# General Discussions **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/discussions-and-theory/27.md?page=1 [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Sweet potatoes from seed by accident](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/sweet-potatoes-from-seed-by-accident/5009)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Deyo](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Mike_Deyo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/sweet-potatoes-from-seed-by-accident/5009 "2026-08-29T15:09:41Z")
I’m in central Ohio. Last year year I grew a number of sweet potato varieties, some of which had flowers. Delaware Purple was the earliest (started July 20) and most prolific, but I also had flowers on Camote Morado, Wap… --- ## [Are you writing somewhere? Do you have a Substack? Share it with us!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/are-you-writing-somewhere-do-you-have-a-substack-share-it-with-us/5012)
**Author:** [@Valeria](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Valeria)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/are-you-writing-somewhere-do-you-have-a-substack-share-it-with-us/5012 "2026-08-29T14:22:26Z")
Our Going to Seed co-founder, Julia, just launched her first substack posts! We’re super excited to have a neat spot on the interent for longer, personal stories. We love learning about and from our community. Are you i… --- ## [Hybrids, Crosses, and Other "Monsters"](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/hybrids-crosses-and-other-monsters/4971)
**Author:** [@Hynek\_560mnm](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Hynek_560mnm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/hybrids-crosses-and-other-monsters/4971 "2026-08-28T03:22:51Z")
A hybrid or a crossbreed shouldn’t be seen as some sort of cursed monster. It is completely innocent; it simply has a “mother” and a “father”. In fact, almost all varieties that gardeners try to keep “pure” today were or… --- ## [Curing/ripening/rotting tomatoes for seed](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/curing-ripening-rotting-tomatoes-for-seed/4957)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/curing-ripening-rotting-tomatoes-for-seed/4957 "2026-08-28T01:10:36Z")
After listening to Matthew Gammett talking about his way of letting his potato fruits ripen in a box for months until they’re basically rotting until he processes the seeds, I wonder whether the same could be done for to… --- ## [How has your climate changed in the past sixty years?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-has-your-climate-changed-in-the-past-sixty-years/4960)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-has-your-climate-changed-in-the-past-sixty-years/4960 "2026-08-27T13:33:42Z")
One of my neighbors told me a few days ago what our neighborhood used to be like, climate-wise. I was stunned. She said that in summer, there used to be a little sprinkle of rain in the afternoon most days. There was … --- ## [Potatoes flowering but not setting fruit](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/potatoes-flowering-but-not-setting-fruit/4987)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/potatoes-flowering-but-not-setting-fruit/4987 "2026-08-26T12:13:02Z")
My potatoes hve been flowering abundantly for over a month and have not started setting fruit. What could be the cause? I know potatoes tend to not set fruit when temperature gets over 26C. At times temperatures have be… --- ## [Which fruiting perennials can flower again after a frost kills the blossoms?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/which-fruiting-perennials-can-flower-again-after-a-frost-kills-the-blossoms/4964)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/which-fruiting-perennials-can-flower-again-after-a-frost-kills-the-blossoms/4964 "2026-08-23T09:22:53Z")
My city has now had two years in a row with an extremely late snow that has killed off 95% of all the blossoms or young fruits on 1) my fruit trees, 2) my neighbors’ fruit trees, 3) the nearby commercial orchards, and 4)… --- ## [Live Conversation with Kristyn Leach | August 21, 2026 at 3 PM PST](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/live-conversation-with-kristyn-leach-august-21-2026-at-3-pm-pst/4977)
**Author:** [@Valeria](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Valeria)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/live-conversation-with-kristyn-leach-august-21-2026-at-3-pm-pst/4977 "2026-08-20T04:02:49Z")
We’re asking Kristyn Leach of Second Generation Seeds about community-led seed keeping work. Join Spencer Suffling of Tanager Farm for a conversation this Friday 8/21 at 3 PM PST. If you join live, you’ll get a chance at… --- ## [2025 Seed Descriptions Availability](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2025-seed-descriptions-availability/4956)
**Author:** [@Ermarie](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Ermarie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2025-seed-descriptions-availability/4956 "2026-08-13T12:47:18Z")
I didn’t think about the fact that once the 2026 seeds came out that the descriptions for the 2025 seeds would no longer be available. I found the page with Airtable links to the old descriptions, but they all say they a… --- ## [Vining vs Bush Squash](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vining-vs-bush-squash/4946)
