Showing posts with label seed order 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seed order 2015. Show all posts

Sunday, February 15, 2015

I ordered Hardy Kiwi, Luffa, Celery, Carrots

NAME: Kiwi Fruit seed

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Kiwifruit / Hardy Kiwi / Tara Vine / Yang Tao / Chinese Gooseberry / Chinese Strawberry
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Kiwi Actinidia
COLOR: White flowers & bright green flesh covered with a brown fuzzy skin
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Spring - Summer
HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 9
PLANT HEIGHT: 8 - 12 Foot Vine / Climber
PLANT SPACING: 10 - 12 Feet
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 100 Seeds
OTHER: The Kiwi Vine is fragrant and attracts bees, butterflies, and birds. It is said you can get up to 50 pounds of fruit per vine, so you will be able to share!

 NAME: Luffa (Sponge) Gourd

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Vegetable Sponge / Smooth Luffa / Sponge Luffa / Climbing Okra / Dishrag Gourd
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Luffa Cylindrica
COLOR: Green
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 60 Days
HARDINESS ZONE: N/A
PLANT HEIGHT: 48 - 72"
PLANT SPACING: 5 - 6'
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 25 Seeds
OTHER: The Luffa Gourd is an open pollinated variety. You just allow the gourd to dry & peel off the skin to reveal the sponge. How cool is that?

 NAME: Tall Utah Celery

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Apium Graveolens var. Dulce
COLOR: Green
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 120 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 9 - 12"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 1000 Seeds
OTHER: This is the same string-free variety of celery that is found in food markets. It produces thick stalks with a rich nutty flavor.  Open-Pollinated

Long, crisp stalks with unbeatable flavor. Once you’ve tasted organic celery grown at home, you will never go back to store-bought. Tall Utah produces large plants with compact hearts. Long, crisp, medium-dark green stalks. Best for late summer crops. 12” stalks • 30” tall. (Apium graveolens)
Days to maturity: 100 days
NAME: Riverside Sweet Yellow Spanish Onion
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allium Cepa
COLOR: Yellow
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 115 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 12 - 18"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 500 Seeds
OTHER: Just like the name says, these extra large globe shaped onions are sweet & mild

NAME: Atomic Red Carrot

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Daucus Carota

COLOR: Red
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 70 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 6"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 400 Seeds
OTHER: These fun brightly colored carrots measure 6-7” long and are crunchy, juicy, & sweet. Kids love them, and you can add a lot of great color to your garden dishes.

NAME: Cosmic Purple Carrot
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Daucus Carota
COLOR: Purple Skin / Orange Flesh
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 65 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 12"
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 6"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 400 Seeds
OTHER: These fun brightly colored carrots measure 6-7” long and are spicy & sweet. Kids love them, and you can add a lot of great color to your garden dishes.

NAME: Solar Yellow Carrot
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Daucus Carota
COLOR: Yellow
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 60 - 75 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 6"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 300 Seeds
OTHER: These heirloom carrots measure 6-7” long and are mild. Kids love them, and you can add a lot of great color to your garden dishes.

 NAME: Lunar White Carrot
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Daucus Carota
COLOR: White
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
HARVEST: 60 - 75 Days
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 6"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 300 Seeds
OTHER: These heirloom carrots measure 6-7” long and are mild. Kids love them, and you can add a lot of great color to your garden dishes

Ordered Feb 12, 2015 
Already recieved 
 White Sage seeds, salvia apiana

Oct 2014 Potato seed and tomato order received
 1 x Diamond Toro
1 x Blue Doll
1 x Anna's Gold
1 x Physalis peruviana
1 x Muru
1 x Skagit Valley Gold
1 x Shadow Boxing (dwarf)
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Tomato seed order recieved Dec 2014
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I ordered peanuts and popcorn today!

PEANUTS * VIRGINIA JUMBO * Arachis hypocaea * HUGE FLAVORFUL * SEEDS 

Common Name(s): Peanut
Botanical Name: Arachis hypocaea
Cultivar: Virginia Jumbo

Type: Vegetable
Days to Harvest: 120
Light: Full sun
Water: Moderate
Height: 18 to 24 inches
Spread: 4 to 6 inches
Row Spacing: 30 inches
Packet Weight: 10 g.
Seeds per packet:  About 10*  

Description:  Plants produce hefty shells containing 2 to 3 very large peanuts, about double the size of an average peanut.  These peanuts are full of flavor and great roasted or boiled.  Virginia Jumbo is a bush-type plant which requires a reasonably long growing season and loose soil for best performance.  This South American native performs well in hot climates and is also well suited to container gardens. 

