POV: Dry seed processing at Seed Savers Exchange! Crops are classified as dry-fruited, such as beans and lettuce, or wet-fruited, such as tomatoes and squash. Saving seeds from dry-fruited crops, also called dry seed processing, usually involves harvesting, threshing, screening, winnowing, and further drying before placing the seeds into long-term storage. These steps all work to separate healthy, viable seeds from immature seeds and the rest of the plant material, or chaff. In this video, SSE’s

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