8 Seed Saving Myths
Source: Chelsea Green Publishing
There is a lot of misinformation out there about how to save your seeds. Luckily, we’re here to bust the most popular myths and answer all your questions about seed saving!
The following is an excerpt from The Tao of Vegetable Gardening by Carol Deppe. It has been adapted for the web.
Myth #1: You Don’t Have to Read About Seed Saving
“You don’t have to read any books about seed saving in order to do it because Indians didn’t read any books and they did it.”
Indians had very sophisticated cultural traditions for how they grew and handled crops that included pragmatic methods for saving seed and keeping varieties pure.
The book Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden describes the agricultural patterns of the Hidatsu and Mandan Indians of the upper Midwest in enough detail that we can see how they kept their varieties pure.