*TREATED SEED* This seed is not intended to be used for food, feed or oil purposes, Seed has been treated with Azoxystrobin, Fluidioxonil, and Mefenoxam to prevent fungi contamination and reduce the potential for common peanut plant diseases.  NOT intended for consumption.


Culture:  Plants perform best in a well-tilled soil with good drainage that has been amended with some organic material.  Does not perform well in heavy or clay soils.

Germination requirements:  Sow direct to the garden in spring or indoors 6-8 weeks prior in areas with shorter growing seasons.


PEANUTS * CARWILE'S VIRGINIA * Arachis hypocaea * HEIRLOOM * SEEDS

Common Name(s): Peanut

Botanical Name: Arachis hypocaea

Cultivar: Carwile's Virginia

Type: Vegetable
Days to Harvest: 110
Light: Full sun
Water: Moderate
Height: 18 to 24 inches
Spread: 4 to 6 inches
Row Spacing: 30 inches
Packet Weight: 10 g.
Seeds per packet:  About 12-15  

Description:  This heirloom peanut selection was named for grower Frank Carwile who grew this selection in southwest Virginia since 1910.  Shells contain 3 to 4 peanuts with red skins and outstanding flavor; great roasted, fried or boiled.  Plants have average disease resistance but  excellent resistance to drought.

Culture:  Plants perform best in a well-tilled soil with good drainage that has been amended with some organic material.  Does not perform well in heavy or clay soils.

Germination requirements:  Sow direct to the garden after danger of frost has passed in spring or indoors 6-8 weeks prior to last spring frost date in areas with shorter growing seasons.
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Details about  POPCORN * PENNSYLVANIA BUTTER FLAVORED * Zea mays *100% ORGANIC* SEEDS

Common Name(s): Popcorn

Botanical Name: Zea mays

Cultivar: Pennsylvania Butter-Flavored  *Organically Grown*

Type: Vegetable
Days to Harvest: 102
Light: Full sun
Water: Moderate
Height: 6-8 feet
Spread: 14 inches
Packet Weight: 4.0 g.
Seeds per packet:  About 30


Description:  Plants produce tall stalks and white-kernel ears each with 26-28 rows of kernels.  Slightly tapered ears grow 4-6 inches in length.  Kernels have superior flavor to commercial varieties with great texture and a buttery flavor.  This heirloom variety is named for the  Pennsylvania Dutch who cultivated it since prior to 1885.

Culture:  Plants perform best in a well-tilled soil with good drainage that has been amended with some organic material.  Corn requires full sun and moderately moist soil for best production. 

Germination requirements:  Sow direct to a prepared bed in spring
This is notes about the seed I ordered. So I can refer back to it.  

 Seed order received in Nov 2014 all .99c
80+ Rainbow Swiss Chard Seeds
Vibrant Rainbow colored  red, yellow, orange, white, and pink stems that merge into dark green leaves. Slow to bolt You can use them to make sprouts.



250+ Tropeana Lunga Onion Seeds *RARE*
Item# 96



100+ Golden Detroit Beet Seeds
Item# 97



200+ Purple Orach Seeds
Item# 101



10+ Cherry Rose Nasturtium Seeds
Item# 102



150+ Giant Noble Spinach Seeds
Item# 110



8+ Pink Banana Squash Seeds (Winter)
Item# 108



700+ Danvers 126 Carrot Seeds
Item# 114



150+ Corn Salad (Mache) Seeds
Item# 125



250+ Tokyo Long Bunching Onion Seeds *Perennial*
Item# 36



650+ Tendersweet Carrot Seeds
Item# 42



250+ Mizuna Red Streaks Mustard Seeds
Heirloom 30 day maturity.
Culinary herb that has great leaves for salads, grows up to 36 inches tall. Mustard seeds can also be used as a spice or can be ground to make condiments. Dandelion-type leave. It can be gradually harvested or the whole plant at once. This was once only used as a garnish, but now is making headlines for its nutrient packed leaves



400+ French Breakfast Radish Seeds
Item# 64



300+ Hailstone Radish Seeds
Item# 65



20+ Black Beauty Zucchini Summer Squash Seeds
Item# 25



200+ Leisure Splits Cilantro Seeds
Item# 77



50+ Lemon Cucumber Seeds
Item# 23