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Post by michedealseriana on Mar 10, 2011 15:40:49 GMT -5
Hello everybody,
my name is Michele. I am a seed saver from Lombardy, in norhern italy.
I I collaborate with an italian seed savers' association, Civiltà Contadina. We collect and reproduce old varieties of vegetables and fruits in all countries of the Italian Republic.
I like also unusual vegetable varieties, specially tomatoes, zucchini and okra.
I'd like to learn how to select new vegetable varieties and I got here.
I hope to be in the right place!
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Post by stratcat on Mar 10, 2011 16:17:31 GMT -5
Welcome to Homegrown Goodness! Feel free to join in and have fun.  |
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 10, 2011 16:59:10 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. Lots of info and enthusiasm here!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 10, 2011 18:51:41 GMT -5
And more seeds than you can shake a stick at!
Speaking of seeds and sprouting... I think I have a brand new peach sprouting!
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Post by cortona on Mar 10, 2011 19:22:05 GMT -5
hi my dear! happy to see you here!
welcome onboard ! as i've tel you here is THE place for people involved in fun and breeding!
hope you enjoy it!
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Post by johno on Mar 10, 2011 19:51:15 GMT -5
You came to the right place. Welcome!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 11, 2011 7:54:46 GMT -5
Wait a minute the "right" place? Couldn't we also be the "left" place depending on whether she's facing north or south? Of course this assumes we are a "place" to begin with?
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Post by michaeljohnson on Mar 12, 2011 3:05:25 GMT -5
I personally am dying to see what actual seeds she has got to exchange of unusual Italian Tomatoes etc,  Welcome to the forum, I did not know until now-that there was an Italian seed savers group, what's the web address, as perhaps some of would also like to have a look at it |
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Post by michedealseriana on Mar 12, 2011 6:16:37 GMT -5
Hello everybody thanks for greetings! Wait a minute the "right" place?"right" in sense "correct", "accurate". Place in sense of this site! My garden is south-placed in zone USDA 8A. I personally am dying to see what actual seeds she has got to exchange of unusual Italian Tomatoes etc, In italy there are a lot of climates, then many varieties of tomatoes, many are very tasty but only few of them are very unusual. I can help you find them. We'll talk. The site of Civiltà Contadina is www.civiltacontadina.it |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 12, 2011 8:30:27 GMT -5
Wait a minute the "right" place?"right" in sense "correct", "accurate". Place in sense of this site! My garden is south-placed in zone USDA 8A. ACK! You've caught me!  I'm in a zone 8 as well, on the Atlantic coast. As we go into our planting season, I would be interested to know what kind of insect challenges you face and how you surmount them. We have several that are most devastating, potato beetles, stink bugs, and squash bugs. For the last few years, I've handpicked all of them. However, we are growing more and more and need to get more from what we grow. Squashes and melons are the biggest issue this year as we are getting zero harvest. A friend has given me some dried tobacco leaves to sprinkle on the soil around these plants. I am also considering using foil collars around the stems at the soil level. Diamatatious (spelling?) earth did not prove itself particularly efficacious last season. |
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Post by michaeljohnson on Mar 14, 2011 2:38:30 GMT -5
My deepest apologies my dear chap, I made a big booby and got your gender wrong, I am embarrassed by my mistake,-so sorry.
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Post by galina on Mar 14, 2011 5:10:23 GMT -5
Welcome Michele. Good to have you here. Any seed saving questions, just ask.
How is Civiltà Contadina organised?
One of the recent posts was about Italian landrace beans. There is a lot of interest in Italian heritage/heirloom vegetables here.
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Post by jack66 on Mar 14, 2011 13:12:31 GMT -5
Welcome friend gardener.
Cool!
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Post by canadamike on Mar 14, 2011 23:59:24 GMT -5
Welcome, new friend, and if there is anything you need, just say so, we love to share around here. And also create new cultivars and have friends try them.
In need of new ''not on the market yet'' tomatoes, like the blue one, just send a pm and they are going your way...
By any chance, would you know where to find some seeds of the sweet pepper CORNO DI BUE DI CARMAGNOLA???
I am dying to put my hands on it...and would give you the moon for it...
Michel
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Post by Penny on Mar 15, 2011 6:18:50 GMT -5
Hi there and Welcome.
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