When seeds get too much....

Marco Zolow wrote:The problem with saving seed is that I have way more than I can use and am not connected here to share or trade seed. It's not a bad problem to have.

Marco said that in the thread about why people save seed

I had a quick look and couldn't find a thread to help so started this one - what to do with too much seed? What do you do?

gifting, sharing, swapping. just a few words come to mind.

ultimately what i end up doing, when the fridge and other seed stashing places start filling up, or when i manage to accidentally mix/dump/lose the labels for seeds, i will just throw out a bunch in an empty bed. Last year I had the best daikon radish harvest i've ever had as a result. Other years, I may have a surprise batch of tomatillos, or whatever decides to come along. Some years, I have to replant the bed because nothing comes up. I give away what I can but I don't know too many people with plantable spaces.

Depending on the type of seed, if I have a glut I would most likely sprout them and feed them to the chickens.

Tereza Okava wrote: i will just throw out a bunch in an empty bed. Last year I had the best daikon radish harvest i've ever had as a result.

This!  You are going to end up selecting heavily for plants that produce food you like for next to zero work if you just throw things in and let them get on with it. And then save seed from the tastiest survivors.

Timothy Norton wrote:Depending on the type of seed, if I have a glut I would most likely sprout them and feed them to the chickens.

Chickens would likely eat small seeds even without sprouting them first. Give them something to do if you broadcast them in their run. The adore hunting for soaked wheat seeds.