Other plants that I tried to let “go to seed’ for seed saving like broccoli, mustard, fennel, and various greens take forever to grow to get to the “seed stage,” which took up too much space in the garden for me.
Spinach and cilantro are good to try and get seeds from because they tend to go to seed all by themselves.
]]>I learned a ton about tomatoes and gardening and seed saving. As a result of meeting with him and working with him, I started my own seed collection and recently crossed a cucumber and created a new yellow variety. It was an accident, but because of Royer, I saved the seeds and started new plants the following year.
Marcella is awesome too…the both of them deserve tons of kudos.
Excellent article.
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