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Thread: Where Do You Buy Your Seeds?
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Mon, Jul 9th, 2012, 05:24 PM #1
Where do you buy seeds for your garden? What are your favourite seed companies?
I tend to buy my seeds online. I love heirloom seeds! My favorite businesses (all Canadian) are:
Heritage Harvest Seeds:
http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/
Salt Spring Seeds:
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/
The Cottage Gardener:
http://cottagegardener.com/
Annapolis Seeds:
http://www.annapolisseeds.com/
I have had great experiences ordering from all of these companies. Heritage Harvest stands out a bit because they have always included a free packet of seeds with my orders. (I received one with my order today!)Salt Spring Seeds stands out because of their friendly customer service, the excellent selection of medicinal herbs, and a page devoted to 1/2 price seeds.
Though I have never ordered from this (American) business, their online downloadable catalog is sheer eye candy to look at!
http://www.seedsavers.org/CatalogRequest.aspx
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Mon, Jul 9th, 2012, 10:09 PM #2
When I was growing my own annuals I always ordered from Stokes. I had a lot of luck with them. Never got a bad batch.
http://www.stokeseeds.com/
We also grow sprouts and order from Mums Seeds.
http://www.sprouting.com/Last edited by Patty Smyth; Mon, Jul 9th, 2012 at 10:11 PM.
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Mon, Jul 9th, 2012, 10:36 PM #3
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Tue, Jul 10th, 2012, 08:13 AM #4
They even sell some of Mumms seeds in Marche Tau here, I was surprised to see them in stores. We buy broccolli, fenugreek, sunflower, alfalfa, quinoi, chick peas and a few others, mostly online though.
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Tue, Jul 10th, 2012, 01:12 PM #5
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cool! great info. I never thought to order seeds online, I just buy them at those little stands in the hardware stores. I didn't have the greatest luck this year finding what I wanted, so I think I'll try the online thing next year!
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Tue, Jul 10th, 2012, 02:48 PM #6
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Thu, Jul 12th, 2012, 03:58 PM #7
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I was looking for very specific heirloom squashes, melon and malabar spinach this year, so I bought them from ebay
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Tue, Jul 17th, 2012, 06:34 AM #8
I got some seeds from Stokes. Most of them sprouted fine, I had bad luck with a couple packets. I figured it was my own bad luck or mistake, and I wouldn't normally have complained... But they sent me an email asking for feedback, so in their survey I told them I had bad luck with a couple packets, they sent me new ones right away free of charge. I highly recommend them
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Mon, Jul 23rd, 2012, 02:59 AM #9
I often bought on http://www.stokeseeds.com/ I love it
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Sat, Sep 15th, 2012, 10:46 AM #10
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I have used Stokes in the past but for the past year or so I have been buying from T&T seeds in Winnipeg. Great service and quality. I have a huge garden, no complaints!
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Mon, Oct 22nd, 2012, 10:32 AM #11
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I picked up some Canna seeds from plants in a public park (don't know if it's technically allowed, but i didn't damage plants), and next season I'm gonna test the process described here: http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/gr...from-seed.html
Looks easy enough.
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Thu, Nov 8th, 2012, 04:07 AM #12
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Mon, Nov 12th, 2012, 07:36 AM #13
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I've always used Stokes, never had any problems. I'll have to look into some of the others you guys have mentioned! I'm always looking for new varieties
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Sun, Dec 16th, 2012, 05:35 PM #15
Annapolis Seeds (an heirloom seed business in Nova Scotia) is now set up so you can order online using PayPal. Yaaayy!
http://www.annapolisseeds.com/
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