We multiply seeds

Until a few decades ago, making your own seeds was a common task within farming, but less and less time is devoted to this task. It is not simple, it requires know-how, in addition to knowing the cultivation and the seed production process.

The project of multiplication and dispersion of local varieties is the heart of the Association and aims to make local varieties known and encourage their consumption. For this reason, the initiative has been taken to offer some local varieties to the general population.

It must be said that this is a project that started in 2011 and currently has 93 local varieties of vegetables, legumes and flowers, which are obtained thanks to the work of the network of seed multipliers, formed by 20 farmers. Most varieties that multiply have the organic production seal endorsed by the Balearic Council for Ecological Agricultural Production (CBPAE).

These seeds can be purchased at 43 physical points of sale (40 in Mallorca, 1 in Menorca and 2 in Ibiza) and in our online store. In addition, the Association works on the introduction of new varieties and the improvement of current ones, in order to provide interested people with a wide range of local varieties.

Where can you find our seeds of local varieties?

També a la nostra oficina al carrer de la Santa Creu, 31 (antic Escorxador), 07260 Porreres, de dilluns a dijous de 9 a 15 h. Si no te va bé aquest horari, ens pots telefonar to find a suitable time, als 693 066 858 / 623 250 278 / 722 782 536.

The process of seed multiplication

We multiply seeds
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process
Seed multiplication process

Check out our 2025 seed catalog

The multipliers

Andreu Adrover

Andreu Adrover

CAN PISTOLA, FELANITX AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES

Agromart, Rafel Figuera

Agromart, Rafel Figuera

Sa Volta/Son Mesquida, Porreres/Felanitx

Ca na Justa, Cati Vaquer and Pep Pou

Ca na Justa, Cati Vaquer and Pep Pou

Ca na Justa, Porreres

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RAFEL DALMAU ESTELRICH

SON SOLER, SON MESQUIDA, FELANITX Seal of the CBPAE

Joan Garcías Ripoll

Joan Garcías Ripoll

Son Ripoll, Montuïri Seal of the CBPAE

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Especies Crespí, Llorenç Tortella

Son Pou Nou, Vilafranca Seal of the CBPAE

Estel de Llevant Association

Estel de Llevant Association

Sa Vall, Manacor Seal of the CBPAE

Toni Feliu

Toni Feliu Pou

So na Jaume Nou /Sant Jordi, Palma CBPAE Seal

Miquel Ángel Lobo Ruiz

Miquel Ángel Lobo Ruiz

Mainou, Porreres Seal of the CBPAE

GOB, La Trapa volunteers

GOB, La Trapa volunteers

La Trapa Sant Elm, Andratx Seal of the CBPAE

Miquel Villalonga Maimó

Miquel Villalonga Maimó

SON FRARE, PETRA SEAL OF THE CBPAE

Pere Ferragut

Pere Ferragut

Can Delomo, Algaida Seal of the CBPAE

Xesc Nicolau Català

Xesc Nicolau Català

Horteta, Sant Joan Seal of the CBPAE

Toni Suñer Monserrat

Toni Suñer Monserrat

S'Aljub den Mel, Cas Concos, Felanitx Seal of the CBPAE

Pep Barceló

Pep Barceló

Son Valls, Porreres Seal of the CBPAE

Toni Sureda Nicolau

Toni Sureda Nicolau

Son Vell Son Macià, Manacor Seal of the CBPAE

Biel Torrens

Biel Torrens

Can Caló, Ruberts, Sencelles Seal of the CBPAE

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PEDRO OSUNA

SES TERRES, ARTÀ SEAL OF THE CBPAE

Toni Calafell

Toni Calafell

Sa Vinyeta, Binissalem CBPAE Seal

Donate to the seed multiplication project

This is the heart of the association's project and aims to raise awareness of local varieties and encourage their consumption.

Informative videos

During 2020 and the beginning of 2021, different videos were made about our organization's seed multiplication project. The idea came from visualizing the task of the seed multiplier, a very careful and little-known task. Therefore, 10 thematic videos were made, which touch on different topics related to local varieties and the cultivated biodiversity of Mallorca.

Seed cleaning

The cleaning of the seed is a very important part of the multiplication process, as it allows to obtain a more viable seed, discarding the empty, small seeds that certainly do not have germination capacity. Together with the extraction, they are very laborious but totally invisible tasks.

In our organization, we do it in a very artisanal way with sieves and small machines such as a fig-heading machine, a simple manual winnowing machine or a vacuum cleaner made by some collaborators. With our tools you can do part of this task, but you don't get a perfectly clean seed like current technology allows. That is why to guarantee a maximum seed quality it is necessary to make a considerable investment in specific machinery for its cleaning.

Some machines allow you to save many hours of cleaning, since they cup the entire fruit and separate the seed from the pulp. Others are more specific for each process, such as those that separate the straw from the seed through mechanical sieves, or the densimetric tables that separate the empty seeds from the full ones, among others. There are also other machines that pack the seed automatically, allowing the process to be finished optimally.

Thanks to these machines, the work can be done in a more agile way. Currently, we have proposed to gradually acquire the ones we need most to make our project profitable.

Do you want to help us achieve this? Thank you for your support.

Establishments selling seeds

Consult the full list of stores. Now you can also find all our local varieties in the online store, don't forget to visit it.

Do you want to know more about who we are, what we do and how you can get involved?

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