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The Organic Seed Grower : A Farmer’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Production by John Navazio is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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__The Organic Seed Grower__ is a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower who is interested in growing high-quality seeds using organic farming practices. It is written for both serious home seed savers and diversified small-scale farmers who want to learn the necessary steps involved in successfully producing a commercial seed crop organically. Detailed profiles for each of the major vegetables provide users with practical, in-depth knowledge about growing, harvesting, and processing seed for a wide range of common and specialty vegetable crops, from Asian greens to zucchini. In addition, readers will find extensive and critical information on topics including: • The reproductive biology of crop plants • Annual vs. biennial seed crops • Isolation distances needed to ensure varietal purity • Maintaining adequate population size for genetic integrity • Seed crop climates • Seed-borne diseases • Seed-cleaning basics • Seed storage for farmers • and more . . . This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially. And for diversified vegetable farmers who are growing a seed crop for sal

Who reads The Organic Seed Grower : A Farmer’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Production?

Author

John Navazio

Publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933392776

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Science, Stem