From seed
to next season
What helps seeds germinate? How can you save seed from your own vegetables for next year? SaatPilot Verlag publishes books for gardeners who want to try both at home.
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From the first seedling to your own seed harvest. Each book page explains what it covers and includes examples and details of the worksheets.
German edition · Sowing
Warum keimt das nicht?
Still waiting for seedlings? Steffen Bauer shows how a few observations can help you tell whether temperature, sowing depth or seed condition is holding things up.
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German edition · Seed saving
Dein Saatgut fürs nächste Jahr
A practical guide to saving your own vegetable seed, from leaving the first pea pods to ripen to labelling the packets for next spring.
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English edition · Seed saving
Your Seeds for Next Year
A practical guide to saving vegetable seeds at home, from choosing parent plants to labelling a packet you can sow next spring.
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About the publisher
SaatPilot Verlag
Steffen Bauer publishes his gardening books under the SaatPilot Verlag imprint. He owns SaatPilot and BulkSeedsInternational. His books explain how seeds and plants develop and show how to put that knowledge to work when sowing and saving seed.
The books are for people who garden in beds, raised beds or containers. Observation sheets, crop profiles and examples help you keep records and improve your methods from one season to the next.
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