**Author:** [@Leni](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Leni)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vining-vs-bush-squash/4946 "2026-08-13T01:28:15Z")
Just starting out with my Squash landrace I have asked myself what the real difference between vining and bush squash plants is, appart from the obvious (one growing like a bush, staying compact, the other sending out vi… --- ## [Any experience on lycianthes moziniana?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/any-experience-on-lycianthes-moziniana/4898)
**Author:** [@JesseI](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JesseI)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/any-experience-on-lycianthes-moziniana/4898 "2026-08-04T12:00:42Z")
Just run into this species. Or actually might have seen pictures of the fruits before, but at that time the information that I found might have been mixed with it’s relatives in warmer climates. Now that I look at the in… --- ## [August 3rd Goingtoseed zoom hangout](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/august-3rd-goingtoseed-zoom-hangout/4901)
**Author:** [@KadenceLunemann](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/KadenceLunemann)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/august-3rd-goingtoseed-zoom-hangout/4901 "2026-08-04T02:54:24Z")
The next zoom hangout will be August 3rd. 4pm pacific time/ 7pm eastern time. I will be hosting! Be there! Or be… uh, probably tending your garden :joy: If anyone would like to chime in with what they hope to be up to … --- ## [Can Cucurbita Pepo and Cucurbita Moschata/ Cucurbita Argyosperma reliably cross?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/can-cucurbita-pepo-and-cucurbita-moschata-cucurbita-argyosperma-reliably-cross/4918)
**Author:** [@ferat](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ferat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/can-cucurbita-pepo-and-cucurbita-moschata-cucurbita-argyosperma-reliably-cross/4918 "2026-08-03T01:37:50Z")
Whenever I grow Cucurbita Moschata the plants show excellent resistance to powdery mildew and there is no sign of infection. Meanwhile my Zucchini breeding lines and some varieties that are supposed to have IR(Intermedia… --- ## [Funny stories about gardening with children](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/funny-stories-about-gardening-with-children/3958)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/funny-stories-about-gardening-with-children/3958 "2026-08-02T01:48:41Z")
Let’s have a thread of funny stories about gardening with children! Here’s something that happened with my three-year-old today. I decided to water the garden while he was outside with me. Me: (pouring water on a gard… --- ## [The philosophy of squash](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-philosophy-of-squash/4319)
**Author:** [@AdelePoe](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/AdelePoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-philosophy-of-squash/4319 "2026-08-01T07:41:19Z")
As a beginner landracer, adaptive gardener, seed saver, my first impulse was to grow everything, and save every seed, and just dream big. As I thought more about it, I began to remember my own limitations, and I chose wa… --- ## [Interesting video dump](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interesting-video-dump/2136)
**Author:** [@Hugo](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Hugo)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interesting-video-dump/2136 "2026-08-01T00:11:02Z")
I came across this interesting video, at least i thought so. And thought why not have a little place for dumping all those interesting videos we come across… plant communication --- ## [Seed libraries](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/seed-libraries/4929)
**Author:** [@remobec](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/remobec)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/seed-libraries/4929 "2026-07-30T20:51:28Z")
Like many seed libraries, ours has always been, “Save your seeds, bring it back and we’ll create locally adapted varieties!” However, after learning about adaptation agriculture, I now realize that if people grow a Bran… --- ## [Beyond Seed Saving: Unlocking Faba Potential for Gout & Hot Climates via Fermentation (Eat-All-Greens & Faba Milk)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/beyond-seed-saving-unlocking-faba-potential-for-gout-hot-climates-via-fermentation-eat-all-greens-faba-milk/4932)
**Author:** [@Hynek\_560mnm](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Hynek_560mnm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/beyond-seed-saving-unlocking-faba-potential-for-gout-hot-climates-via-fermentation-eat-all-greens-faba-milk/4932 "2026-07-30T16:54:15Z")
Hi everyone, I wanted to open a standalone discussion here because I believe this topic has a huge global impact—not just for people with metabolic sensitivities, but also for hot regions where faba pollen becomes steri… --- ## [Sweet Corn Seed Saving](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/sweet-corn-seed-saving/4919)
**Author:** [@Suluye](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Suluye)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/sweet-corn-seed-saving/4919 "2026-07-27T16:29:49Z")
Sooo my sweet corn is starting to tassel which is very exciting but it led me to the question of how to save good viable corn seed. Is there a percentage of how many cobs you dry per how many plants you grew? For example… --- ## [Clay Soil Adaptation Success Stories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/clay-soil-adaptation-success-stories/4862)
