I ordered early so I can get things started in the greenhouse by the end of this month.
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Buy heirloom, and save your own seed. Most of the seed sold at box stores is GMO or hybrid crap.
For the most part, we’ve gotten what we ordered. A few things were bo’d or not available. Nothing unusual. There’s always something that had crop failure last year. Consider that a bunch of the crops grown for seed are planted out west—Texas, New Mexico, etc. Ours, anyway.
OTOH, if it doesn’t STOP raining, I’m not going to be able to plant anything but rice, and right now, rice would prob drown!
Anybody know where I can get rice seed? LOL
Bull hockey!
No problem here just recieved my (small) order.
Literally thousands of varieties - including some heirlooms and other hard to find.
We have always been happy with their service and prices.
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I ordered online in Dec and recieved all that I ordered, 13 varieties. I have watched Lowes each visit and they are still well stocked, so far.
Seed prices for the home gardner have practially doubled the last 3 years. Even last year, ‘there was a seed shortage’. I’ve noticed certain seed catalogs are offering less and less straight varities.
I’ve had no trouble getting the seeds I want, but have paid a lot more for some of them. The ones I bought last year on sale in the fall and kept in the refrigerator are already sprouting in my sunroom flats.
I got my order in early and one of the seeds I really wanted was available because of a crop failure in NY. And not too far from us either.
I’ve learned the hard way not to wait because it’s first come, first served.
I ordered all open pollinated seeds so I could save some this year.
2009 Phenology observations:
Fb 10 First Daffodil blossomed. Started lettuce in peat pots
Fb 13 Winter Honeysuckle about to bloom. Started cabbage in pots.
Fb 20 Second daffodil blossomed. Saw tree full of birds, maybe yellow warblers. Started earliest tomatoes in pots.
This year I aim to start my earliest seeds maybe 2 weeks later. But I'll send for the seeds now!
I was sweating because I was too busy to go thru my seeds and order till mid-January. I got everything I wanted and just a few backorders. Paid thru the nose because I bought in large quantities, however didn’t buy near as many varieties because I barely got half my garden planted with all the rain last year. Saving seeds like crazy this year.
I have my heirlooms tomatoes from last year’s seeds saved as well as a few new packs of the same tomatoes for this year. I also bought some other heirlooms and still want to order a few more things so I’d better get busy.
Already ordered, already received from Park. That, and I keep some in the freezer every year, so I have back ups there.
I’m not sure, but I would bet that even if seeds are in short supply for the average or novice gardener, serious gardeners, specially FReepers won’t be overly affected by it.
I know I have at least a dozen seed sellers—only two of which are ‘mainstream’—in my Favorites folder; plus get catalogues from a few others; plus I know local people with yet other sources; plus we save a few seeds, and I know how to Google...and do.
I know on the Weekly Gardening Thread, that I’m far from alone, nor even particularly accomplished in this area.
OTOH, if one lives in a Bronx apartment; has never gardened; and only walks to shop at local stores, and wants to murder some poor innocent tomato seeds by burying them in a flower pot, they will likely have a problem finding seeds.
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Enough heirlooms to create something uniquely suited to your environment and needs.
You must try the Saxony duck...incredible...