2008 Growing Season Seed List




Old Seeds (2007 season)

Spring Crops:
Snow peas – 1/2 lb
Shell peas – 1/2 lb
Beets – Early wonder, about 1/2 pound, opened. Buy golden beet seed.
Broccoli rabe – enough to try again this year, not going to buy any more.
Cabbage – 1 minipack each early and late season green, some red seed left – start in coldframes OUTSIDE. Don’t use row cover plus landscape fabric – just one or the other
Broccoli – 1 minipack, enough to try it again, start in coldframe
Cauliflower - 1 minipack, enough to try it again, start in coldframe
Brussel Sprouts – 1 mini-pack, enough to grow for family. (mature too late for market)
Kale – 1 oz. Lacinato kale seed – plenty, but order another variety – redbor and curly, make sure to dust with bT every two weeks, baby kale was a hit too.
Spinach – 3 packs – start very early and cover! (maybe as part of mesclun mix)
Arugala – plant by itself for mesclun mix and let grow a bit larger to bundle separately.
Mizuna - plant by itself for mesclun mix
Mild Mesclun Mix – 1/2 oz. Use, but make sure to pull out mizuna so it doesn’t crowd out anything else.
Purple Looseleaf – 3 packs. Need green looseleaf
Leeks – grow for us, keep weeded! Direct seed!
Scallions – put in EVERY week from agway sets and establish perennial bunching onion bed(s) this year.
Radishes – cherry belle and d’avignon or french breakfast – don’t bother with seed tape – make sure to buy enough for the whole season Try forcing in boxes.
Carrots - three color varieties, till well, keep weeded. Try forcing in boxes.
Nasturtiums – start early so they can go in first bags of mesclun mix! Grow in front garden, don’t fertilize, set out April 25th
Violas – liberally sow in March so they can self seed in front garden for mesclun mix!
Potato sets – three colors, agway, even more mulch this year, make sure to plant fall crop.
Make sure oyster mushrooms are ready to go for mid-May!

Summer Crops:
Cukes – need them – good slicers.
Tomatoes – order a heavily ribbed variety, red zebra, start in cold frame.
- Sweet Million
- Dave’s grape tomatoes
- Beefsteak
- Brandywine
- Wisconsin 55
- Rutgers
- Barbeque Hybrid
- Large orange/red striped
Charentais Melon
Mini watermelon – plant melons once winter squash comes up and goes into storage
Sweet Thai basil – 1 pack
Sweet Basil – 1 pack
Bell Peppers – set out in landscape fabric
Sweet Basil – Red Rubin
Dill – 1 pack
Cilantro – 1 pack (lots will self seed next year – watch for it!)
Parsley – 2 pack
Snap beans – royal purple burgundy 1/2 lb
- yellow wax 1/2 lb
- need jade

Fall Crops
Acorn squash – a few seeds (table ace)
Sweet Dumpling – 1 pack
Snack Jack – pumpkins
Order more varieties winter squash, figure out storage issues.

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Posted: Sun - January 13, 2008 at 08:58 PM        

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