Productive Seed-Saved Varieties

[digitS']

I originally got my Thessaloniki seed from the farmers' market -- bought 2 tomatoes! You can also save seed on a visit to a friend's tomato patch. Eat the tomato, allow juice and seeds to accumulate on the front of shirt, go home and pick the seeds off the shirt . . .

Totally Tomatoes and Tomato Growers Supply have been sources for quite a few tomatoes. Jeff Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes was where I got the Mr. Stripey (Tigerella) seed. He is Calgary, Alberta.

BTW - I have long admired and made use of Victory Seeds online information. I'm embarrassed to admit that I still haven't ordered anything from them :/.

Steve

 

[journey11]

I really enjoyed looking through the PDF catalog for Casey's heirloom tomatoes. The really detailed descriptions and nice photos made my mouth water!

 

[digitS']

I was out sampling the Anaheim peppers today. I decided to break with earlier choices this year and try something new -- then, my seed order for Anaheims failed . . !

So, I went down to the garden center and bought a pack of Joe E. Parker peppers! Then, I decided to check on what the free packet of pepper seeds I got a year or so ago was. Turned out that "Cardon Hybrid" is an Anaheim. Grew them side by side.

I will say this: The hybrid Anaheim, row foot by row foot, has more peppers but several of the Joe Parkers are just as loaded. The Joe Parkers are tasty, tender and very mild and the Cardons are tasty, tender and very mild.

Hot peppers: each year I grow Jalapeno M. This is the standard jalapeno, I suspect. They may well be grown by the acre, where they are grown commercially. There's nothing at all wrong with these open-pollinated peppers.

Peppers readily cross so you would have to keep them away from each other if you save seed. I have experience with the mess they can make of themselves otherwise . . :/

Also, in the winter squash patch, my most successful winter squash year-after-year is Burgess Buttercup. I try others out of curiousity each year but I've grown this OP buttercup for a good 10 years, consistently.

Squash cross but this is a Cucurbita maxima so it may cross with your Hubbards but, at least, it won't cross with your zucchini or Jack o'Lantern pumpkins. Darn good as a pumpkin pie ingredient, too !

Steve

 

[obsessed]

I have never tried to saved seed. Well I take that back I think and half way attempt it but never do. I have some tithonia that I really want to try and save this year as it is such a pretty plant and low mantance.

I am thinking of saving seed from what I thought was a serrano pepper. But then it turned orange instead of read so I have no idea what it is. It could be one of the thai peppers I grew but I thought those were all acounted for. Any I was thinking of saving it cause I like it. Taste good good heat. and pretty.