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Topic: Seed Saving vs. Seed Hoarding
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Chanterelle
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From: USA
Registered: Sep 2020
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posted February 23, 2022 01:00 PM
  
Trying to practice the former, not the latter. This weekend I dumped out all the flower seeds that are older than 2020, and now I’m trying to make up my mind about what else to plant (suggestions welcome).
Too many tomatoes: Matt’s Wild Cherry, Ozark Pink, Mountain Princess, Paul Robeson, Honeydrop Yellow Cherry.
Too many peppers: Doe Hill Golden Bell, Ashe County Pimento, Hungarian Paprika, Aji Chinchi Amarillo, Cayenne.
Way too many kinds of lettuce: Cosmo, Thai Oakleaf, Black Seeded Simpson, Buttercrunch, Sweet Valentine, Deer, Tongue, Bronze Arrow, Tom Thumb, Red Sails.
Bush beans, pole beans, asparagus beans, or lima beans? Two types of watermelon, three types of cucumber, four types of squash— what was I thinking? Specifically, why do I even bother trying to grow watermelon?🤷🏼♀️IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 25, 2022 03:19 PM
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Randall
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posted June 10, 2022 11:52 AM
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Randall
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posted June 30, 2022 05:40 PM
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Randall
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posted July 28, 2022 03:48 PM
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Randall
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posted September 11, 2022 08:48 PM
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Chanterelle
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From: USA
Registered: Sep 2020
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posted September 12, 2022 06:35 AM
Funny thing, my cucumbers and squash have done terribly this year, but there’s actually one good watermelon forming. And lots of luffa gourds, which I’ve tried and failed with numerous times.IP: Logged |
vansio
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posted September 12, 2022 09:39 AM
Your plant list is pornographic! I’m having green thumb envy over here; drooling at the novelty of a variety. The little garden where I live, without any effort, has brambles, and a overload of mint. We laid the cabbage scrap, that continued to grow in the compost, on top of some soil, and a stalk grew and flowered a meter tall before shriveling. IP: Logged |
Chanterelle
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posted September 13, 2022 09:37 AM
Variety is the most important thing, as far as I’m concerned— monocultures rarely occur in nature, outside of extreme or disturbed environments. The tomato and squash plants growing straight out of the compost pile are twice the size of any of the ones I planted on purpose. I’ve forgotten which beans I planted where — one patch got eaten by a tunneling critter— but I ought to find out soon.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted October 20, 2022 02:22 PM
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Randall
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posted December 01, 2022 02:37 PM
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Randall
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posted September 17, 2025 06:26 PM
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Randall
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posted September 27, 2025 04:51 PM
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Randall
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posted October 09, 2025 06:13 AM
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teasel
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posted October 09, 2025 07:34 AM
I grew one pumpkin in 2022, and last year I grew three. Nothing this year, though. I got everything into the ground too late, so it's been some tomatoes, a few zucchini, and one small kind of butternut squash, that might have been bigger if it had been planted in time. Since the cold weather is now hitting us, I might bury some seeds deep in the soil, and see if anything just comes up by itself next year. IP: Logged |
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