Seed Saving

I have been saving seeds for years. This is just so far this year.  

I've grown ghost peppers to save the seed.  Yellow onions, tomatoes...

I've saved the seed from the dill plant which is not pictured. I've saved the chives seeds also not pictured.
I save the seeds from the Boston pickling cucumbers from the Cucumbers that are pickled in a different thread.

There's a bunch of stuff that I've save seed from I should probably be more organized and resubmit to this thread but I'll submit what I have here.

So the tomatoes are separated: I boil , blanch, cut open and I strip out the seeds from the meat and I'm left with tomato meat, tomato juice, and tomato seeds.

I then put the tomato seeds with a little bit of water on the countertop, loosely covered, and I let them mold for at least 3 days until the entire surface has been molded for a while.

I scoop off the mold and I rinse the seeds really really really really well. And then scatter them out on a tray to dry for 2 or 3 days.

Once they are dry, I put them in paper envelopes and put them in the refrigerator for cold stratification. Usually after Christmas is when I start planting seeds in the basement in the seed starting area to have them ready to go by the middle of May.

For peppers, I strip them from the ribs and I put them in a small bit of water to see who floats and who sinks.

I separate the floaters and sinkers in separate packets and oftentimes, I'll plant the floaters just to see how many end up working out anyway.

Once they are dry they'll get their own paper packet and put in the refrigerator. I've also saved marigold seeds too, I think those are in a Tic Tac box.

There's also a pic of all the seeds we have,  not just mine.  

Come fall, the garage will be filled with hickory, acorns and black walnuts. Those get peat, not paper packets!!

Hi Holly, looks like you do a lot of cool seed stuff.  If you are aiming to get a BB certification for seed saving, you need to post the required pictures to the BB thread you're pursuing.  Otherwise the software won't be able to find it later.

So, Im confused.
Im not sure where I am supposed to post my stuff. There are so many threads and topics. Im quite lost.

No problem, we'll get you sorted out.  One great place to start is All about SKIP, PEP, Badges, etc.  In that thread there are links to all the badges, in this case you may be particularly interested in the Gardening one.  When you click on Gardening it lists every BB (Badge Bit) that you can do.  If there's a link for it, follow that link, check out the requirements and post to that thread to get certified.

In your case, you'd scroll down to the Straw level and the first BB on the list is "Seed Saving".  Open that up, look it over and reply to that with your photos, descriptions, etc.

I hope that makes sense?

Welcome to PEP and sorry, it does take a few minutes to get oriented

I think I did it correctly. Can someone check my work?

Hmm, I don't see where you posted it so I'm thinking you maybe didn't do it correctly...

Following my navigational directions above should take you to the Gardening Badge.  Within that, at the top of the Straw level, is the Seed Saving BB (Badge Bit).  In that seed saving thread, create a reply and post your pictures of your four species that you're saving seeds from (per the requirements in the BB thread).  You can check out the people who came before you to see what they saved and how they did it.

I made a new topic, not a reply.

Ahh, that would be the problem.  If you have any other problems with the system, feel free to PM me and we can chat more about it.  Thanks for sticking with it