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For example, Gardener’s Delight tomato in the 1980s was a small, sweet cherry, whereas many ‘Gardener’s Delight’ seeds now grow larger and less sweet fruit, with tougher skins and paler colour.Probably because of that, the maintenance of OP varietal traits is being allowed to slip. However, OP seed production apparently earns less money than breeding F1 hybrids. It’s a reason why I appreciate companies like Bingenheimer, Sativa, Seed Co-op, Real Seeds, and Vital Seeds, who are conscientious in their seed production. Breeders need to maintain these OP varieties by selection of harvests to grow seeds from. “Open-pollinated” means normal/natural breeding has produced that variety of vegetable, and you can save seeds from it. Also they grow less strongly.ĭo complain to the seed company if this happens to you! And save your own seed where possible, because then you know it is fresh, as long as you harvest it correctly. Old ones germinate slowly and erratically. I often do the latter and am shocked at the variability of seed quality.Ĭomparing germination of the same vegetable, with seeds sourced from more than one supplier, reveals mainly the age of seeds. Often we blame ourselves, unless we have a comparison with another sowing made at the same time and with different seeds. Most of us suffer poor germination from one or more batch of seeds. And the french Ferme de Sainte Marthe (), organic seed producers with a lovely choice of seeds.” Variable germination

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Plus I have a suggestion from Daniela in France to mention Reinsaat (reinsaat.at), “quite similar to Bingenheimer seeds, they share some of the suppliers. Gardeners in Europeįor those on mainland Europe, I point you to Bingenheimer and Sativa as above. Time must be available at certain key moments.

Mostly it is difficult and skilful work to save good seed. See also my archived September 2008 blog, also October 2011 for saving seed of runner beans and Borlotti. See my July 2022 video about seed saving and storage, and this 2017 Saving Seed video. This ties in with how we need to save more seed, for our own security and success. Kings Seeds are sometimes good but with a few shockers such as the hopeless Seven Hills Brussels I grew in 2022. Of the main UK seed houses, my best results have come from Marshalls, mostly. The information you see is “ packeted year ending”! The seed may be older or younger, according to how much stock of old seed is carried by each operation. Check out Seaspring Seeds, see French beans below, and also worth a try is eBay!Īs I understand it, apart from Real Seeds, Tozers, Bingenheim, Franchi ( Seeds of Italy), Sativa Rheingau in Switzerland, and Seed Co-operative, most seed has similar origins in multinational seed houses. I have had good results with seed from Real Seeds and Tozers Seeds (commercial/large quantities only), and biodynamic growers Seed Co-operative (greenhouses in Lincs) and Bingenheim Saatgut, whose seeds are now available through The Seed Co-operative and Tamar Organics.

Updated February 2023 Seed sourcing and freshness Which seed variety to buy? These have worked for me, over several seasons.