How to Save Seeds from 10 Vegetables in Your Garden

[@Selfsufficientme]

Savings seeds - there's nothing simpler a gardener can do to save costs, feed the bees and other insects (when the plants flower), and grow more slightly adapted plants. Great advice there John!

[@ar-sithf.austin3744]

Love your stuff too, brother! Have a good day, sir.

[@ArJuna22]

It would be really helpful if you had links in your videos - Such as: Dandelion - 02:42 Basil - 04:50 Onion - 07:01 Parsley - 09:49 Achira - 16:22 Ashitaba - 21:30 Water Pepper - 23:00 Hot or Sweet Pepper - 26:55 Okra - 28:55 Surinam Spinach - 31:28 Malabar Spinach - 33:58

[@tanyabrown9839]

thanks, that was very helpful

[@EL-jw6dg]

So helpful thank you!

[@Outdoorrichie]

He has about 5 to 10 mins of useful information buried in about 40 minutes of rambling... in every single video

[@betrueALLWAYS]

YOU ROCKSTAR⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@MissPooz]

I've watched so many videos on seeding because I want to know how to do it but every video just didn't teach me how to do it. This is the first video that explains how to seed with ease and humor. I actually learned!!! Thank you for the time you put into this video :)

[@SherryGlow1]

John, thank you for keeping us informed. I am a newbie to gardening. I started because I am tired of feeling like crap all of the time and having no energy. I have hypothyroidism and after plenty of research I really believe it stems from a bad diet and stress. Until my garden begins to produce I will be ingesting raw enzymes in tablets form, better food choices and iodine/kelp. God is using you for something great. I have seen some of your other videos where you actually get emotional about what you grow and about our health. Have a Blessed Day from South Carolina.

[@ARTISTCHD1]

Yes you are going in the right healthier dietary direction...>>>

[@MsTiffiany96]

I have hypothyroidism as well I overstand

[@4460cows]

We have been back yard vegetable gardening for many years. Starting out sprouting our saved seeds and awaiting past frost warnings to transplant. Thanks to you we are now going to plant a front yard garden via raised beds and drip line irrigation. Love eating what we grow just want more. Keep up producing the videos as you have inspired us to keep on growing. Thanks.

[@punkyroo]

I totally respect the "not labeling" thing. Just the joy of letting things develop in a natural sort of way. With natural cross-pollination and natural selection, that's how amazing regional varieties develop!

[@ARTISTCHD1]

Macho male flowers procreate-pollinate feminine female flowers...correct?

[@edenskeeper6516]

Punky Rooster! Lol! Love the name. I loved that show.

[@falcon4449]

Labeling yes,male and female... Perfection

[@PleasantPrickles]

I had an amazing seed harvest this year from Bokchoy and Arugula! And it’s my first year growing veggies! Thanks for this informative video! 🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@AgendaInMind]

Planting Malabar spinach was the best thing I did last year! I can't wait for more this year!!

[@shortturbo]

John you blow my mind. You should have your own gardening show on PBS or whatever. I've learned so so much from all of your wonderful videos,,, can't thank you enough. Plus I love the way you sound like everybody's best buddy. Keep up the good work My Man you are greatly appreciated. Big Green Love!

[@1963charmaine]

I love your enthusiasm. It's helped me to plant my whole back yard with edibles. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@ThePepperspraydepot]

I just have to say, I love your humor. It's a great addition to the in depth information

[@stephanieray6587]

Wow dude you just completed the whole cycle of life for me. Thank you very much... it's like the missing link.

[@poopypuppyproductions7409]

Another FANTASTIC vid...in my opinion, some of the BEST on KZbin. Thank you, John.

[@simitdesai]

Lol..u crack me up with your humor in these super informational videos.....thks buddy

[@cherylmart6338]

Praise the Lord. Everything is thought of. Sowing the seeds !

[@kosycat1]

5:50 this is why I love John's channel

[@A.E.Lanman777]

Haha I laughed so hard at that.

