Vegetable Garden - Seeds Question

[Junior314]

Figure this would be the appropriate place to ask this question.

Where do you guys source your seeds from? Planning on building a few raised vegetable garden beds this year. My in-laws work at a food processing plant so I got some 50 gallon drums I am planning to rig up to collect rain water and run slow drip lines into the garden.

Any tips or good sources to research from?

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Victory Seed Company

Offering a wide variety of modern and heirloom/open-pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds.

www.victoryseeds.com

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Or my local Agway has a good selection of seeds. My local farm store does, too.
If this is your first time gardening, think simple, don't take on too much, and stick to easy growing vegetables like squash, beans, leafy greens.

 

[Knob Creek]

Ocean State Job Lot has Burpee Seeds at a good discount. Was going there today until my wife went off on me about 'staying home, not going out, virus, virus virus....'

 

[Penniepup1]

I’ve always been a fan of Ferry-Moore seeds. Give your plants plenty of space to breathe and root.

 

[daveyburt]

Heirloom seeds allow you to let a couple plants go to seed, and those seeds will be viable for re-planting after drying. Hybrid seeds don't do this so well.

Also, look into square foot gardening - allows more dense plantings with a deep soil bed. Only trick is your garden location. As with any bed garden it should be evenly lit, so you can rotate plantings, as moving soil between raised beds is a bit of a chore.

 

[ioman2]

the last couple of years I've had really good luck with Urban Farmer.

 

[Cowgirlup]

Heirloom seeds allow you to let a couple plants go to seed, and those seeds will be viable for re-planting after drying. Hybrid seeds don't do this so well.

Also, look into square foot gardening - allows more dense plantings with a deep soil bed. Only trick is your garden location. As with any bed garden it should be evenly lit, so you can rotate plantings, as moving soil between raised beds is a bit of a chore.

I was doing the all organic seed thing for a few years. Some of them aren't as hardy obviously as hybrids. Now I mix a little especially if I really need the garden to produce food and not just be a hobby. I didn't have good success with Victory seeds. Baker Creek seeds have worked pretty well. Also our garden space is a challenge. It is in the shade by 4/4:30pm in the summer. No place else to put it here. Our house is between 2 hills.

 

[MFSP101]

Buying seeds on the internet is probably a lost cause right now. Ocean state has good deals on the same seeds everyone else has. Or support you local garden center. A couple of bucks for 20-30 or more seeds. Can’t really go wrong.

 

[Knob Creek]

Ocean State Job Lot has Burpee Seeds at a good discount. Was going there today until my wife went off on me about 'staying home, not going out, virus, virus virus....'

Update: I made a break for it and hit Ocean State.

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Update: I made a break for it and hit Ocean State.

Did they have any TP?

 

[Delkancott]

Baker creek seeds, johnnys seeds, high mowing Organics, fedco to name a few

 

[enbloc]

I’ve always been a fan of Ferry-Moore seeds. Give your plants plenty of space to breathe and root.

Same here, and I try to stay with heirloom varieties...

I might even try a few tobacco plants that are New England climate proven.

 

[Knob Creek]

Has anyone tried using supermarket dry beans like black beans or red and planting them?

 

[Uzi2]

I was doing the all organic seed thing for a few years. Some of them aren't as hardy obviously as hybrids. Now I mix a little especially if I really need the garden to produce food and not just be a hobby. I didn't have good success with Victory seeds. Baker Creek seeds have worked pretty well. Also our garden space is a challenge. It is in the shade by 4/4:30pm in the summer. No place else to put it here. Our house is between 2 hills.

If it gets 6-8 hours of direct or even lower angle sun it should be fine.

 

[Uzi2]

Has anyone tried using supermarket dry beans like black beans or red and planting them?

I have not, but it is possible to do. You need to test the viability of some of the beans first to see germination rate.

 

[enbloc]

Has anyone tried using supermarket dry beans like black beans or red and planting them?

Never tried supermarket beans, but found this:

"Only dry beans can germinate, so choose from those in the bulk dry bins or those that are bagged. Not all bean seeds from the grocery store are viable. Some may be too old to germinate well, while others are irradiated so they won't sprout." Dec 9, 2018

Try a sample of a dozen or so beans and see if they produce sprouts.

How To Sprout Black Beans


And you can eat your experiment!

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Last year I planted a dozen eggs and didn't get a single eggplant. Oh well. I guess I won't bother with the pussywillow seeds.