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mopinko

(71,652 posts)
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 07:10 PM Jan 2016

ok, who's planting? who is drinking in the seed catalogues?

i'm predicting that el nino is gonna bring us a good growing season this year.
first round of seedlings started today. hot hot peppers. always slow to germinate for me, and often iffy. more to follow in the next week or 2.

pouring over seed savers right now. anybody spot any must haves in there?
have plenty of tomato, pepper and bean seed, and learned the hard way that squash family members are iffy to save seed. liked tigger watermelon and pattison panache squash. got a few fruits in a really awful year, which is a good enough sign for me. might do cukes, which i havent done in a couple years.

bought some novelty strawberry (blue and yellow) seed. looking at a fruit tree or 2. need a good crab apple pollinator.

had fun last year with a rainbow of carrots. all taste a little different.
need a couple beets. looking at cylindra, a long one.

should have a lot of volunteer lettuce, but will start some to sell.
mostly have enough herb seed leftover from last year.

back to shopping.

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ok, who's planting? who is drinking in the seed catalogues? (Original Post) mopinko Jan 2016 OP
Where did you find these - novelty strawberry (blue and yellow) seed? ebayfool Jan 2016 #1
amazon mopinko Jan 2016 #4
TY! n/t ebayfool Jan 2016 #5
Last year I used Seed Savers. Have not looked yet but for some reason things glinda Jan 2016 #2
I only got one catalog but I have been drooling over it. femmocrat Jan 2016 #3

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
1. Where did you find these - novelty strawberry (blue and yellow) seed?
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 07:23 PM
Jan 2016

Yeah, I'm looking at the catalogues. At all the stuff I wanna get, but know the dayum chickens are sure to eat before I do! Little punks that they are!

I need a bigger place with room to build a Fort Knox Coop.

glinda

(14,807 posts)
2. Last year I used Seed Savers. Have not looked yet but for some reason things
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 07:29 PM
Jan 2016

did not grow as well as I had hoped. Might be because I could not stand the heat and did not water as much. Mosquitos were in the trillions!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
3. I only got one catalog but I have been drooling over it.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:52 PM
Jan 2016

Walmart had some 20 cent seed packets already, so I bought some nasturtium. LOL

I might start tomatoes from seed if I get ambitious. I saved lots of seeds from last year. I'll have to check out Seed Savers online.

Happy planting!

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