[Bert]

It is getting very close to seed sowing time  .
I noticed somewhere on this forum that it is best to buy new parsnip seeds every year. I would like to know what other seeds would you replace every year ?

[Rosemary]

My father-in-law is champing at the bit 

[Fleecewife]

My father-in-law is champing at the bit 

Me too 


I think parsnips are it, aren't they?  Other seed types decrease in their germination success year by year, so I don't use ancient seed, but what I do buy new depends on if I have any seed left over from last year.  Some things such as tomatoes and cucumbers have so few seeds per packet that I have no choice but to buy them fresh, although tomatoes in particular would last for several years. 
This year my veg seed order is short, but I seem to have added quite a few flowers.  The most expensive things are tatties, onion sets and shallot sets (which seem really expensive for just 20 sets     Still, I like shallots )

[Rosemary]

We always seem to get sucked in by the blandishments of the seed catalogues 

The plan this year is to sell enough at the gate to pay for seeds, seed potatoes and sets.

[Carse Goodlifers]

It may be obvious to some but to the less obvious - if you buy seeds and they are classed as a 'hybrid variety'.
Tomato varieties, 'Sweet Million' and 'Golden Cherry' are classed as F1 Hybrids. 
If you keep any seed from the fruit in 2014 over into 2015 and sow it you will not get what you sowed this year - they revert back to the parent plant traits.

Some fancy flower seeds are hybrids, some sweetcorn varieties too.

[little blue]

I would like to know what other seeds would you replace every year ?

Small ones!

IE things like beans can "last" longer, they are big enough that the "energy" they store for first growth kind of keeps.
Anything small -  parsnips, carrots, grasses, etc just deteriorate faster, so better to buy fresh

hth

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm saving toilet roll tubes to plant my beans in. 

[Greenerlife]

Exciting!


I thought you had to buy carrot seed in every year, but I did sow some ancient seed last year - some grew but not many, but better than throwing them out!

[Small Plot Big Ideas]

I'm saving toilet roll tubes to plant my beans in. 

Me too... although I'm a little surprised at how many I've got now. I don't remember going to the loo that many times in the last couple of months!

[Greenerlife]

I'm saving toilet roll tubes to plant my beans in. 

Me too... although I'm a little surprised at how many I've got now. I don't remember going to the loo that many times in the last couple of months!

I collect toilet roll tubes all year - I couldn't plant as many beans!   

[Carse Goodlifers]

Loo rolls are also good for sweet peas and also sunflowers.
The latter not liking a lot of root disturbance.

[Bert]

I'm saving toilet roll tubes to plant my beans in. 

I keep forgetting 

The plan this year is to sell enough at the gate to pay for seeds, seed potatoes and sets.

That's my plan as well  . Sold a few plants last year.
Been doing a bit of work on my barrow today. Just got to put the handle on the top when it's had a couple more coats of varnish.



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It looks a bit like a cage because of all the red deer, fallow deer and free range sheep we have round here
Please pay close attention to the money box . The other half made it and he is very proud of it . Don't tell him but I think it's pretty good to .

[little blue]

that is so cool!

[Lesley Silvester]

I like that, Bert, and the money box is great. You should tell him. He might make more things then.

I'm saving toilet roll tubes to plant my beans in. 

Me too... although I'm a little surprised at how many I've got now. I don't remember going to the loo that many times in the last couple of months!

It's probably the excitement getting to you.   

[Carse Goodlifers]

Berts Barrow is Brill 
I love it - well done you.