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Post by kazedwards on Dec 13, 2015 22:34:36 GMT -5
It is that time of year that we are starting to look over seeds stashes and getting ready for next year. I know many of us are also trading seeds and looking for new varieties for next year. So I figured it would be a good time to start a thread like this. I thought we could post what we have or need and see if we can help each other out.
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 13, 2015 22:37:01 GMT -5
Here is my have list. PM me if you see something you want. Also some things on there I have not yet grown but have enough seeds to share.
Garlic, Chesnok Red Bulbils 15'
Bean, Kentucky Mountaineer Half Runner, 15'
Bean, Petite Filet 15'
Bean, Yard Long 15'
Bean, Tenderette 15'
Tomato, Micro Tom, 15'
Tomato, Old German, 15'
Tomato, Siletz, 15'
Tomato, Riesentraube, 15'
Tomato, Lizzano F2, 15'
Tomato, Goose Creek, 15'
Tomato, Brandywine Cowlick's, 15'
Tomato, Mortgage Lifter, 15'
Tomato, Tiny Tim, 11' 15'
Tomato, Chocolate Cherry
Tomato, Skykomish F9/10 14'
Tomato, Defiant 13'
Tomato, Italian Heirloom 14'
Tomato, Stupice 14'
Tomato, Moneymaker 12'
Tomato, Beefsteak 14'
Tomato, Unknown Yellow 13'
Tomato, Heirloom Cherry Blend 13'
Chili Pepper, NuMex Big Jim 15'
Chili Pepper, Hot Banana 13'
Chili Pepper, Beaver Dam 15'
Chili Pepper, Pasilla Bajio 15'
Chili Pepper, Jalapeño 13'
Chili Pepper, Martin's Carrot 14'
Chili Pepper, Ancho/Poblano 15'
Chili Pepper, Jalapeño Early 14'
Chili Pepper, Jalapeño Cross 15' (jalapeño x hot banana?)
Chili Pepper, Ancho Grande 11'
Sweet Pepper, Aji Dulce
Sweet Pepper, Corno di Toro Rosso 15'
Sweet Pepper, King of the North 14'
Sweet Pepper, Ozark Giant 15'
Sweet Pepper, Shishito 15'
Sweet Pepper, Doe Hill
Sweet Pepper, Stocky Red Roaster 15'
Sweet Pepper, Jimmy Nardello
Sweet Pepper, Yellow Blushing Beauty F2 11'
Herb, Lettuce Leaf Basil 14'
Herb, Cumin 15'
Herb, Bouquet Dill 15'
Herb, Cilantro 15'
Corn, Ornamental Indian 12'
Eggplant, Ripples
Pumpkin, Jack O'Lantern 12'
Pumpkin, Sugar Pie 15'
Squash, Waltham's Butternut 13'
Watermelon, Sugar Baby 12'
Watermelon, Bush Sugar Baby 12'
Watermelon, Chelsea 14'
Watermelon, Chris Cross 15'
Melon, Hale's Best Jumbo 11'
Melon, Honey Rock 14'
Melon, Charentais 14'
Cucumber, Straight Eight 13'
Cucumber, National Pickling 15'
Cucumber, Zimmerman 14'
Pea Snap, Cascadia Sugar Snap 12'
Pea Snap, Super Sugar Snap 14'
Onion, McCuller's Topset (plant)
Onion, Ailsa Craig 14'
Onion, Big Bunch 14'
Potato Onion, Green Mountain F2, F3 15'
Lettuce, Burpee Bibb 14'
Lettuce, Grand Rapids 11'
Lettuce, Burpee's Looseleaf Mixture 13'
Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson 13',14'
Beet, Chioggia 15'
Radish, Cherry Bell 13'
Radish, Pink Beauty 14'
Radish, Champion 14'
Radish, White Icicle
Radish, Crimson Giant 14'
Radish, Cook's Custom Mix 14'
Radish, Mix-Cherry Bell and Selzer Purple 14'
Radish, Mix-Cherry Belle and Sparkler 13'
Radish, Easter Egg Mix 12'
Carrot, St. Valery 09',15'
Carrot, Parisienne 15'
Carrot, Oxheart 15'
Carrot, Red Cored Chantenay 15'
Carrot, Danvers #126 13'
Carrot, Danvers 14'
Wheat, Einkorn
Kohlrabi, Gigant Winter 15'
Kohlrabi, Superschmelz 15'
Kohlrabi, Early Purple Vienna 15'
Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield 15'
Broccoli Raab, Rapini 15'
Broccoli, De Cicco 15'
Cauliflower, Early Snowball Y 12'
Asparagus, Mary Washington 15'
Artichoke Grex 13'
Chipilin
Convolvulus, Enchantment Mix 14'
A few things I am looking for are paste and slicer tomatoes, sweet and medium hot peppers, squash, beans (preferably bush but not opposed to pole), and cole crops. A few varieties that I'm looking for are Amish Paste, Estler's Mortgage Lifter, and Brandywines of any strain.
