I don’t know about radishes, but I get seeds from my carrot flowers every year. I just leave one un-harvested, it flowers like crazy and as the flowers wilt & dry I put em in a bag to plant them again. You can shake the seeds out of the flowers, but they’re very tiny, so I just plant the dried flowers.
I took it from the USDA site as I haven’t harvested carrot seeds yet. Do you have any tips? It freezes a lot up here at night, so I anticipate having to cover the carrots I leave for the winter at night.
I live in the hottest zone of Arizona. Last year after I harvested the carrots, I transplanted a couple of smaller ones into a separate area. It doesn’t get very cold here at night. But 1 of the few that I did that with is now a 2 1/2′ bush covered with flowers! I’ve been organic all along so I have a myriad of good buggies in my garden. I just wait until the flowers are wilted – they have like a lil tan crust (which is the seeds) I save the whole flower rather than trying to knock out & separate the seeds. I plant the dried flowers. Its been working.
I’d love to upload a picture of the one seed producer. I’m new to this site, so unfamiliar with it.
April 29, 2009 at 2:11 pm
how are seeds like carrot or radish or other obviously non-self seed producing “vegetables” produced?
April 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Hi Bob,
I just posted an article on how to grow and harvest carrot seeds, and here is a link to a manual on radish seeds:
Click to access RadishSeedManual.pdf
Although more difficult that some others, carrots and radishes do produce seeds that can be harvested from year to year. Happy growing!
Barb
April 29, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I don’t know about radishes, but I get seeds from my carrot flowers every year. I just leave one un-harvested, it flowers like crazy and as the flowers wilt & dry I put em in a bag to plant them again. You can shake the seeds out of the flowers, but they’re very tiny, so I just plant the dried flowers.
April 30, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Hi Barb, where did you post the article on carrot seeds?
April 30, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Hi Raunstar,
Here is the link:
It is on the home page of this site also.
I took it from the USDA site as I haven’t harvested carrot seeds yet. Do you have any tips? It freezes a lot up here at night, so I anticipate having to cover the carrots I leave for the winter at night.
April 30, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I live in the hottest zone of Arizona. Last year after I harvested the carrots, I transplanted a couple of smaller ones into a separate area. It doesn’t get very cold here at night. But 1 of the few that I did that with is now a 2 1/2′ bush covered with flowers! I’ve been organic all along so I have a myriad of good buggies in my garden. I just wait until the flowers are wilted – they have like a lil tan crust (which is the seeds) I save the whole flower rather than trying to knock out & separate the seeds. I plant the dried flowers. Its been working.
I’d love to upload a picture of the one seed producer. I’m new to this site, so unfamiliar with it.