If there are other cucumber plants 20 and 40 feet away from my seed harvesting will the seed be true to the original species or a crap shoot of cross pollinated offspring

Edit: I also have some habanero pepper seed, same question.

I want to store all my herb and vegetable seeds in ziplock packets that will be put into these containers, also could add a silica gel packet to each one if needed.

First time gardening, wondering how to I harvest and store these concord grape seeds for when I eventually get a bigger place.

What seeds are these and can I sow these in the winter?

First time seed saver here… I just lopped off the dried heads from a marigold plant I had in my vegetable garden and pulled the seeds out. Since the heads were already dried up and the seeds feel dry, should I still leave them out to “dry” more before putting them away?

Hi, I took Anaheim pepper seeds out of a pepper that had been on the counter for a few days. Put the seeds on a plate. Most are stuck to the plate now. Is this normal? I’m new. Thanks

This is my first year saving tomato seeds. I looked up some videos on YouTube months ago in preparation and remembered learning that they need to be fermented a week. (I then googled to double check after leaving them too long and saw it’s three days)

Well, quite honestly I got stressed and depressed and seeds weren’t in the front of my brain anymore. Mine fermented just shy of three weeks. The Roma seedlings started to sprout, and one or two here and there in my other jars started to sprout. I picked out the germinated ones and I have them drying but I worry they’re not going to be viable at all.

Does anyone with more experience have any opinions or advice?

Hi guys. I'm wanting to scarify some seeds and was looking at ways to do it. Was just wondering if anyone had a good simple method ? Thanks in advance

I was wondering if it makes a difference if you let the seed head dry then clean the seeds or if you clean the seeds then let them dry on their own? Thank you!

My lettuce recently flowered, and some of the blooms now look like this:

https://preview.redd.it/yqbnsomr6xjb1.jpg?width=4912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00e15ffff8703f1d9a24ce7458d6267d1ed0bb4b

https://preview.redd.it/529ns3sv6xjb1.jpg?width=4912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c80f0628b69e659f2e6699d148ffb32627f86b

I was wondering if I can just pluck the heads off and separate the seeds that way? Or is it too early to harvest the seeds if they look like this?

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Hey There! I’ve been fermenting tomato seeds for the first time and was told to leave them in a clean glass with a bit of water for 3-5 days, until a layer of mold formed on top. Day 5 now. I was waiting for the layer of mold, but this mold doesn’t look like the mold in the picture I saw. Can I still use these seeds if I rinse and dry them or should I throw them out?

What part of this flower is the seeds? What do they look like? This flower looks like it is about done flowering to me.

Hey guys, I've never saved seeds before, and am looking to save a few of my hosta seeds.

Can you take the pods off to dry? Or should you leave them on the plant for six ish weeks. Right now when I poked into one, I noticed that all of the seeds were still clear.

I'm growing some beets and I want to save seeds from them, so I'm planning on letting at least one plant overwinter to produce seeds next year. Will they be able to self pollinate if I only leave one plant, or do they need to cross pollinate? I've been doing a bit of reading, and I'm getting conflicting information. Can anyone here with experience saving beet seeds help me out?

Buddy found this seed a long time ago. Maybe in FL. Can someone identify please?

I am a huge fan of Hooker's Sweet Corn, an heirloom variety, however this problem can affect any variety. I had intended on saving seed this year, have always purchased it previously. I had some problems finding it this year, not many people carrying it and I ordered it from a different seed supplier than I usually do. About 1/3 of the corn plants that came up were pure white! They looked like they didn't have any chlorophyll at all in them. Anyway, it turns out to be a genetic mutation and I was told by a University researcher that about 2/3 of the green (normal) plants will carry the genes for this genetic mutation. It is a "lethal" mutation, the white plants can't photosynthesize, so they die once they have used up the energy that was in the little kernel of corn they grew out of. Here's a little information on this if anyone is interested: http://pml.uoregon.edu/photosyntheticml.html

I'm glad that I checked into it before going through the effort of saving and growing from my own seed.