Hi All,
A customer just called me that use to do farming. He confirmed my suspicion that seeds from Burpee, etc. are not what farmers use. They have their own supply chain. And they DO NOT put up with long yield crops and seeds that do not germinate. He said my suspicion was correct.
He said if I can find a farmer's supply or a farmers co-op, I could try to talk them out of a small quantity. Those will germinate.
:'(
-T
of course it is a different supply chain! farmers are planting seeds by the millions. often the seeds are coated and treated in various ways to work in specific equipment. the greenhouse business is also somewhat similar as they need guaranteed germination rates and special sizes for machines that plant in flats and such.
that or find your local seed banks or seed swaps and trade seeds with each other or use an online seed swap site like seed savers, etc.
i have enjoyed the two seed swaps i've done so far and hope to have more to attend in the future, i also give seeds to my local library seed swap library. i'm growing some new squash and onion seeds from them this year for a change.
songbird
I wrote myself a seeds note for next year;
Seed notes: Anaheim pepper seeds will grow, but they are a good six weeks behind those purchases from the green house at WalMart.
Tomatillo seeds will grow, but only about 1 in 10 germinate. So plant about 20 to a hole
Burpee's cucumber seeds 'cucumber-sweet-success-hybrid-51102A" will grow but only about 2 in 10 will germinate, so plant 10 per hole
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