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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 6279330" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>Yes, it's ok to farm save for years but your seed hygiene will have to be excellent or you'll multiply the off types & any weeds. You might want to get it electrophoresis tested occasionally for varietal purity. Places like NIAB offer testing services. I get all my farm saved seed tested for germination, thousand grain weight and disease but I'm only keeping it for one or two generations. It's not expensive if you're sowing a decent area of that batch as it is diluted well. My conventional oilseed rape worked out at less than 1/3 the cost of a bought in hybrid even at a bold seed rate. That's not cleaned or dressed farm saved, just out of an IBC filled by the combine then drawn on for a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>Of course if it's only for feed grain some off types might not be a problem & arguably you'll be selecting the seeds that suit your farm the best if you clean it hard. Cereals are self pollinating but oilseeds are open pollinating, so you risk cross pollination with brassica weeds and raising contaminants like erucic acid & glucosinolates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 6279330, member: 166"] Yes, it's ok to farm save for years but your seed hygiene will have to be excellent or you'll multiply the off types & any weeds. You might want to get it electrophoresis tested occasionally for varietal purity. Places like NIAB offer testing services. I get all my farm saved seed tested for germination, thousand grain weight and disease but I'm only keeping it for one or two generations. It's not expensive if you're sowing a decent area of that batch as it is diluted well. My conventional oilseed rape worked out at less than 1/3 the cost of a bought in hybrid even at a bold seed rate. That's not cleaned or dressed farm saved, just out of an IBC filled by the combine then drawn on for a couple of years. Of course if it's only for feed grain some off types might not be a problem & arguably you'll be selecting the seeds that suit your farm the best if you clean it hard. Cereals are self pollinating but oilseeds are open pollinating, so you risk cross pollination with brassica weeds and raising contaminants like erucic acid & glucosinolates. [/QUOTE]
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