|
Post by ottawagardener on Jun 23, 2011 9:04:46 GMT -5
I've found myself browsing seed catalogues already!! I think it's the *must cover all that weed ridden dirt in the old garden* along with *must eat more salads.* Man are they delicious!!
P.S. Anyone have any blonde/light leafed, relatively heat tolerant lettuce seeds that they want to trade?
|
|
|
Post by johno on Jun 23, 2011 10:00:39 GMT -5
How do these lettuces look? It's a mix adapted to Sun City, CA. I'm growing it here for the first time right now. It has only hit 100F once, otherwise it has been averaging about 90 for a high the last month or so.
|
|
|
Post by johno on Jun 23, 2011 12:15:27 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by garnetmoth on Jun 24, 2011 8:20:40 GMT -5
very nice Johno! is that sword lettuce in the top? I planted a mess of lettuce and most of it went missing, will try to cover areas in between crops if for nothing else than seed in the next week!
|
|
|
Post by seedywen on Jun 24, 2011 10:02:55 GMT -5
I'm looking at seed catalogs too!
This time of year, usually just West Coast and William Dam Seeds, because what seeds, routinely purchase, get from these two Canadian companies. Plus West Coast has a most helpful Vegetable Planting Chart to which am constantly referring. from which when I buy seeds.
Plus need to decide over the next few weeks, what seeds to plant for the winter garden, which I plan to expand this year. Came across this offering in William Dam for an heirloom Leaf lettuces, Australian Yellow.
On the net, the color gets called yellow, to neon to Chartreuse. Not exactly blond. Very tender texture. Slow to bolt,excels in dry, arid countries 50 days
|
|
|
Post by blueadzuki on Jun 24, 2011 19:50:07 GMT -5
I look at seed catalogues ALL YEAR ROUND! The way I see it, if I waited until I was actually ready to plant the seed I was buying, most of the seed would be sold out by then. Pretty much any seed will still be good a few months later, barring recalcitrants, (and living in a temperate zone, I have difficulty imagining any seed I would grow so finiky that it required immediate planting AND required the such conditions that it could ONLY be directly seeded outside (i.e I could not start it indoors and keep it inside until the outside got warm enough.) Plus there is always a couple dozen new seed sources you bump into as the year progresses. Buying year round also spreads the costs out so you don't have to worry about one massive yearly lump sum but a lot of little ones which translates out to more buying ability in the long run for me.
|
|
|
Post by robertb on Jun 27, 2011 7:59:48 GMT -5
If I'm not looking at catalogues, I'm looking at eBay. Just found a brassica I've been looking for; you never know what's going to turn up.
|
|
|
Post by spacecase0 on Jun 28, 2011 11:10:11 GMT -5
I am another year round buyer of seeds, I spent about 200 a month for at least 2 years solid on seeds, and I have almost everything I would ever want now, but there are still more I want, mostly from here solanaseeds.netfirms.com/catalog.htmlthey have some nightshades that I have never seen before at least I am down to about $10 a month average for the last 6 months, and until I get another freezer, I will be limiting seeds I get to just the very neat seeds
|
|
|
Post by ottawagardener on Jun 28, 2011 11:21:57 GMT -5
Johno: They look beautiful. I've bought from them before. Mostly good results. They do have very interesting nightshades, I agree. I have to try not to spent too much on seeds As it is, I'm working hard on saving as much as possible so I can trade. The first of the seeds is starting to get ripe now! The growing season here is so frenetically quick.
|
|