
Seed Saving for the Brassicaceae Family
Brassicas are insect pollinated and cross within species only (see following table) so if you want to try growing your own seed, you must plant a minimum of 300 plants, rouge out the100 least true to type, and save the seed from the rest. “Seed to Seed” says you must have 1 mile between flowering cultivars of the same species but I’ve found the distance can be far less, depending on hills and valleys and what is in between.
|
Genus |
Species |
Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| Amoracia | rusticana | horseradish |
| Brassica | hirta | white-flowered mustard |
| Brassica | juncea | India mustard, mustard greens |
| Brassica | napus | rutabaga, swede, Siberian kale, canola/rape |
| Brassica | nigra | black mustard |
| Brassica | oleracea | broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, collards |
| Brassica | rapa | turnip, broccoli raab, Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard, mizuna |
| Crambe | maritima | sea kale |
| Eruca | sativa | rocket |
| Lepidium | sativum | garden cress |
| Raphanus | sativus | radish |
| Rorripa | microphylla | large-leaf watercress |
| Rorripa | nasturtium |
watercress |



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