Home Saved seed is an attractive option to buying EC certified seed, and is not necessarily inferior.

Growing your own seed is not as difficult as some people suggest. To achieve an even emerging, vigorous crop it is important to sow top quality seed . Poor seed can result in poor crops and financial return with extra future costs to control weed and disease if not grown properly.

These brief guidelines will assist you to proudly grow home saved seed with the necessary care, planning and management to produce a high quality seed crop under your own control.

 

 

To grow saved seed with the same expertise as a commercial seed producer, you must plan ahead, be well organised, and grow specific seed production crops on a professional, high management basis.

Some experienced contract seed producers also grow their own seed crops, monitoring, inspecting and also rejecting them if not up to the higher voluntary standard (HVS).

 

 

Ideally, all potential seed crops should be grown from HVS C1 or C2 Seed.

By saving another generation of seed you can capitalise on the cost of C1 or C2 seed.

Two seed generations is the recommended limit, but third generation seed is commonly grown and is relatively safe.