Ep. 64 Cheating isolation Distances

About this episode

This minisode discusses how to cheat formal isolation distances for seed saving on farms.

Have you been feeling scared to keep the seeds from your crops? Have those seed books with their 1 to 2 mile isolation distances gotten you down? This minisode is all about how to cheat those formal isolation distances and still harvest seed that works for your farm. In this episode we get into • The four main isolation crop groups and what distances you can get away with • How to create physical barriers are your farm to grow things even closer • What crops you can grow in easy to make isolation cages Of course, it wouldn't be a Seed Farmer episode if we didn't get into how a little bit of crossing is a good thing. Enjoy the minisode! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Support the Seed Farmer Podcast https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com//supportpodcast 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 News links June 18 webinar: Breeding to Purple: Crossing & Selecting Brassicas https://farmfolkcityfolk.ca/event/breeding-to-purple-crossing-selecting-brassicas/ Watch the Seed Farmer book promo video https://youtu.be/liHQmUz227E 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Stay in Touch Follow the Seed Farmer on instagram https://www.instagram.com/danbrisebois.farm/ Get my weekly seed newsletter https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com/seeds Order Tourne-Sol seeds…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Brisebois

Topics covered

• seed saving
• isolation distances
• crop groups
• physical barriers
• isolation cages
• cross-pollination

Keywords

• seed saving
• isolation distances
• crop groups
• physical barriers
• isolation cages
• crossing
• farming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seed Farmer Podcast, Farmers Spreadsheet Academy, Tourne-Sol

Books & works: The Seed Farmer

Places: Canada

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