I know this sounds incredibly corny, but seeds make me feel SO taken care of, and so aware of God's grace. Each seed has the potential to make another plant, filled with still more seeds, on in to infinity. When you see the unlimited potential in each little seed, you realize that there is no reason for the average person to ever be without beauty and nourishment; it's all right there for us to gather, with very little effort.
Thanks for sharing such a powerful thought about provision, God’s grace, and abundance. Makes me question the motivation of companies that engineer food or plants to not have seeds. Same for companies that restrict propagation of “their” trademarked plants. It’s contrary to the original design of nature.
@@JM-bt1jq I do my best to see all the good in everything! I believe part of producing plants that don't set seed has to do with extending bloom time, and fruit set., as well as keeping certain ornamentals from becoming invasive. And I think most large companies do not mind if the home grower propagates plants for their own use. The objection is when those propagated plants are grown by the thousands and resold by other companies. It does bother me that the prices have increased so much because of the plant patenting and royalties, though!
When I see seeds blowing from flowers, I think of stars going supernova and spreading all of the elements across the universe. Same concept. The science of it all is just so satisfying. Just like out in space, flowers on Earth spread their genetic material the same way.
If anyone is planning to use plastic baggies, you should make sure your seeds are completely dry. Any bit of moisture in them can lead to condensation and mold and ruin them. Paper bags are better.
@@Christina-Christina.056 I wouldn't count on it. I would start with different seeds. Of course, if they were special and difficult to replace, you could always try. :) good luck!
What!? How did I not know it was this easy to collect seeds!? So cool, thank you for teaching us Laura! Great job zeroing in on all the tiny details guys!
I love saving seeds. I have done this all my life. My Grandma taught me how when I was a little girl watching her save seeds. It a fun treasure hunt to see what all you can collect from your garden.
I love saving my cosmos seeds in particular because frequently the colors cross pollinate and I can end up with some really cool color variations the following years. I had a few this year that where mostly white with little purple streaks up the petal that looked painted on.
I'm collecting cosmos seeds for the first time this year. Didn't think about the cross pollination possibilities. Now I REALLY can't wait to see what next year has to bring.
Pam Napier-Uhl do you have a problem with your Denver Daisy’s leaves wilting? I potted it and it now seems unhappy. I love them and keep trying but they don’t like me!
Admittably, I carelessly will drop seeds and chaff in soil together. I'm not patient enough to separate. However, I've never really paid much attention to determine whether the flowers that grew were with or without chaff so I'm not sure if leaving the chaff would prevent blooms? Anybody know?
I've been doing this for years with cosmos seeds, but I just take a couple of large paper envelopes and hold them under the seed heads as I run my thumb across them. The seeds just fall right in with not too much chaff. I keep the envelopes open in the house for awhile, just to make sure everything's dry, write down what they are and plant them after frost next spring! It's easy, not too much effort for the beauty, bees and butterflies!
Russel cruising his garden & making sure his garden staff is working hard. LOL. 🐈🌿🍁(Russell really did pick the best house in the neighborhood, full of love and with the most amazing garden!) 💛🍁
I've been so inspired by seed gathering that I'm making my own pretty seed packets. It's a labor of love of course, but I like the results. Thanks for the tips for harvesting my next year's flowers.
Thankyou Laura! Your garden has been a dream this year - so wonderful to see it's progress! Looking forward to next year! Love & admiration from Australia🌻🌞😎
Thank you, Laura! Great information and demonstration! This is a great way to expand your garden without spending $$. Save those seeds and spend the money on something else you may need! 😂🌿🌸🙌
Thank you so much Laura, I remember when I was first gardening how I would harvest the seeds for the following year, it gave me such satisfaction to know that I could grow all these flowers again the following year and that they were from my own garden. Thank you again, have a great week and I will see you soon.
Hi Laura, I believe some of the varieties of seed you saved are hybrids so it’s worth noting they won’t come out true to the original plant next year. For this reason I normally only save seeds from heirloom/open pollinated plants. I’d love to see what you get when you plant them next year!
Just the information I wanted! Any more “batches” you harvest would also be good for me to learn from, and more videos are most welcome. This year I harvested single feverfew (its tiny daisies are good for pollinators, and so cute along pathways) and very tall hollyhocks. Thanks!
