SEED SAVING
BASIL SEEDS
Lifecycle - Annual (completes lifecycle in one growing season)
Self or cross-pollinating - Outbreeding (cross pollinates)
Isolation distance suggestion between cultivars: > 480m
Seed maturity - After the fruit/plant is typically harvested/eaten (i.e. after leaves are mostly harvested, as opposed to tomatoes which have mature seed at fruit picking).
Lifecycle - Annual (completes lifecycle in one growing season)
Self or cross-pollinating - Outbreeding (cross pollinates)
Isolation distance suggestion between cultivars: > 480m
Seed maturity - After the fruit/plant is typically harvested/eaten (i.e. after leaves are mostly harvested, as opposed to tomatoes which have mature seed at fruit picking).
UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS (PARSLEY, FENNEL & DILL etc)
Lifecycle:
Annual (completes life cycle in one growing season)
Biennial (completes its life cycle over two growing seasons)
Perennial (grows and produces seeds each season over many years)
Self or cross-pollinating:
Self-fertile (pollination happens in the same flower/on the same plant)
Outbreeding (cross pollinates between cultivars in the same species)
Isolation distance suggestion between cultivars:
Generally greater than 480m to maintain seed purity
Seed maturity:
All umbelliferae seeds are ripe after the fruit/plant is typically harvested/eaten (i.e. after leaves/stems are harvested, as opposed to tomatoes which have mature seed at fruit picking).
Lifecycle:
Annual (completes life cycle in one growing season)
Biennial (completes its life cycle over two growing seasons)
Perennial (grows and produces seeds each season over many years)
Self or cross-pollinating:
Self-fertile (pollination happens in the same flower/on the same plant)
Outbreeding (cross pollinates between cultivars in the same species)
Isolation distance suggestion between cultivars:
Generally greater than 480m to maintain seed purity
Seed maturity:
All umbelliferae seeds are ripe after the fruit/plant is typically harvested/eaten (i.e. after leaves/stems are harvested, as opposed to tomatoes which have mature seed at fruit picking).