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Diahuebs 8 september 2022
Mi a glorifica bo cristo, riba e mundo aki.
Mi a termina cu e trabou cu abo a dunami pa hasi.
Warda tur esnan cu ta keda atras den bo nomber. bles we grow in our gardens These biennial plants produce There are two ways to save to-
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di:
Feliciano T. Damian
Cariñosamente yama:” Teechi”
*24-01-1936 - †06-09-2022
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.
Salmo 91/14-15-16
“Si e tene na Mi, lo Mi salb’é:
lo Mi hals’é, si e tin respèt pa mi
Nomber.
Ora e yama Mi lo Mi contest’é,
den problema Mi ta huntu cu
né, lo Mi Libr’é i colm’é cu
honor.
Mi ta pon’é disfrutá di un bida
largo y lo lag’é contemplá mi
salbashon.”
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di
Suzanne Ruthy Clarissa Thomas
Cariñosamente yama: “Suzy”
*04-03-1966 - †06-09-2022
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil,
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Salmo: 23
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di:
Mercedes Leticia Celedon
*05-08-1926 - †05-09-2022
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.
Gardening: How to save vegetable seeds for
next year
(AP) - Many of the vegeta- BEETS AND CARROTS TOMATO
produce seeds, which, if har- seeds only in their second year, mato seeds — the right way and
vested and stored correctly, after a period of vernalization, or the easy way. Full disclosure: I
have the potential to grace cold storage. In areas with cold like it easy, and I’ve succeeded
us with free plants. And late winters, simply leave plants in with the shortcut. Your results
summer is the perfect time the ground over winter. may vary.
to start collecting them.
In warm climates, you’ll have to Start by cutting a tomato in half,
A few notes: Make sure the create “winter” indoors: At the then squeeze out its seeds and
plants from which you’re col- end of the first season, cut the pulp over a bowl.
lecting seeds are heirloom, foliage down to 2 inches, care-
or open-pollinated, varieties. fully dig up roots, and store Fermentation improves germi-
These are plants in their original them in a refrigerator or cool nation rates and kills some seed-
forms whose seeds will produce cellar over winter. Replant them borne pathogens that could
plants with the same qualities as outdoors the following spring. sicken plants. To ferment seeds:
their parent.
When the leaves of second-year 1. Place a cover slightly askew
Hybridized varieties, on the oth- beet plants turn brown, remove over the bowl and allow the
er hand, are created by breed- the seed stalk from the top of seeds to sit in their juices undis-
ing two or more different types the plant and place it in a paper turbed for three days.
to capture the best qualities of bag. Store in a cool, dry place for
each. Attempting to grow seeds at least two weeks, then give the 2. Pour the bowl’s contents,
collected from hybrids will yield bag a good shake to separate the which may be covered with a
a harvest of disappointment, seeds. Pour them onto a plate, white film, into a larger contain-
as the resulting plants will not then blow on them to separate er and add water equal to at least
have the expected attributes but the chaff. 3 times the seeds’ volume.
rather carry the traits of only
one of the parents -- and there’s Allow second-year carrot flow- 3. Agitate the water with your
no way to know what that will ers to dry on the plant, clip them hand and pour off the liquid.
be. For this reason, it’s best not off, and dry them further in a pa- You’ll notice that most of the
to grow seeds from supermarket per bag for a week or two. Shake seeds will have sunk to the bot-
produce. the bag well and pour seeds out tom of the container; they are
onto a plate, blow on them to the viable seeds.
Here’s how to collect and save separate the chaff. Any that float are duds, so pour
seeds from the most common them out with the juice, pulp
homegrown crops. PEPPERS and water. Repeat the rinsing
Select the nicest-looking pepper process two more times.
LETTUCE from your healthiest plant and
At the end of the growing sea- allow it to remain on the plant To make sure pathogens are
son, lettuce will bolt, or send until it is overripe and wrinkled. killed, soak seeds for 30 min-
up a flower stalk that will de- Slice it in half and remove the utes in a 90% water, 10% bleach
velop seed heads reminiscent seeds, discarding any that are solution, then rinse very well.
of dandelion puffs. When the discolored or otherwise unde- Spread seeds on a towel and
puffs are dry, remove the entire sirable. Spread seeds in a single allow to dry for about a week,
stem, place it into a paper bag, layer on paper towels and al- tossing occasionally.
fold over the top and shake. The low them to dry in a warm spot
seeds will disengage from the away from direct sunlight. Toss Or, you can simply allow the
flower and fall to the bottom of the seeds occasionally to ensure whole mess of seeds and pulp
the bag. even drying, which should take to dry on a plate in the open air
about a week. for about a week, then scrape or
pick off the seeds.