Project Activities

Project Timeline

Season: Activity: Location:
Fall 2019:
Sept – Dec		 Yukina savoy planted (year 1) Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Frog Song Organics Farm
Spring 2020:
Jan – Apr		 Yukina savoy flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Frog Song Organics Farm
Yukina savoy seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Frog Song Organics Farm
Milkweed planted (year 1) Florida Wildflower Cooperative Farm
Bellevue butternut planted (year 1) Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Cowpea planted (year 1) Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Summer 2020:
May – Aug		 Bellevue butternut flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Bellevue butternut seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
UF Field and Fork Farm
Milkweed flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Florida Wildflower Cooperative Farm
Milkweed seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Florida Wildflower Cooperative Farm
Cowpea flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Fall 2020:
Sept – Dec		 Cowpea seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Yukina savoy seed experiments (year 1):
  • storage assay
  • growth experiment
  • field establishment study
 UF Seed Biology Lab
Bellevue butternut seed experiments (year 1):
  • storage assay
  • growth experiment
  • field establishment study
 UF Seed Biology Lab
Spring 2021:
Jan – Apr		 Producer Expert Panel Meeting (1) Virtual
Yukina savoy planted (year 2) Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Cowpea seed experiments (year 1):
  • storage assay
  • growth experiment
  • field establishment study
 UF Seed Biology Lab
Yukina savoy flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Summer 2021:
May – Aug		 Yukina savoy seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Bellevue butternut planted (year 2) Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Cowpea planted (year 2) Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Milkweed flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Florida Wildflower Cooperative Farm
Milkweed seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Florida Wildflower Cooperative Farm
Bellevue butternut flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Bellevue butternut seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Fall 2021:
Sept – Dec		 Cowpea flowers tagged:
  • fruit phenology study
  • seed development study
  • seed desiccation study
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Producer Expert Panel Meeting (2) Virtual
Cowpea seeds harvested:
  • seed drying experiment
  • seed storage experiment
 Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Yukina savoy planted (year 3) Siembra Farm
The Family Garden
UF Field and Fork Farm
Yukina savoy seed experiments (year 2):
  • storage assay
  • growth experiment
  • field establishment study
 UF Seed Biology Lab

Project Report

View the final project report HERE.

This work is supported by Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) project no. LS19-315 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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