 23

seeds and breeding

Own or Breed Unique Varieties/Cultivars?

52 replies 22 23

seeds and breeding

Propagating Quality Fruit Trees From Seed.

104 replies 2 29 60

seeds and breeding

Fava vs Broad Vs lima vs butter beans :-)

60 replies 5 15

More »
Best this year

seeds and breeding

Cross Pollination and Seed Saving?

27 replies 24

seeds and breeding

Can you sprout split peas? - Yes!

22 replies 4 10 22

Year 1 of a Tomato Landrace

17 replies 1 24

seeds and breeding

Seed saving leaflet for beginners - free to download!

16 replies 6 9

Seed saving 2024

21 replies 21 14

Is there a catch to these free seeds?

18 replies 3 18

seeds and breeding

Fun seed game called...

14 replies 2 16

Landrace gardening survey

21 replies 1 16

seeds and breeding

Help ID -- Amphibolips confluenta, spongy oak apple gall

5 replies 3 5

Summer Squash as Winter Squash?

12 replies 5 6

Landrace (fallen at the first hurdle?)

20 replies 3

Do seeds carry diseases?

11 replies 6

Devon's Mad Garden (Landrace Breeding Projects)

11 replies 22 5

seeds and breeding

Apios as a perennial bean?

7 replies 1 6

Do other seeds breed true to the mother plant just as Heirloom seeds?

9 replies 5

Growing peppers from dehydrated cayenne seasoning

4 replies 1

When seeds get too much....

5 replies 3

Cross Pollination

3 replies 3

Starting seeds without all the bs

9 replies 2

Direct sow tomatoes???

10 replies 4 4

More »
seeds and breeding Forum at permies

resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

Seed exchange

2 days ago 6 replies 1

Cicada Seeds, Vancouver Island -- anyone know them?

2 days ago 0 replies

peaches

Growing Peach Trees from Seed Naturally

3 days ago 144 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 95 115

seeds and breeding

dehybridizing hybrids - I invite you to join me

4 days ago 16 replies 2 5

plants

Can you sprout split peas? - Yes!

4 days ago 22 replies 4 10 22

seeds and breeding

The official permies.com Seed and Plant Source Review Grid

5 days ago 2 9

seeds and breeding

Johnny's Selected Seed from Maine, USA

5 days ago 1

Sweet Lupin Seeds

1 week ago 1 reply

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

1 week ago 578 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <13, 14, 15 ] 6 549 295

apples

Super large apple trees

1 week ago 20 replies 1 1 7

Summer Squash as Winter Squash?

1 week ago 12 replies 5 6

Stabilizing pumpkin hybrid

1 week ago 4 replies

apples

Growing Apple Trees from Seed Naturally

2 weeks ago 149 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 6 66 151

plants

Rhubarb: to seed or not to seed

2 weeks ago 32 replies 10 8

beans

Most beautiful beans?

2 weeks ago 42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 19 33

seeds and breeding

Greenhouses, grow rooms and nurseries

2 weeks ago 9 replies 1 6 4

apples

growing apples from seeds vs. cloning

2 weeks ago 211 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 5 14 21

Devon's Mad Garden (Landrace Breeding Projects)

2 weeks ago 11 replies 22 5

Finding online seed swaps.

2 weeks ago 2 replies

books

Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse

2 weeks ago 6 12 41

Northern oceanic tomatoes

1 month ago 5 replies 4 4

Do you sterilise Seed-raising mix?

1 month ago 9 replies 1

root crops

Enormous Turnip/Rutabaga plea/offer (and other Giant Vegetables)

1 month ago 10 replies 1 4

beans

This dummy's trying his hand at a landrace

1 month ago 8 replies 3 7

seeds and breeding

Keene Garlic from Wisconsin, USA

1 month ago 1 2

Landrace gardening survey

1 month ago 21 replies 1 16

Seed yields for various plants

1 month ago 7 replies

Common misconceptions of speciation

1 month ago 2 replies 1 1

plants

Success planting caper seeds: plant for a super arid climate

1 month ago 35 replies 18 20

seeds and breeding

Wanted: Seeking more help in swapping for more historic crops or plants to honor my past.

1 month ago 28 replies 1

blatant advertising

Carol Deppe's "Bigger Better Butternut Squash" seeds for sale

1 month ago 2 replies 1

Mini landrace of cucurbits 2024

1 month ago 1 reply 1

tinkering with this site

How to Make a Review for a Review Grid (seed source, book, gear, film, etc)

1 month ago 2 7

seeds and breeding

Hudson Valley Seed Co. from New York, USA

1 month ago 4

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

1 month ago 63 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 24 48

Siskiyou Seeds from Oregon, USA

1 month ago 0 replies

Siskiyou Seeds from Oregon, USA

1 month ago 2 2

Growing Pumpkins for Hull-less Pumpkin Seeds. Any tips?

2 months ago 19 replies 2 3 9

Year 1 of a Tomato Landrace

2 months ago 17 replies 1 24

Sticky fuzz in poppies?

2 months ago 1 reply 1

seeds and breeding

Wanted: Osage orange

2 months ago 17 replies 3 1

grains and pseudograins

Seeds to share! Anybody want to work on perennial Einkorn?

2 months ago 7 replies 1 3

seeds and breeding

Joseph Lofthouse's European speaking tour

3 months ago 19 replies 4 14

seeds and breeding

Edible Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) - Buy, Sell & Trade

7 months ago 93 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

Seed Savers Exchange shutting down forum

8 years ago 3 replies
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 25
- ►
Forum leaders: Joseph Lofthouse
growies
- hugelkultur 15733
- polyculture 6230
- forest garden 26677
- permaculture 58187
- gardening for beginners 31239
- seeds and breeding 14572
- propagation 6030
- plants 57664
- fruit trees 25808
- woodland 12274
- soil 20591
- trees 32080
- composting 16680
- fungi 10760
- mulch 8818
- biochar 5746
- biodynamic 1845
- organic 19823
- biointensive 632
- dynamic accumulators 1125
- asian natural farming 1714
- urban gardening 7497
- house plants 1408
- small farm 6906
- large farm 2928
- market garden 4441
- pasture 2293
- cover crops 3198
- grains and pseudograins 3073
- lawn 6584
- greening the desert 10040
- wetlands 2555
- tips for awkward spots 2437
- perennial vegetables 7108
- energy crops 261
- carbon farming 1354
- beans 2847
- berries 8727
- flowers 3070
- gamcod 792
- nuts 4236
- grapes 1181
- alliums 1873
- potatoes 2474
- root crops 4392
- kiwis 520
- vines 3435
- apples 4288
- pears 1080
- peaches 1498
- plums 1108
- cherries 952
- bushes 1110

What do the icons mean:

= Topic with 1 to 5 flags
= Topic with 5 or more flags
= Topic with 10 or more flags
= Topic with unread post(s)