seeds for your climate

Discussion in 'Seed Starting / Propagation' started by brombear, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. brombear

    brombear Seedling Plants Contributor

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    Of course, find heirloom varities of things, there are plenty of seed saving clubs around, well worth joining for your own interest, preserving biodiversity, and exploring options best suited for your conditions.

    One of the benefits of saving seeds is that over time, the plants you cultivate will be more adapted to your local conditions.

    I'll be doing corn, tomato, lettuce, coriander, parsley this year- they bolted to seed so quick int he heat
     
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  3. Droopy

    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Lucky you! I tried to let our yellow carrots bolt to seed, but they didn't even grow to edible size. :( I loathe cold summers.
     
  4. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    http://www.southernexposure.com/ is a great site for finding heirloom, organic and open-pollinated seeds here in the U.S.
    I have ordered from the many times with great success.
     
  5. brombear

    brombear Seedling Plants Contributor

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    Good work, here in Australia we have Diggers club, Eden seeds, and a few others. It is very heartening seeing the gardeners of the world also chipping in for the bigger conservation picture.
     
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    hey droopy, let them stay in the ground and they'll send up seed the second year.

    toni, i like 'southern exposure' too.

    brombear, we save our own seeds too with lots of success. we do corn, toms, lettuce, melons, everything we can! :D
     

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