[Market-farming] Favorite seed co
Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland
rootsfarm at cwdom.dm
Thu Jul 24 10:43:50 EDT 2008
I also use many of the seed houses mentioned, with highest praise
for/trust in Johnny's. I use Pinetree for small quantities to
experiment with, but also Nichols, Territorial, Southern Exposure Seed
Exchange, Tomato Growers and more. I used Gourmet Seed International
for the first time this year as have been pleased so far. I try
nowadays to stay clear of the Totally Tomatoes/Vermont Bean collection
of companies as their response time is so slow, even though I appreciate
many of their varieties. I also use Evergreen Seed heavily (we have a
growing Asian customer base) but am troubled that I cannot get them to
identify which seeds are treated or may even be GMO. I have asked a
number of times with my orders to send only untreated/nonGMO seed and
have also separately contacted them twice (by email as it seems to be
only way), but they still sent treated seed and never addressed the
issue at all. (They do respond to email complaints re package mislabels
and poor/zero germination -- not common, but not rare either.) I hate
to give up the varietal choices they offer, but cannot afford to keep
paying for seed we can't use because of treatment and/or the possibility
that I could be vector for introducing some GMO horror story to this
beautiful, natural island.
Best wishes to all,
Karen
Karen Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm at cwdom.dm <mailto:rootsfarm at marpin.dm>
Pat Meadows wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:16:57 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>> I like Jordan Seeds and also Comstock Ferre & Co.
>>
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>
> I also like Comstock and Ferre's seeds and I especially like their prices.
> I like lots of the seed houses already mentioned here too, of course.
>
> Another favorite of mine - that I don't think has been mentioned in this
> thread - is EvergreenSeeds. Terrific selection of Asian seeds. I've been
> buying seeds from them for at least 20 years, and have never been
> disappointed; plus they give quite a few seeds.
>
> www.evergreenseeds.com
>
> I also especially like Seeds from Italy. www.growitalian.com
>
> Bill What's-'s-name (the owner) imports Franchi Sementi seeds from Italy
> and sells them on, still sealed in their nice heavy-duty foil-packets.
> These are LARGE packets, much larger amounts of seeds than most Americans
> sell. He has a very good selection of Italian vegetables, salad stuffs,
> and herbs.
>
> Pat
>
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