I saved seeds from an onion variety this year, replanting a lot of onions to maintain the genetics of the variety, but ended up with too many seeds for an onion variety ended up not storing very well, and am not sure what to do with all the seeds.
0:00 Getting more into seed saving
1:05 Onions are difficult for seed saving
3:03 Selecting a variety to save
4:13 Planting, thinning, pollination, harvest
5:43 Cleaning seeds
6:42 Germination test
8:04 Too many seeds
9:29 Balance between genetics and amount of seed
11:28 Don’t want to be a seed supplier
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