Because of COVID I decided to plant flowers from seeds. It wasn’t easy but I managed a sunflower and Sweet Kisses flowers. I bought a few plants , Dahlia and purple eye Daisy. I was searching online how to save them for next year and fell upon your Chanel. Thank you so much for how helpful this was. I’m very excited to conserve the seeds and start them over in the spring. I also spotted a few flowers I was interested in when I would go for a walk so next time I’ll be picking up the dried ones and get them ready for next season. So excited on my new hobby. Thank you. 🌻
I’m an accidental new gardener. I went online to figure out how to zero scape my yard and accidentally fell in love with it 🥰😹. I blame you in all the best ways. Thank you for talking about seeds! It’s all a mystery to me still and this helps. Can’t wait for spring to learn more from you about how to actually grow these puppies.
I need to start saving seeds again! I used to do it along with my mother in law! I will think about it & maybe get the seed saver kit! Thank you for the lesson on seed collecting! 😃🍂🍁🌿🌾👍🌿🌼🌻🌺🌿
Laura I think this was one of your most important videos because there's so many people that can't identify the seeds and want to harvest seeds. I've been doing this for years and I put them in plastic pill bottles because they're transparent and all I do is look at them and know what they are because I've done so long I do put a little bit of tissue paper in there to absorb the moisture so mold will not grow. Seeds that I don't recognize, I use a Sharpie pen on the outside. Thank you so much for this video I'm very happy you did this have a good day.
Nelda Hargo was a good video, never thought about mass crop failure, and the seed vaults probably won’t grow crops to get seeds to give to private citizens
Thank you Laura, such an inspiration. This season, for the very first time, I’ve grown a veggie garden, found one garden center that sold bio-tone (1 ha!) and harvested seeds xox Rhode Island
I love harvesting seeds. I too do this every year, everywhere. It seems more rewarding when I can grow from seeds I harvested myself versus purchasing. Thanks for the video.
You made me want to learn how to plant. I am actually harvesting seeds and I am going to plant them instead of spending hundreds of dollars every summer. You showed it is actually fun. Thanks. Clearly, short and fun, plus beautiful blue eyes. Thanks for doing this video, I am sharing it to all my friends.
Thanks for sharing your seed saving tips! The last two years I have tried saving a few seeds. I think it is helpful to see what the actual seed looks like.
Hi Laura I honestly would not have had a clue without your fantastic video. Gosh gardening does not need to cost a fortune at all. We have a saying in England (not sure about America) where we say "you have to sort the wheat from the chaf". Now I know where the saying comes from 😂. Thank you for another brilliant video. Natalie from England x
I knew saving seeds was possible but I was never sure when to collect them to ensure getting viable seeds for next year. Now, on my walks, I can't help eyeing my neighborhood's spent blooms. You've inspired me to see if my neighbors are interested in a seed exchange. Thanks for your great videos!
I started collecting my seeds a few years ago. I don't even wait for the flower to dry up. I pluck them whenever and set them out in a tray to dry a day or two and the put them in brown paper bags.
I never fast forward and I save almost everything. Planting or harvesting from seed -well I never gave it a thought until I watched this video. Amazing.
I'm processing seeds while watching this. Three kinds of poppies, sweet peas, a wild pea, columbine and snapdragons. I'm going to go out and look for a sunflower now. Love your channel!
Can you save your deadheaded flowers and allow them to dry to collect the seeds? I LOVE your videos, you’re so full of information. This is my first year flower gardening and because of you I have multiply plants I LOVE like pink profusion, punster, & red hot poker. Thank you for the time you take to teach us!!!!
Oh Laura I enjoy your videos so much, they just give me such a happy and wholesome feeling! One day I want to have garden, you inspired me to have one!
You always inspire me to do new things! I’ve always wanted to try seeds but somehow it always intimidated me... seeing you have success with yours was the push I needed apparently 😍🥰
Well, it's one thing to collect the seeds. You've also got to make sure they're dried and kept in the right conditions and then you've got to try your hand at planting from seed, weeding out the weaker ones and so on. It's a long way from putting a mature plant into the ground but the process seems fun to me.
@@Bamboo4U2 exactly! It's quite a bit of work...but that's probably what makes it feel so rewarding 😍 I've seen Laura's process this year and I got so excited when I saw the first blooms ❤
Hi Laura! Another very good presentation on collecting seeds and very helpful! Collecting the seeds from Columbines are similar to the snapdragons, there are thousands of them, and I like that you can get enough without even touching the seed head! I try collecting seeds from the plants I know for sure I want next year. I have Hyacinth Seed Vines, Four O'clock, California Poppy, Osteospurmum, and am trying the Lantana. I've probably planted a lot of the chafe from other flowers, not knowing for sure what to save. Thank you for sharing!