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

Perfect timing dude. I left a comment on your last video about starting a gyg seed exchange. I'm growing a bunch of plants for seed from baker creek, seed savers exchange, bountiful gardens, sherwood seeds, and heirloom seeds. once I have a stock going I'll throw up a post. appreciate ya john.

[@jadedeyesamuri]

funny how that happens, I just started shopping seed saver sights myself yesterday.

[@donnawillson2618]

I love your little comments,you show me your kind of innocent ¡

[@cbasallie]

You're going to be a good day. You're a good teacher .

[@seaglass8940]

Your info is excellent and you're entertaining AF!

[@SonniesGardenPA]

I'm so excited when I can save my seeds. Great episode.

[@damiongibson8181]

Yeah seed let lady excited

[@isitlaw2919]

Good idea, because when they finally outlaw sharing and exchanging seeds, teach us all good platform to teach.

[@betrueALLWAYS]

💋💋💋Thank You... this year because of the pandemic I am growing my first Garden everything is organic and because it's doing so well I actually don't want to harvest anything😁 I'm not sure what is going to have seeds or not 🤔but because it's doing so well I definitely want to grow food next year so thank you for all this wonderful information I'm sure I'm going to watch this video multiple times.

[@MrChip123472]

Lots of fun to save seeds. I save some things to plant again, some "just in case", and some just to collect and trade.

[@unsaltedtomato899]

I live in swampy conditions. I spread the seeds out on a plate inside the house for a few days (depending on how large they are). I tape used silica packets, from jerky or new clothes or where ever I can find them, to the lids of tiny jars I recycle (but putting them in bags would also be just fine I reckon.

[@RafsKitchenGardenChannel]

Great tips, seed saving got to be done by small scale gardeners like us as far as I heard farmers cant afford to save their seeds, I will have few open pollinated varieties this year hoping to use seeds from these in next season.

[@biancazoie3030]

John you are so funny. I just love your videos and your generosity.

[@planetZ999]

Awesome video enjoy watching your garden progress from seed

[@veiledmaid4029]

It's awesome you're growing dandelion in pots. I did that so my boyfriend will eat them. lol It works. Great video. Thanks for sharing knowledge

[@AdamArmstrong]

I was just wondering "why on earth is he growing weeds?"

[@albertbeauchesne2882]

You a funny, cool dude. Thanks for your great info and positive voice in a world of noise.

[@lockwoan01]

Sometimes you get really lucky. Last year, a neighbor of mine tried to grow yellow summer squash, but was forced to move, due to reasons I'm not going to discuss here. Anyways, my aunt got the place, and said that I could do whatever I wanted to do to the garden bed this summer. I had a bunch of bagged soil, compost, manure, and vermiculite, so it would have been no problem to fill the bed, (which was originally fertilized with goat manure, but that had broken down by then, and needed a serious topping off) but there was a lot of weeds. So, I got a small sickle, and started to hack down the weeds, when I located the squash gourds. I broke the one open, saw the seeds, and on the spur of the moment, decided to scatter them around the garden, along with those of a few other gourds I found. Got a lot of squash as a result, which can be shown in my videos. Trying to do something similar for next year, although I don't know if it will work.

[@ARTISTCHD1]

Aunt-Bee?

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

"Sometimes you get really lucky. Last year, a neighbor of mine tried to grow yellow summer squash, but was forced to move, due to reasons I'm not going to discuss here. Anyways, my aunt got the place, and said that I could do whatever I wanted to do to the garden bed this summer" how awfully suspicious that sounds..

[@TheNativeTearz]

Thank you! Now I know how to save okra seeds from my plants!!! I'll never outsource again for okra seeds!!! (Or pretty much any of my garden seeds!) Snowing here today again....I'm ready for spring planting!

[@mathewhunt81]

"rub it out" (8:40) hahaha!

[@raywhite3754]

Good video. We're doing seed saving classes and exchanges here in Kingman, AZ. In a few more years I hope to have heirloom varieties that are specifically adapted to our microclimate.

