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Post by wolfcub on Feb 15, 2013 11:57:28 GMT -5
Congratulations on your Lunga de Firenze onion picture featured in the Seeds of Italy catalog. Very nice. your a star.
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Post by bunkie on Feb 15, 2013 12:45:39 GMT -5
you go girl!
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Post by oxbowfarm on Feb 15, 2013 14:22:48 GMT -5
Where? I didn't see it.
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Post by wolfcub on Feb 15, 2013 20:21:01 GMT -5
Sorry Ox I should have said News letter That came in this morning.
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 15, 2013 22:36:54 GMT -5
Hey, I want to see too!
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Post by steev on Feb 15, 2013 23:31:45 GMT -5
Yeah; who gets a newsletter?
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Post by diane on Feb 16, 2013 0:28:30 GMT -5
I'll be at Seedy Saturday tomorrow. There are usually Italian seeds for sale, so I'll look for a packet.
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Post by wolfcub on Feb 16, 2013 10:49:20 GMT -5
sign up at Seeds of Italy to recieve their newletter via email.
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Post by bunkie on Feb 16, 2013 11:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Feb 16, 2013 13:03:13 GMT -5
The onions are very photogenic!
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Post by adamus on Feb 19, 2013 15:09:33 GMT -5
Good on ya Holly. Franchi are really good seeds as well. They have SO MANY seeds in them.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Feb 19, 2013 21:13:38 GMT -5
One of the things I like about the Italian seeds is they are much more genetically diverse on average than commonly available seed in this country. The first time I grew some Franchi tomatoes I was astonished at all the off-types and almost complained to Seedsof Italy, but then I realized "There's almost 6 grams of tomato seed in each packet for the same price a lot of companies charge for 30-50 seeds! This is not a ripoff." The spinach and chicories are so diverse they are half-way to landraces. I've been very happy with Italian seed.
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Post by 12540dumont on Feb 20, 2013 15:59:06 GMT -5
And when you buy something like Misticanza Quattro Stagioni (93-4) for $3.15 you get enough seeds to plant for about 3 years for a small CSA. Misticanza Quattro Stagioni — Mesclun Four Seasons. Mesclun mix of lettuce, endive, radicchio & chicory. 14 varieties including Verona, Pan Zucchero, Four Seasons lettuce, Romaines, cutting lettuces. For salads or braising. Cut when 3-4 inches tall. Make succession plantings every 2-3 weeks for continuous harvests. 8 gram packet, approximately 4500 seeds.I planted about 1/4 of the package in this plot and had a nice assortment of lettuce, endive and chicory. If you planted it all in one go, all 4500 seeds, you could easily cull everything you don't want, and let the rest go to seed. As Ox says, the beginning of your own landrace of greens. This is my favorite seed company for anything fall or early spring grown. Daniel, is also really easy to work with and has gone out of his way to find me more varieties of fennel. To bad the Emmer and corn were seized by customs. I felt very bad for him about this. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Feb 20, 2013 16:01:43 GMT -5
Oh yeah, here's the fennel! Attachments:
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Post by steev on Feb 20, 2013 21:16:58 GMT -5
That would be US Customs? Do they have particular problems with grains, as such? I thought Cortona was going to send me some ancient Italian wheat, but he didn't, sending instead a very generous variety-pack of interesting legumes (the cool-season ones are planted). I wonder whether there would have been a problem with wheat; probably not, as I don't think the package had been opened, anyway. Do they have grain-sniffing dogs? Kornhunden!
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