Comments on: Blossom bagging http://www.selfsustainable.co.za/blossom-bagging/ Learning how to become self sustainable one day at a time. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gloria Murray http://www.selfsustainable.co.za/blossom-bagging/#comment-75 Gloria Murray Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:54:59 +0000 http://livingseeds.co.za/?p=557#comment-75 Hi Sean Thanks for the info, it's most helpful. Will keep that in mind. Gloria Murray Hi Sean

Thanks for the info, it’s most helpful. Will keep that in mind.

Gloria Murray

]]> By: Sean Freeman http://www.selfsustainable.co.za/blossom-bagging/#comment-74 Sean Freeman Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:53:20 +0000 http://livingseeds.co.za/?p=557#comment-74 Hi Gloria. Thank you for your comment. Our minimum pack count varies between 10 to over 1000 seeds per packet, depending on variety and the individual varieties needs. (The only exception is when we harvest limited seed and we would like to share the seeds our as far as possible. And this is an exception rather than a rule.) Every variety has different minimum population sizes to ensure genetic diversity. This can vary from as few as one to over a few hundred plants. You were looking at the post on polinating corn and applied the corn's minimum requiremntes to all crops. With Corn 40 is the absolute minimum and we generally pack > 80-100 seeds per packet to ensure that our customers are able to save the seed for following generations. We will probably be looking at supplying from a farmers market at the end of this season. GM varieties are bred to have sterile (or chemically activated) seed in the NEXT generation. The parent stock that GM companies use, is able to produce viable seed. This seed matures in a farmers field and is then sterile. Hope this helps Hi Gloria.

Thank you for your comment.

Our minimum pack count varies between 10 to over 1000 seeds per packet, depending on variety and the individual varieties needs. (The only exception is when we harvest limited seed and we would like to share the seeds our as far as possible. And this is an exception rather than a rule.)

Every variety has different minimum population sizes to ensure genetic diversity. This can vary from as few as one to over a few hundred plants.

You were looking at the post on polinating corn and applied the corn’s minimum requiremntes to all crops. With Corn 40 is the absolute minimum and we generally pack > 80-100 seeds per packet to ensure that our customers are able to save the seed for following generations.

We will probably be looking at supplying from a farmers market at the end of this season.

GM varieties are bred to have sterile (or chemically activated) seed in the NEXT generation. The parent stock that GM companies use, is able to produce viable seed. This seed matures in a farmers field and is then sterile.

Hope this helps

]]> By: Gloria Murray http://www.selfsustainable.co.za/blossom-bagging/#comment-73 Gloria Murray Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:43:27 +0000 http://livingseeds.co.za/?p=557#comment-73 Hi Sean, I heard your interview with JC Williams on 702 and checked out your website. Very interesting, but what was the point of giving JCW 10 seeds if, per your subsequent article, you have to have at least 40 plants, if not 8o in order to save seed? I was most interested until I read this! Love the website and I hope to be growing mor of our stuff now I'm retired (after I have sorted out my home). We live in Brackendowns Alberton and visit the Walkerville Farmers Market on occasion. Any chance of your having an outlet there in time? I listen to BBC on shortwave & am deeply disturbed to hear how many farmers & their animals in India have either got sick/ died from working with GM crops like soy. Trust our lot to go for all this GM - someone must've lined their pockets! I have a further question: where does Monsanto get the seed from to supply all the farmers with if the GM seed doesn't seed? Let me know? Gloria Hi Sean, I heard your interview with JC Williams on 702 and checked out your website. Very interesting, but what was the point of giving JCW 10 seeds if, per your subsequent article, you have to have at least 40 plants, if not 8o in order to save seed? I was most interested until I read this!
Love the website and I hope to be growing mor of our stuff now I’m retired (after I have sorted out my home). We live in Brackendowns Alberton and visit the Walkerville Farmers Market on occasion. Any chance of your having an outlet there in time?
I listen to BBC on shortwave & am deeply disturbed to hear how many farmers & their animals in India have either got sick/ died from working with GM crops like soy. Trust our lot to go for all this GM – someone must’ve lined their pockets!
I have a further question: where does Monsanto get the seed from to supply all the farmers with if the GM seed doesn’t seed?
Let me know?
Gloria

]]> By: zerodtkjoe http://www.selfsustainable.co.za/blossom-bagging/#comment-72 zerodtkjoe Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:49:08 +0000 http://livingseeds.co.za/?p=557#comment-72 Thanks for the info Thanks for the info

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