[@BacktonaturelivingCom]

Awesome Video John! I like how you save a lot of weed seed. I do that, too, on my Rocky Mountain Homestead....Weeds make the best green drink...tastes a lot sweeter than things like lacinato kale....It is hubby approved....

[@elizabethhendriks9030]

great video! Love your analogies. Thanks for including the Northeast info because that’s where I’m from so I appreciate the tips! Liked and subscribed thanks again

[@cmb3737]

Dried Seed Bouquet - AWESOME!

[@Sandra-nx3pl]

Hello John ,i will follow your channel for long time i can say, you are one of my best one gardener and i got in the way to grow my food,but i know you are so busy ..i make same questions you never answer ,is ok i live in Nevada my question today is i will be in Las Vegas after October 13 and i will like to see your garden and to chat about the plants is my b_day on that week and my husband is taken me to Texas and on the way back we going to be 3 days in Vegas ,i will like to know you and have same advises for my garden,i live in Laughlin NV.

[@jennoscura2381]

You CAN know what properties the plant has. Water pepper contains Polygodial which has antifungal and antimicrobial properties; among others. Just google the plant and look at the wikipedia page. That will tell you what chemicals are in the plant. You can then look up the given chemical and see what properties it has.

[@skeeterburke]

We are naturally attracted to color. You gotta get in the habit of looking for dried brown stuff There is an empty lot behind my house. This summer I gathered lemon bee balm, sunflower, morning glory, and whatever else happened to be growing there. Happily, no poison ivy. The bugs love the flowers, the birds love the bugs, everybody's happy 🌺🌺🌺 Cat briar and nopal, those are 2 yummy foods lots of people overlook or call "survival food" (I think they mean not-grocery-store food). cat briar is delicious! Plantain, that "weed" grows everywhere, it makes a great anti-itch salve

[@bhoff19751]

Hahahahahaha... "It's like a nutsack...". You have me cackling like a madman in Detroit Airport.

[@kellyc2425]

How old are you? 12?

[@Stacy_Sunshine]

Gardening IS sexy! and WHY are so many people so afraid to talk about the sexual aspect of plants or people? We'd starve if the plants quit getting it on! ;) I found it refreshing! Be YOU! Always!

[@ARTISTCHD1]

Male flowers and female flowers...eh?! = procreation-pollination right?!

[@cindy-louwho9311]

ordered your seeds!!! Can't wait

[@Pittsflynn]

great work John really like your vids, peace!

[@galepatrick8839]

Thank you for information

[@jasonknight5045]

good discussion/vid couple f things i would add , brassicaas, onions and corn all suffer from severe inbreeding deppression, meening i would not save seeds from them unless i could have at least 50 plants to give to the seeds,to keep them strong,you can save those for one or two generations if they are hybrids an still have vigour but not uniformity, if you want them as an open pollinated line, best to by those from quality seed co. other than that the only thing to consider is varieties that cross with each other like peppers , squash,,bees might cross your neighbors zucchini with your favorite butternut .

[@habaristra6248]

In order to sprout the Canna seeds they have to be scraped flat on a side until you see about 1/8" exposure of the white inside. The seeds will not germinate otherwise. The pods start drying out in the fall. Quite often you can find them planted in public places. They are extremely prolific.

[@numbereight886]

Must admit saving seeds is really an area I and likely most others want to learn up. Like I'd really like to know how with micro greens. (Given I haven't grown them before, better to know how than spending a season figuring out).

[@generalredneck6998]

Okra grows great here in my neck of the woods in upstate NY not to far away from Lake Ontario

[@lovebaby4888]

Native americans ate the dandelion flowers, pan fried in butter or oil, leaves and roots were eater raw or boiled. it is rich in calcium. used for infections. if leaves are bitter add cider vinegar and sugar dressing, all parts of the plant can be dried and stored for a year.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

do you eat dandelion flowers?

[@WILDMASTIFF]

Great video !

