Open-Pollinated Seed

Organic gardeners use untreated open-pollinated seed. Open-pollinated seed varieties are selected for vigour, nutrient levels and flavour.
You can save mature seeds from these species because they reproduce true to type.
The benefit of saving seed from your own crops is that the seed will have come from plants that have adapted to your local climate and soil conditions.
Check before purchase that seed is open-pollinated because hybrid seed can't be saved. See Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting pp 138-140 for information on different types of seed.
Open-pollinated vegetable, herb, flowering annual and green manure seeds are available from a range of suppliers. (see link below). Seed packets are approximately $3.00-$4.25 each.
Try to include a few seasonal flowering annual plants in your garden. Flowering plants encourage beneficial insects to make regular visits to gardens.
Some suppliers have on-line catalogues for easy browsing. The eastern mainland states of Australia can order seed by mail from other states if there are no local suppliers, but Tasmania and Western Australia have restrictions on some species of seed.

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