**Author:** [@Suluye](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Suluye)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/clay-soil-adaptation-success-stories/4862 "2026-07-17T18:06:59Z")
Hiyah fellow growers! I know the spectrum of clay soil is quite broad and variable, be it ranging from colour to climate differences, but id love to read some stories of gardeners who were able to adapt crops to flourish… --- ## [Chicken Landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/chicken-landrace/1100)
**Author:** [@Lauren](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lauren)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/chicken-landrace/1100 "2026-07-15T21:37:16Z")
I posted a question about my breeding project on a chicken forum and got the expected question–why would I want to mix breeds when I could have something much more predictable by just using an established breed? “Let me… --- ## [Creating short season melon with cross with bushy cucumber melon](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/creating-short-season-melon-with-cross-with-bushy-cucumber-melon/4910)
**Author:** [@JesseI](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JesseI)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/creating-short-season-melon-with-cross-with-bushy-cucumber-melon/4910 "2026-07-15T17:53:14Z")
I have now struggled to grow melons for several years and as this year is not going that much better, I started to wonder other ways to improve speed. Before I have had some plant that make (usually) one melon right next… --- ## [Jerusalem Artichokes from True Seed](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/jerusalem-artichokes-from-true-seed/4897)
**Author:** [@ferat](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ferat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/jerusalem-artichokes-from-true-seed/4897 "2026-07-10T23:51:30Z")
What are your experiences with growing Jerusalem Artichokes from True Seed? Do they need cold stratification? Will you get a usable yield and seeds to save in the same season? I’m asking because I can’t decide between po… --- ## [Purple Lima Beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/purple-lima-beans/4854)
**Author:** [@MoringaMama](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MoringaMama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/purple-lima-beans/4854 "2026-07-08T06:04:18Z")
I have an interesting thing happening in my garden. I planted black and white Lima beans 3 years ago. Last year the harvest was mostly black beans. This year some are purple one the same plants. I also planted Christma… --- ## [Poison Ivy / Pine relationship and replacement plants](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/poison-ivy-pine-relationship-and-replacement-plants/4888)
**Author:** [@heatherweather](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/heatherweather)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/poison-ivy-pine-relationship-and-replacement-plants/4888 "2026-07-06T21:22:46Z")
I recently got the right gear to be able to fully dive into poison ivy and start pulling it in mass. I quickly learned that almost all of my poison ivy is coming from a row of decaying pine tree stumps along my back yard… --- ## [GTS Zoom today?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gts-zoom-today/4900)
**Author:** [@KadenceLunemann](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/KadenceLunemann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gts-zoom-today/4900 "2026-07-06T20:21:51Z")
I put it in my calendar for 7pm today but didn’t see a thread or it mentioned. Thanks --- ## [Redirecting runoff](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/redirecting-runoff/4896)
**Author:** [@MamaRachael](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MamaRachael)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/redirecting-runoff/4896 "2026-07-04T22:36:41Z")
Our property has a pond, which was built in the 1950s. It gets a lot of runoff when it rains from the road and surrounding properties, owned by other people. That runoff gathers into quite the stream at the North end of … --- ## [What is a bed-foot?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-is-a-bed-foot/4891)
**Author:** [@gregg\_muller](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/gregg_muller)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-is-a-bed-foot/4891 "2026-07-04T19:23:15Z")
I’m trying to bulk up seed. I want to know yields so i can figure out how much to plant. Navazio’s ‘Organic Seed Farmer’ is silent. My other go-to, Dan Brisebois’s excellent ‘The Seed Farmer’ has great info, but only ref… --- ## [Push-seeder for large seed](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/push-seeder-for-large-seed/4879)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/push-seeder-for-large-seed/4879 "2026-07-01T11:31:24Z")
I’m curious if anyone here uses push seeders for large seed like corn, beans, squash etc. I use a push-seeder for smaller seed - the popular Jang JP-1. And I have considered investing in the version for large seed JD1, … --- ## [Is there value in bindweed?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/is-there-value-in-bindweed/657)
**Author:** [@DebbieA](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/DebbieA)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/is-there-value-in-bindweed/657 "2026-07-01T05:26:14Z")
The bees like the bindweed flowers, which makes me sad about mowing it. Deep mulching with wood chips has helped me to control bindweed in parts of my garden. I try to cut them back at soil level every 2 or 3 weeks to … [Previous page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/discussions-and-theory/27.md) [Next page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/discussions-and-theory/27.md?page=2)