"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:46:49 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Cook" > wrote in message
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lettuce leaf Basil is not listed as a hybrid so you should be able to
>>> save some seeds for the next year. I have also found that the seed
>>> last several years.
>>> --
>>> Susan N.
>>>
>>Now that's a cool piece of information!!! Thanks a lot. How do you go
>>about collecting the seed? Without dispersing it everywhere? Do you bag
>>the blooms? What?
>>Janet
>>
>
> I wait until the basil seed heads get dry, then just shake them into a
> ziplock.
>
> Boron

O.k., that's what I've always done. Last year I lost most all of my
foxglove seed because the head was too ripe. I was afraid that the tiny
basil seeds would waft away with the merest touch.
Janet