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Post by raymondo on Dec 14, 2015 4:15:10 GMT -5
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Post by richardw on Dec 14, 2015 11:47:02 GMT -5
Wow! Impressive list there kazedwards . I'll say. Do you freeze your seed Zack? PM on its way............. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Dec 14, 2015 13:15:18 GMT -5
Finalized my list yesterday. Here's the seed that I'm offering this year: All grown in my garden, much of it is highly-diverse locally-adapted landraces. All of it developed and grown under subsistence level growing conditions without cides nor fertilizers. I'm feeling embarrassed this year about not being able to afford postage to do exchanges or gifts like I have in the past. This forum has been my primary support network for plant breeding since before I was a plant breeder, so I'm offering to gift seed to the members of the forum if you can cover postage. Melons
Lofthouse-Oliverson Landrace Muskmelon
Lofthouse Landrace Watermelon
Corn
Lofthouse-Astronomy Sweet Corn
Harmony Synthetic Composite Grain Corn
High Carotene Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
Lofthouse Short Season Tomato Landrace
Ot'Jagodka Tomato
Tomato HX-9
Tomato DXX-M
Small Grains
Feral Winter Rye
Lofthouse Wheat, a family heirloom
Squash
Lofthouse Landrace Moschata, Medium
Small Moschata Squash
Extra Large Moschata Squash
Small Orange/Green Buttercup Squash
Landrace Maxima, Medium
Landrace Maxima, Small
Lofthouse Landrace Cucumber
Landrace Crookneck
Landrace Zucchini
Landrace Mixta Squash
Landrace Lagenaria Squash
Legumes
Lofthouse Landrace Dry Beans
Tepary Beans
Runner Bean Grex
Fava Bean Grex
Dutch Brown Dry Bean Cross
Greens
Spinach Landrace
Fennel
Swiss Chard Landrace
Bok/Pak Choi Grex
Roots
Landrace Carrots
Bountiful Potato
Semi-improved Feral Sunroot
Lofthouse Sunroot
Spices, Herbs, & Medicinals
Yellow Mustard-seed
Cilantro
Broad-leaved tobacco
Narrow-leaved tobacco
Breadseeds
Other
Opuntia humifusa
Lofthouse Okra, Seconds
I may have other seeds, scions, or bulbils to share with the members of the forum if you have read about something that I am working on and would like a start of it. Variety descriptions are on my web site: lofthouse.com/seed-list.phtmlMy wish-list includes:
Interspecies tomato hybrids or segregants
Wild tomato species
Medicinal herbs
Beets: open pollinated only.
Cabbage: open pollinated only.
Carrot: OP Chantenay
Cowpeas
Eggplant
Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
Physalis peruviana (cape gooseberry)
Soybeans
Spinach
Tepary beans: any variety other than blue/gray specked.
Tomatillos
Turnip, purple top white globe
Landrace varieties of any annual fruit or vegetable.
True sweet potato seeds.
True garlic seeds.
True potato seeds.
Puget Sparkle dahlia
Colorado Classic dahlia
Mingus Toni dahlia
Chilson's Pride dahlia
Sorry to propose a swap, and then ask for postage as well, but that's where I'm at this year... And to those of you that know about my troubled personal life over the past year, I'd gladly make the same choice again. My life is filled with peace and tranquility these days, and that's worth the sacrifice. |
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Post by raymondo on Dec 14, 2015 16:43:37 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Dec 16, 2015 15:36:51 GMT -5
I prefer "obnoxious", long-winded lists... They seem easier for me to read than attachments.
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Post by philagardener on Dec 16, 2015 16:17:42 GMT -5
+1 It always is interesting to see what folks are growing!