Coffee with Laura and the nuts and bolts of seed gathering which is nice to watch. You did have me worried for a minute though Laura as I thought you were going to gather all the flower heads at once and I was wondering how you were going to know what seed you had LOL Should have known you had a better plan. I am going to grab my seeds from a couple of our columbine plants and save those for next year so thanks for the information. :)
Way cool. I always wonder about how to do those. Exceptionally the sunflowers and didn’t know you could get seeds from a cosmo. Loved it. Thank you Laura.
I save seeds too, but I fold the paper under my seeds so it’s easier to put them in a bag or envelope. They slide right in, and I have less problem getting them where I want them.
I am happy to see this video because I was not going to save my zinnia seeds this year. However, when I start my cleaning up my urban cottage garden I will look for seeds that I love. Thanks for the inspiration!
Very helpful! I am planning to plant a lot more from seeds next year. I have a beautiful moonflower vine that I will be harvesting. Of course, I will still have Proven Winners annuals in my budget too!
My Dad taught me to collect seeds ages ago because he got some Cypress Vine seeds from my Aunt. Back then I never seen them offered in packages and it was before personal computers. I see them now but not alot. We always collected seeds from his favorite flower-marigolds. I also propagate several plants like the sedum I bought in the early 80's because I want it for borders. It's pretty carefree, survives drought, heat and winter. I also divide my hosta plants until I had a nice border out front and under my trees. I have an old fashion petunia I get seeds from-my hummingbirds love it and I notice the hybrids (which are very pretty and I don't think you're supposed to propagate or collect seeds from if I'm correct) the hummingbirds and bees don't care for them. A lot of annuals will self sow like my mallow plant I got seeds from in the 80's from my ceramic teacher. I always think of her when they bloom. My Moss roses, alyssum and the old fashion petunia are prolific self sowers also. I let a lot of them self sow but I always collect them too in case I want to start a new flower bed somewhere and want them there.
Your videos are so informative and you explain things so well, it makes gardening so much easier. I love zinnias so from this day forward I will be saving seeds....thank you so much ❤
Yes!!! Just harvested last season seeds from my sunflowers, zinnias and cosmos, this years they’re ALREADY blooming and beautiful but I’m zone 9 ugh May 29th and we have had TRIPLE DIGITS ALREADY! 🥵🥵🥵
Thank you for the informative video! We just got a house with a yard this year and I'm excited to work on it next year! Now I just satisfiy my garden obsession with your videos!
Thank you for the video. Also it's funny seeing you in a winter coat, while i'm sitting here in short sleeves and all our windows and doors are open as the weather is sooooo warm. South West France not far from Bordeaux. Xx
Such a helpful video, thank you for the constant stream of garden knowledge 🌿 I’m going to try pre-planting my wildflower garden from collected seeds this fall. In the wild they’d fall and overwinter so I figured, why not? 🤷♀️
This year, I saved seeds from tomatoes and cucumbers. I grow sunflowers every year; but, they tend to reseed themselves; so, I don't bother harvesting them. I let the birds have them. I also will be saving the sunflower stalks because they will make good poles for beans or peas to climb on which is something that I'm considering growing next year. I did learn something from this video about the other flower seeds. My mom used to grow snapdragons; but, she didn't save the seeds. Now, I see that she could have done so very easily.
I always cut my spent blooms (Zinnia, Marigolds, Sunflowers, Cosmos) then dry them on an old screen. I place the dried seed heads in paper bags for further drying so there won’t be any molding, then during the winter, I separate the seeds and put them in waxed paper bags. This process has always worked for me, and guess what I will be doing today? We’ve had a fairly warm fall here in Upstate New York (only one very cold night so far-light frost, no freeze), and I haven’t begun the process of clearing out my gardens and removing my annuals because they’re still going strong!
Will you do a video on your hollyhocks and foxgloves? I planted hollyhock seeds and bought foxglove plants this year and want to keep them going in my garden without buying plants or seeds every year. Any tips or tricks to keep them going? Thanks!! Love your videos! They're the perfect start to my day 🌞
you inspire me to try seeds again next year, just so i can do this (well, and the beauty of the flowers, of course).. i have the worst luck with seeds tho... the crows just decimate any little seedlings or seed trays i try to set up so i have a different plan for next year.. going to try to start them in a raised bed i have that has a cover! seed collecting will be a great job for Benjamin when he gets a little older!! love this, how satisfying to complete the cycle of plant life like this!!
