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Post by wilbarra on Feb 11, 2018 10:23:18 GMT
the real seed co was mentioned by stuart in his piece" a new growing year" i would urge anyone who still have not ordered their seeds yet to have a look on their website and give them a try. as he said they offer all open pollinated varities and over the years have been responsible for saving many an old variety from extinction and also reintroducing other varities. they are completly genuine in what they claim they are about. they prove that by giving instructions on how to save your own seed when sending you the seed one orders profit is not on the agenda with them they were also at the forefront of the campaign to stop the e.u. imposing a thirty thousand pound tariff on British seed firms every time they introduced a new variety or reintroduced an old one. so i would urge people to give them a try and support them in what they have set out to do. as i say they are completely genuine of what they are about
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Post by Stuart@AmericaLane on Feb 12, 2018 19:15:24 GMT
yep second all that and if you need another reason I'd add that I've found the germination very reliable and the resulting plants very strong. A lot of the justification for modern hybrids is increased plant vigour and maybe in the tests seed companies do under controlled conditions that is true. But my experience is heritage varieties seem to be stronger out in the 'field' so to say. The Cherokee for example were healthy and prolific, more so than I've had with modern runner beans for example. The modern ones seem a lot more vulnerable especially as young plants until they get established. If one were cynical one might say the seed companies favour the hybrids as it ties you in to buying new seed every year. And expensive seed at that.
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bridgey
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Post by bridgey on Feb 25, 2018 18:21:35 GMT
Have a notion that the couple who run the real seed company Have local connections.
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