[@mrsfruitloops9373]

This is cool. I’m enjoying ur video lol and it’s very helpful

[@bayamonpr8383]

lol best video I ever seen ! ,very informative,some humor and interesting .Thanks for sharing .

[@seedyhollow]

I planted in my house's bow window Giant Russian Cabbage and a coup;e seedlings got taller but thick, healthy and grew a blossom head!! Did they bolt? I planted out now in a raised bed 2' apart but will those produce heads and do they need to bloom first to produce heads or not?

[@drgergens]

John, would you please send me or post your link to when and how to plant these seeds beyond harvesting seeds? Thanks, always enjoy your tutorials, thanks much, Dwayne

[@krissifaith6709]

Love love love your channel... I so want to buy you a good pair of sunglasses.

[@robinwilkins6434]

Man, you got some trolls commenting!! Could you tell more about the canna varieties that are edible? You said canna Dallas or something. BTW you do a great job educating and inspiring.

[@dgreen97]

If I bought peas from a local produce stand and selled the starchy ones to dry and shrivel, can I plant them later? thanks Cali, I am in Ca too, Central Valley zone 9b

[@gabrielolsen8748]

John is the best haha!

[@evega8368]

Thank you!

[@damasedouard3334]

could you tell us how to grow beans

[@karenmchenry1943]

John, do you think that your Malabar Spinach would grow in eastern Florida near Space Center? Have a lot of trouble growing lettuce that bolts on me on spring and fall plantings. Who knows what the weather will be here.

[@robertlvincent681]

You are you? You're actually using the word "have". I had to replay it just to confirm the usage. IMPRESSIVE. Keep going with it.

[@jennoscura2381]

If you had a seed spreading BB gun; would that make you Johnny Canna seed?

[@StanislavGrymblat]

Interesting video! I like! Thanks for watching my videos! I wish you creative inspiration and I look forward to your next video!

[@pamp5797]

John Really enjoyed this video thanks. I think you should expand your videos to include how you use and or cook your vegies. I assume you are a vegetarian and would have a vast knowledge of how to prepare what you grow. Just an idea. Oh and your min pin is cute you should bring it into your videos.

[@Combat_Pyro]

Morag Gamble makes "seed balls" and shoots them around with a slingshot, lol. Kinda cool.

[@shelliemathews4442]

You're awesome dude! I am hearing impaired (wearing hearing aids), when I heard you (thru headphones on full blast) and "saw" what you said about what the fiverr is about, I was blown away. Totally awesome!! Sadly, the captions aren't up to par...sometimes you have to try and decipher what is meant to be said and what is shown...once the caption literally changed one word that was said three times, into three different words. Sad...real sad. But it's cool what you're doing. Keep on growing (and sharing seeds). Gonna look and see if we have any of those seed libraries in my area, that'd be awesome. Used to live in Vegas (Nevada) but now in Jefferson, Texas...

[@georgecarlin2656]

John, can we laugh at your stale sex jokes only the first 500 times?

[@tammybrazeau1213]

Went to your link for the spinach seeds it was a bad link. I would like to get some.

[@mrscarterhammett]

has he made the video on the cana adalis?

[@macartancaughey9993]

hey John them dam dandelions grow like crazy in my garden don't get my wrong I love greens and I love them raw but my garden it that small you would have to go into the house to change your mind . Love your dog

[@fathualable]

Hi john I was wondering whats the strangest variety of plant you have gotten from saving your seeds?

[@gentlelove]

do you have a video about off grid automatic watering?

[@suejanie8948]

I my seeds from Swiss chard are still a little green can I dry them out then put them in a bag to save the seeds?

[@Anissem1985]

Make an episode of where you get your seeds, John. Please!

[@lawrencecole6527]

Spread those seeds! Man I was so sketchy on pickled okra but I tried some and mmMMMmm.

[@dbooth57]

Info please on how you store seeds for the next growing season? Also any info on growing seasons in the Philippines at sea level where the temp ranges from 20 C to 40 C all year round.

