saving the rarest seeds

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thought many here would appreciate this story of a great man on a great quest

https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/rare-heirloom-seeds/

Burl Smith

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Bonsall’s office is no climate-controlled vault,

I thought maybe storing seeds in an aquarium, in which a candle is periodically burns up the oxygen, would help preserve cow peas for instance from their borers.

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William Schlegel

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Will Bonsall is pretty cool. I read his book, got to the end, emailed him and he emailed right back.

Half an acre for the scatterseed project. Hmm. Wonder how he does isolation.

Western Montana gardener and botanist in zone 6a according to 2012 zone update.
Gardening on lakebed sediments with 7 inch silty clay loam topsoil, 7 inch clay accumulation layer underneath, have added sand in places.

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