Going to seed

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carrots

grow a carrot and in leave in the ground the second season they go to seed

the think is you have to be careful and not buy f1 seed and go for a more traditional seeds

google "seed saving" and that should give you the ideas


in terms of buying in seed and storing again go for the "real seeds" and I guess that if you can keep them cool and in the dark then they should last better but you'll still get a hit in terms of the viable ones that will germinate. At this point get them planted up and start the seed saving process.

I'm seriously thinking of buying in seed every year and storing them to the next then replace just in case. From having an allotment in the past (wish I still did) for the basics it should be less than £50 a year

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also with buying seed each year and replacing instead of throwing in the bin I'd be wandering round the local area and spreading them around ..... who knows them may just provide a bit of free food for very little input