On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:18:53 -0500, Doll is Mine
wrote:

Katra wrote:


There is nothing wrong with the cantaloupe seeds you can get from the
grocery store. Pick out a nice, juicy ripe one right on the edge of
spoiling, scoop out the seeds and wash and dry them, and store them in
paper envelopes. Winter squash and pumpkin seeds are also good. I've
never seen any summer squash or cucumbers tho' that are ripe enough to
harvest seeds from, but you could raise a few each year and let them go
to seed.

You can do that with tomatoes too.

HTH?

What about the seeds inside of summer squash and zucchini? Can you use
those? Is there any special handling required to save seeds overwinter?
I plan to begin saving my own seeds starting this year because of the
high seed prices. I figured it CAN'T be as easy as simply saving seeds
from veggies you've got or everyone would do it. Am I hearing that it
IS, in fact, that easy?

Cheers!


In some cases it is quite easy, in others, it is not. With hybrids,
saving seed means you have some interesting surprises the next season.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/Garden/07602.html

Boron