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Post by oldmobie on Dec 17, 2015 0:04:43 GMT -5
And to those of you that know about my troubled personal life over the past year, I'd gladly make the same choice again. My life is filled with peace and tranquility these days, and that's worth the sacrifice. Did you end up losing any of your populations in the move? I assume your want list above contains things you'd like just for added diversity, like always. Are there any species in which you'd like to recover your own progress you've made in the past? I know I still have some seeds you've sent me, as well as seeds produced here, but only one generation removed from your seed. If you need some of your own work sent back home, you only need to show us a list. |
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 17, 2015 1:14:40 GMT -5
I prefer the giant list as well. That goes for the want list too. Also welcome to the forum toomanyirons. I does not seem I have done that yet. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Dec 17, 2015 1:39:06 GMT -5
oldmobie: Thanks for asking. I have taken advantage of "my own work coming home" from time to time. I don't think that I need to this time. I knew time was limited, so I triaged and took as many of the high value seeds as possible. Most crops were growing in the field, so they were fine. Some of them didn't get tended to properly, and therefore I lost last year's seed crop. That was mostly peas and garbanzos. What I did manage to harvest aughta be highly selected for out-competing weeds. I lost the most recent crop of popcorn. I hadn't shared that yet. Popcorn was wearing on me anyway, because the phenotype is so fussy. I grew flour corn this year because that seems more like a staple to me. I lost a seed crop of turnip-rooted parsnips. They will be naturalized in the yard by now.  I still have year old seeds. I lost my turnip seed, however after I grew turnip seed in 2010 turnips became a weed in my garden, so this fall I selected out the best looking of the weeds and am storing them in a root-pit to make seeds next year. How's that for local-adaptation? I lost about 5 varieties of two year old grapes. Easy enough to replace. My older grapes were propagated and shared with the locals, so easy enough to recover. I lost 8 varieties of garlic grown from true seeds. Oh well. Today I planted this year's crop of true garlic seeds. Expecting more in the mail. Mostly I lost herbs, medicinals, and ornamentals. Not things that I have worked on, just things I'd like to plant some day. I lost the graft of my favorite tasting apple tree ever. No worries, the mother is still alive. Don't know where I'll put a graft, but that's just details.
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Post by zeedman on Dec 17, 2015 18:33:13 GMT -5
I prefer "obnoxious", long-winded lists... They seem easier for me to read than attachments. You might like mine then, since as a bean collector, my list is long on wind... and probably obnoxious.  I seldom post my complete exchange list (for reasons which will become obvious) but this is a good crowd. Gardenweb exchange listI could add my complete soybean list (about 70 varieties at present) if there is any interest. |
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 18, 2015 1:44:05 GMT -5
I prefer "obnoxious", long-winded lists... They seem easier for me to read than attachments. You might like mine then, since as a bean collector, my list is long on wind... and probably obnoxious. I seldom post my complete exchange list (for reasons which will become obvious) but this is a good crowd. Gardenweb exchange listI could add my complete soybean list (about 70 varieties at present) if there is any interest. That is quite a list. |
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Post by philagardener on Dec 18, 2015 6:48:08 GMT -5
I made the easy decision of taking most of the commonly available stuff off my list. That knocked the size down, but the page still locks when I click on "create post". There must be a post character limit or something...I will keep reducing lists until it posts. Hmmm . . . hadn't encountered a character limit yet but haven't done a long. long post. Perhaps break the list into halves, like A-K and L-Z, and see if those post? |
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Post by zeedman on Dec 18, 2015 12:55:14 GMT -5
So zeedman, how do you decide what to leave off of your list? And if you always leave your soybeans off your list, for example, then they will never get distributed out to people. And your seed stock gets older and older... Tom, I agree on all counts. A few serious collectors have acquired many of my soybeans (courtesy of one of those collectors, Victory Seeds now carries most of them) but historically, other than edamame varieties, there has not been much interest in soybeans from gardeners. Many of my soybeans are for processing, so for purposes of brevity, I only make a minor reference to them in the main list. I also do not list older seed with questionable germination, seed with crosses (which I try to eliminate prior to offering), or seed from swaps that I have not yet grown out... because I prefer to trade only seed that I can vouch for. I will add the soybean list later in this thread. Yes, seed age is an issue, and sometimes seed expires before I have a chance to grow it out... which as a preservationist, I find troubling. For that reason, I have already considered building a complete list somewhere, including all the seed in my inventory. It would be about twice the size of the list that I post now. I am still looking for a good - and secure - place to post that list, after my present swap list was nearly lost during Gardenweb's transfer of ownership. Wish that place could be here, but as already discussed on other threads, the future of this site is also uncertain. If there is already a site somewhere for serious collectors, I would post it there... but absent that, I hope to open a page somewhere myself in 2016 (any advice on this topic from the web-savvy would be most welcome). It is worth mentioning that as a rule, few with large collections (including some on this forum) have chosen to offer or post their complete collection. I think I understand why; I once made a free seed offering, and was inundated with "gimme" requests - most of whom had no interest in either saving or sharing what I sent them. It was a serious drain on my resources that year (in both time & postage) so I withdrew that offer the following year. Most of those on this site are serious farmers or horticulturists, and are far more likely to preserve and/or share any seed they receive - which is the reason I am opening up my collection here. (Not, I confess, without some trepidation). |
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I still have year old seeds. 