Post by George's Administrator Hat on Jan 3, 2015 14:18:49 GMT -6
Okay folks,
I trust the holidays were good to you and that you are having a good start to the new year! I want to remind you that Green Country Seed Savers will have a meeting at Napolis Restaurant on January 11 at 2 PM.
www.napolisitalianrestauranttahlequah.com/
I have asked Ron Cook to share with us on two things: 1) How he developed Heavy Hitter Okra and 2) His approach to improving okra. We'll do this kind of in a conversation style. I'll be asking him questions, though, I certainly won't mind if anyone else wants to ask questions too!
Much of what Ron has done with Heavy Hitter Okra could be applied to other vegetables, or even to other varieties of okra. An individual can accomplish a lot. A group of individuals could make a HUGE contribution to the world of garden vegetable varieties!
Years ago I received a copy of Carol Deppe's book: Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving. This book would make a very good addition to the library of anyone who would like to do some creative work in plant breeding and development. Carol Deppe gives some actual case histories of how some people did this using volunteers who could do no more than grow a few containers on their porch!
www.amazon.com/Breed-Your-Own-Vegetable-Varieties/dp/1890132721/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420314996&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Carol+Deppe+%26+Developing+your+own+vegetable+varieties
But Ron is the only person I have personally met in this region who has done this kind of work, and, he does it with a flair. We do have a new member in our group, also named Ron, who developed the Carbon Copy Tomato. This Ron lives in Muskogee. If he is comfortable doing so, we'll have to have him share with us sometime too. Take a look on the Green Country Seed Savers forum and you can read about both Heavy Hitter Okra and Carbon Copy Tomato.
seedsavingnetwork.proboards.com/
I would like to make a suggestion. Let's plan our February meeting for February 8 and try to meet in a home. Ron Cook gave me a really good suggestion: that we dedicate that meeting to the topic of how to start and grow your own tomato seedlings. We can bring any extra tomato seed to this meeting. Individuals can share their seed, and we'll have a demonstration of how to start it. Perhaps we can get Sand Mueller to lead this one.
The Green Country Seed Savers forum has started to take off. We're going on two years now, and it is finally starting to perk and become a place for meaningful interaction on varieties and seed saving. Many thanks are due to those who are participating! This is the great thing about a group.
Be sure to look at the post on the Seedy Saturday, in Tulsa, on February 28. This could be a very good thing to attend.
I trust the holidays were good to you and that you are having a good start to the new year! I want to remind you that Green Country Seed Savers will have a meeting at Napolis Restaurant on January 11 at 2 PM.
www.napolisitalianrestauranttahlequah.com/
I have asked Ron Cook to share with us on two things: 1) How he developed Heavy Hitter Okra and 2) His approach to improving okra. We'll do this kind of in a conversation style. I'll be asking him questions, though, I certainly won't mind if anyone else wants to ask questions too!
Much of what Ron has done with Heavy Hitter Okra could be applied to other vegetables, or even to other varieties of okra. An individual can accomplish a lot. A group of individuals could make a HUGE contribution to the world of garden vegetable varieties!
Years ago I received a copy of Carol Deppe's book: Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving. This book would make a very good addition to the library of anyone who would like to do some creative work in plant breeding and development. Carol Deppe gives some actual case histories of how some people did this using volunteers who could do no more than grow a few containers on their porch!
www.amazon.com/Breed-Your-Own-Vegetable-Varieties/dp/1890132721/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420314996&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Carol+Deppe+%26+Developing+your+own+vegetable+varieties
But Ron is the only person I have personally met in this region who has done this kind of work, and, he does it with a flair. We do have a new member in our group, also named Ron, who developed the Carbon Copy Tomato. This Ron lives in Muskogee. If he is comfortable doing so, we'll have to have him share with us sometime too. Take a look on the Green Country Seed Savers forum and you can read about both Heavy Hitter Okra and Carbon Copy Tomato.
seedsavingnetwork.proboards.com/
I would like to make a suggestion. Let's plan our February meeting for February 8 and try to meet in a home. Ron Cook gave me a really good suggestion: that we dedicate that meeting to the topic of how to start and grow your own tomato seedlings. We can bring any extra tomato seed to this meeting. Individuals can share their seed, and we'll have a demonstration of how to start it. Perhaps we can get Sand Mueller to lead this one.
The Green Country Seed Savers forum has started to take off. We're going on two years now, and it is finally starting to perk and become a place for meaningful interaction on varieties and seed saving. Many thanks are due to those who are participating! This is the great thing about a group.
Be sure to look at the post on the Seedy Saturday, in Tulsa, on February 28. This could be a very good thing to attend.
