Kaua‘i Workshop Presentations
November 6-7, 2011
The Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative held its first “Seed Basics Workshop for Farmers and Gardeners” on Kaua‘i, November 6-7, 2011. The two-day Workshop was designed to create a practical working knowledge of seed growing, botany and biology, selection, harvesting, cleaning, and saving of various types of seed.
Click here to view the photo gallery and slideshow of the Kaua‘i 2011 workshop.
Click here for a full agenda.
Welcome Remarks by Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator HPSI
The Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Overview by Paul Massey & Jill Richardson
Experience with Gardening and Seeds on Kaua‘i
Global Seed Industry by Hector Valenzuela
• Why Do Farmers & Gardners Need to Save Seed
• History of Seed Production and Crop Breeding in Hawai‘i
• Law Issues: Plant Variety Protection, Plant Patents, and Utility Patents
• Summary of Statewide Seed Assesment from the 2010 Seed Symposium
Seed Basics: Botany and Biology by Paul Massey
Seed Basics: Botany and Biology by Russell Nagata
• Monocot and Dicot Plant Differences
• Open-Pollinated vs. Hybrid vs. Heirloom Varieties
• Inbreeding vs. Outbreeding: Know Your Crop’s Mating Preferences
• Selfing vs. Cross Pollination Pollen Transfer
• Reproductive Cycles: Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials
Growing Crops for Seed in the Garden by Paul Massey & Russell Nagata
Growing Crops for Seed in the Garden by Jill Richardson
• Culture & Growing Conditions
• Population Numbers: Maintaining Genetic Diversity
• Addressing Seed Purity: Different Strategies
• Isolation Distances (Physical Barriers, etc.)
• Selection: Locally Adapted Varieties, Rouging
• Harvesting Seed
Seed Viability & Why and How to Do Variety Trials by Hector Valenzuela
Seed Saving and Storage: Basic Techniques and Ideas by Paul Massey & Jill Richardson
Harvesting Seed in the Garden & Growing Requirements for Producing Lettuce for Seed by Russell Nagata
• Cleaning Techniques for Dry Seeded Crops
• Pollination, Isolation, and Optimal Numbers of Plants
• Seed Purity, Improving Lettuce Varieties, Roguing, and Selection
• Seed Storage and Viability Testing
Mahalo to Our Workshop Presenters:
- Hector Valenzuela, Ph.D., CTAHR Extension Vegetable Specialist
- Russell Nagata, Ph.D., CTAHR County of Hawai‘i Extension Administrator. Prior to his current position, Russell worked as a plant breeder for the University of Florida conducting research on lettuce and St. Augustine grass turf.
- Glenn Teves, CTAHR Moloka‘i Extension Office
- Paul Massey, Regenerations Botanical Garden
- Jill Richardson, Regenerations Botanical Garden
- Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative, The Kohala Center
- Dimi Rivera and Chris Kobayashi, Kalo Growers, Wai‘oli Farm
- Sun Hadley and Lisa Fuller, One Song Farm
- Lyn Howe, Workshop Coordinator