Oct 1, 2025
All those roots you’re harvesting for fall storage aren’t just good for eating or selling at market. They are also the first stage of a biennial seed crop!
If you’ve planted carrots, beets, turnips, onions, or winter radishes this season, you can choose the best roots now to grow a seed crop next year.
This is another Seedy September minisode to realise that there is seed growing in your garden right now and all you have to do is go and harvest it. Actually - this might actually be an October minisode.
In this episode, we’ll get into …
• How to choose the best roots to overwinter for seed
• How to store and handle biennial roots through winter
• Tips for starting biennials and breaking dormancy in the spring
• Keeping genetic diversity and avoiding accidental crosses
• How many plants do you need and how much seed can you get
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