[@koutaono5174]

Daniel Booth hi! fellow filipino gardener here. For storing seeds, it is recommended to store them in your refrigerator. cold(less hot and good amt. of rain)and best season to grow plants here is from Nov-Feb where you could grow your heat tolerant greens(lettuce, pechay/bok choy, etc), then from march to may/june/july is the dry season where it gets hot and less rain occurs(you need to water lots) then around june to oct is wet season when its a bit hot but tons of rain. for more info, check the internet(pinoy exchange growing veg forum, and filipino gardening instagram accounts) or books. For plant supplies(in metro manila), check quezon city circle(mostly plants), Harbest, megamall branch or main(fertilizers, soil mix, cheap seeds), and Colonels Garden(vermicompost, manure, worms, soil mixes, etc.). You can follow me(teen_urbangardener) or many others(firstwefarm, jennycarreon, etc) on Instagram for more updates. Hope you'll use the info i have gathered over months correctly in your own garden! Good luck and god bless!

[@deb6631]

Any chance you might do a video on wild, edible plants of/in Hawaii?

[@unsaltedtomato899]

yay dandelions

[@robandsusanrouse7163]

Might you be able to include another link to getting the malabar spinach seeds here please? Thanks

[@Combat_Pyro]

Rob and Susan Rouse seedsaversexchange.org has them

[@PugFitNation]

good stuff

[@cultivatelife]

Hi, I know this is an oldie but is there still anyway to get some of your own Malabar Spinach seeds?

[@11bayrat]

When can we buy in your seed store the colored beens .you did s show with them they had all different color bean seeds. And pepper ?

[@lilspittin313]

Spread your seeds like eagles spread their wings lol

[@jenniferponzini2433]

how can you tell which plants need a freeze cycle and which can go without?

[@Roxygun1316]

What about the consumption of water how does that compare to the amount of greens you eat? Do you have to consume more water? I don't see you mention consumption water on any of your shows, just curious.

[@kravenmoorehead676]

Gone the way of the west? HaHa! No pun intended right? I caught that and agree(withering away). Great vid. I always learn somethin' new with you. Thank you.

[@raydkii]

when collecting dandelion seed I first wait till the flowers are open and the white parachutes are waiting to be carried by the wind. I then flick my bic to burn the parachutes off and knock the seeds into an envelope where they stay until I am ready to plant or sprout them!

[@nukenridge4921]

Is that your backyard,would like if you posted a video of your backyard.And what area are you growing ???

[@spiceycognac]

Hey John it's 2020.. is there any chance of me purchasing Malabar Spinach Seeds?

[@ValentinoE88]

"Hehehe, its like a nutsack". Lmao

[@DemonGates]

Just started on your videos.. Trying to figure out how to cook wild plants? . _. what do I do just eat them?

[@3v388]

Must we let the Okra pods dry out completely on the vine like that (just let them be, no watering)? We are concern because if it does, that means that okra raised bed will be occupied for a long long time and we won't be able to start a fall garden...

[@gordoncucullu3777]

You might try cleaning all the lower leaves and stems off, then planting your winter crop right among the okra. After you harvest the pods you could cut the base of the okra stems and let the roots stay in the bed. Another consideration is that each pod produces a lot of seeds. Probably if you left your best one standing and removed the rest you'd have more than sufficient to start your next year's crop.

[@3v388]

Wow, that is interesting. We could really see how going so will create us planting space while we wait for the (best) pod :). Thank you Gordon!

[@rayrevolta6198]

This guy, fucking made my day!

[@green2black817]

Like your videos. A long time Cannabis grower, but reading the comments people need to lighten up. This video is ultimately about reproduction.

[@ARTISTCHD1]

Replenishing planet EARTH!!!

[@user4earthlings]

where can I get Surinam Spinach seeds from?

[@bradleybalthis9846]

you are awesome lok

[@ar-sithf.austin3744]

Gettin' Fa-Reeky with the Freddie Okra Fingers...

[@petrarico7009]

Ask all the restaurant Oweners who grow their own gardens if they are being search or stop from growing their vegetables