Seed Saving Tips Episode 5 - Cuttings & Grafting Fruit Trees or Plants

Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)
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[chelseekpeace]

Such a blessing to live somewhere you can garden all year long! 🙏

[CookingLessonsforDad]

This series was so helpful! This is the first year I have been saving seeds. Thanks!

[mixablebella]

Would also love to see some more in depth info on grafting:)

[DarrynJones]

I lol'd at the mulberry/dragonfruit gag 👍

Love the channel, my wife and I watch all your videos

[wazowski]

Just finished watching all 5 episodes, best miniseries I've watched in ages 👍

[tibbs]

Your enthusiasm to the gardening world is akin to Steve Erwin's to the wildlife world. We really enjoy your videos here in Canada!

[robertpatrene]

I really enjoyed your seed program the world needs people like you, thanks again .🤩🌽🇺🇸👏

[sleepydrummer]

Hello Mark, what a great and comprehensive series on seed saving.

[Veelamusic]

thank you so much for putting this together Mark!!! <3

[plantsoverpills]

Great series....your knack for explaining and keeping interest is excellent.
Cinnamon is reputed to be another option for rooting.

[rebeccashetter]

Thank you for sharing; sharing all your videos. I have been talking to grocery store managers and truckers.... China bought 58% of our farms in the US and were selling us all the food until this year. They have a large population and need the food for their people. They are exporting the food back to China. Our warehouses are losing ground and becoming empty. I go to the grocery store and their are shelves that are empty now.... we are in big trouble. We are also having problems with truckers quitting. They are being pulled out of their trucks and beaten to death by the rioters. With all that is going on; we all need to learn to be self sufficient. Thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing your knowledge. You personally are going to receive great rewards in Heaven because of all the lives you will be saving with the knowledge you are sharing God Bless.

[AnyKeyLady]

Hey Mark! This series came up on my search results for seed saving spinach. I watched all 5 eps and loved it!

I totally agree with a lot of your points. My mother in law gave me some random bitter gourd seeds to grow here in London, UK. Germination was hard as they were given to me in a rotting tissue last autumn. I cleaned and re-dried them for storage. I tried several in soil and only one germinated and survived. I tried the wet tissue method and got another two plants.

She loves our garden and what we are growing so then turns up with two mango seeds her friend from Goa brought back from his family home that they ate and now she wants me to grow them. Here in the UK....

Firstly, i am not sure how i can legally do that but secondly she is in her late 70's expecting a mango. Bless her though. I said that i would dry it out and plant it.

That being said, my dwarf cherry tree, before it decided that it didn't want to produce again in a very large pot, before we knew much about gardening, self seeded itself. On it's second year now, so next year i will plant it into the ground and see what happens. We transferred the big dwarf cherry tree to a bed but it hasn't done anything this year. Our pear tree sapling the same age now has 5 pears left and i am happy.

Slowly getting good compost into the other clay beds.

[FilthySoapCore]

I am so obsessed with your channel its just very exciting and comforting

[donnafurlonger]

Thank you. This 5 part series has been so beneficial to my gardening. Now i know what I can do.

[abigailhumes]

Thank you for this series. I watched it all today. They were very helpful - answered a lot of my questions. You are a very good teacher. Your ministry to many of us is quite valuable. Thank you so much for doing this.

[brusea]

Mark, just getting around to watching this series, loved it. Your teaching style is great, I always enjoy the little funnies you throw in. Always good advice and given with thought and love. Thanks from North Florida, USA.

[tahimiabreu]

"Come on people, keep up" I love watching your videos because they are so informative and you are so funny!

[teenagardner]

Thank you so much for this series I watched all 5 today, glad you did in sections so I could pace myself and get my chores done, lol. I love how you've organized your seeds in file order. I would need to separate each by season as well to remind me what gets planted when.

[simplifygardening]

Another great Video Mark. Good info explained very well. thumbs up pal

[melanieallen]

Ooohhh.I never thought about growing grapes from cuttings..💚Interesting about the lime tree