Comments on: Sustainable Seed Company http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2009/02/sustainable-seed-company/ Heirloom gardening and the lives of Pat 'n' Steph Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ottawa Gardener http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2009/02/sustainable-seed-company/comment-page-1/#comment-31302 Ottawa Gardener Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:41:47 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=958#comment-31302 Thanks for the headsup. I'm going to read in more depth. Thanks for the headsup. I’m going to read in more depth.

]]> By: Patrick http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2009/02/sustainable-seed-company/comment-page-1/#comment-31243 Patrick Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=958#comment-31243 Hi Cat, it's great to see you guys are getting interested in saving seeds. Not only is it amazing how many F1 hybrids there are, but there is no requirement that seed companies label F1s accurately, and the often sell unlabelled F1s. The only way you know for sure is if you buy your seeds from a company like Real Seeds. If you are willing to buy seeds from abroad, another really good company is Baker Creek in the US. They have very reasonable shipping costs for sending seeds to Europe and other places, flat rate US$3 if you only order small seeds and only a little more if you order larger seeds. http://www.rareseeds.com They have a huge selection too! Hi Cat, it’s great to see you guys are getting interested in saving seeds. Not only is it amazing how many F1 hybrids there are, but there is no requirement that seed companies label F1s accurately, and the often sell unlabelled F1s. The only way you know for sure is if you buy your seeds from a company like Real Seeds.

If you are willing to buy seeds from abroad, another really good company is Baker Creek in the US. They have very reasonable shipping costs for sending seeds to Europe and other places, flat rate US$3 if you only order small seeds and only a little more if you order larger seeds. http://www.rareseeds.com They have a huge selection too!

]]> By: Cat http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2009/02/sustainable-seed-company/comment-page-1/#comment-31196 Cat Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=958#comment-31196 We (well, my dad!) have already saved some seeds from when mum and dad visited Spain in November - after our FoGroBlo meet last year, he's very into it, so we're going to see how they do! Also, going round the garden centres at this time of year, its amazing how many are F1 hybrids! If we do buy anything, we steer clear of them. Education on this is a good thing....Cat x We (well, my dad!) have already saved some seeds from when mum and dad visited Spain in November – after our FoGroBlo meet last year, he’s very into it, so we’re going to see how they do! Also, going round the garden centres at this time of year, its amazing how many are F1 hybrids! If we do buy anything, we steer clear of them. Education on this is a good thing….Cat x

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