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Seed Savers Exchange
www.seedsavers.org
Description: Farm, and collector and retailer of heirloom seeds.
Category:
Farmers Markets & CSAs
Keywords:
heirloom, rare seeds, vegetable, flower, plant
Reviews of Seed Savers Exchange
A good source for heirloom seeds and plants
Seed Savers offers a good variety of heirloom seeds and you can even buy plants, though the shipping cost makes them a bit expensive. If you become a member you can exchange seeds with members across the country. Last year I bought tomato plants and basil seeds from them. The tomatoes were great and the basil was also good. If you are having trouble finding heirloom plants locally then this is a great alternative.
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the best place for seeds
If I could give this place 100 stars, I would. I purchased a handful of varieties of heirloom flower and vegetable seeds from them this year, and I can't wait to reap the benefit of this. The organization is fabulous - they are doing the very important work of keeping heirloom varieties from going extinct. And nothing beats an heirloom tomato fresh off the vine in the summer. And their farm is beautiful. And they care about the environment! I love supporting businesses like this.
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User Comments:
Jenn A. says:
That's a great website! Have you had a chance to try to collect your tomato seeds yet? I kinda went out of control on the TomatoFest website and have 18 varieties of heirloom tomatoes this year - I'm looking forward... more »
Kathy K. says:
What I did was bury some of the ripe tomatoes from last year's crop. I'm waiting to see if they come up on their own. We usually get lots of volunteer tomato plants so this is an experiment to see if I can select what... more »
Jenn A. says:
That's a cool idea -- I have had volunteer plants show up in different areas but never tried just burying tomatoes. I read that you have to just let the seeds and pulp ferment for a week or so (outdoors) and then... more »