I Can't Resist Buying More Seeds, Can You?

Keiththibodeaux · August 2, 2011

Well, I went down the local hardware/seed store and made the mistake of looking at the seed rack. Now, the last thing I need, like a hole in my head, is more tomato seeds, but there they were looking at me, only $1.49 a pack from Livingston Seed Co., and all labeled Heirloom. I told myself heck no, you are not buying another seed, don't even think about.

So later, when I got home, I got to looking at the tomato seeds I just bought.

Yellow Pear
Marglobe
Ace 55
Abe Lincoln
Charlie Chaplan
Amana Orange

Anybody else out there with this affliction?

Keith

cornbreadlouie · August 2, 2011

I'm always writing down the names of tomatoes & peppers that I see online in hopes of growing them next year. So many interesting varieties.

And even though I'm new here, when I see a seed offer for something that looks awesome, I can't help but send a SASE.

I'm basically on my way to ending up with thousands upon thousands of seeds though I'm pretty interested in learning some genetics and experimenting with my own strains & whatnot.

lurley · August 2, 2011

I'd say no, but if you saw my credit card statement, you'd know it was a lie!

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kpatrick925 · August 2, 2011

hmm, just got done purchasing way too many pepper seeds and already looking at what kind of tomatoes I want to plant next year and realizing I don't have those seeds yet!!

Boutique Tomatoes · August 2, 2011

I've been avoiding buying more vegetable seeds, but some of the local shops had a 40% off sale on remaining seeds so I did buy 15 or 20 packages of flower seeds for next year.

I do have my tomato/pepper/eggplant/garlic lists ready though, and today I have sent a few emails about some of the more hard to find pepper varieties I'm after that were sold out/unavailable this year.

Elizabeth · August 2, 2011

Oh yeah - I am also afflicted with this compulsion

Currently I have seeds for about 6x as many varieties as I have space to grow each year in the main garden so I'm trying to figure out new ways to branch out of the raised beds. I have just added self watering planters to all 3 of my balconies, and have tomatoes in all of them. I have more in decorative pots around the patio...I'm always looking for more spots...and for more and more and more seeds

This year I'm growing fall tomatoes - my first go at it - and that is enabling me to grow more varieties in a year. Of course I had to buy seeds for varieties that are more cold tolerant. I'm thinking about getting some of the dwarf ones for smaller patio pots, but I will need more seeds, it's kinda a vicious circle LOL

kpatrick925 · August 2, 2011

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Oh yeah - I am also afflicted with this compulsion

Currently I have seeds for about 6x as many varieties as I have space to grow each year in the main garden so I'm trying to figure out new ways to branch out of the raised beds. I have just added self watering planters to all 3 of my balconies, and have tomatoes in all of them. I have more in decorative pots around the patio...I'm always looking for more spots...and for more and more and more seeds

This year I'm growing fall tomatoes - my first go at it - and that is enabling me to grow more varieties in a year. Of course I had to buy seeds for varieties that are more cold tolerant. I'm thinking about getting some of the dwarf ones for smaller patio pots, but I will need more seeds, it's kinda a vicious circle LOL

If you don't mind me asking, what kinds of tomatoes are you growing for the fall?

BigBrownDogHouse · August 2, 2011

I have way too many varieties now than I have room to grow them.
I somehow managed about 46 kinds this year. I probably have seeds for about 46 more types I didn't grow.

We've just started picking fruit the past couple of weeks from a few of our plants that are smaller varieties....bigger tomatoes haven't turned yet so the jury is still out on what to grow again next year.

HOWEVER, I have been visiting seeds sites steadily for the last month looking at varieties for next year.
I really have to cool it and see what we like this year. I never thought I was going to become so addicted to growing maters!
There's just so many different kinds I want to grow and I cannot help putting my lists together.

Next year, I will still have the same amount of space but will have double the amount of varieties to grow.

starsevol · August 2, 2011

I have room for maybe 10 tomato plants....and right now I have at least 20 varieties of seed I want to try!
And there are so many more I want!

Sun City Linda · August 2, 2011

True story of a seed addicts dream: Last year at the local nursery they were giving away seeds FOR FREE! No purchase required, no limit, just take as many as you want, paleeeze! So I have lots of Rutgers seed waiting for me now, as well as some determinate San Marzanos and more!

Linda

Keiththibodeaux · August 2, 2011

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Originally Posted by Sun City Linda

True story of a seed addicts dream: Last year at the local nursery they were giving away seeds FOR FREE! No purchase required, no limit, just take as many as you want, paleeeze! So I have lots of Rutgers seed waiting for me now, as well as some determinate San Marzanos and more!

Linda

I had a similar experience in 2004. A friend's father was the person who cleaned out last year's seeds from the seed racks in the big stores, to replace with the current year's lot. I got an office paper box full of every kind of vegetable and flower seed there is from him. I am still sprouting those seeds. Tomato and peppers are still 75% germination.

Elizabeth · August 2, 2011

It's an experiment so I'm not sure how they will work, but I started these under lights last week for fall tomatoes. I'm in coastal southern California so we almost never get frost, but it does get cool so I picked varieties I thought may do well. I was also going for a mix of colors, sizes and det/ind.

Most of these varieties are new to me. I have planted Long Keeper before. That and Ruby Treasure are my backups - they are keeper types.

I got started a couple weeks later than I intended, but it stays warm here until the beginning of November so it should be ok.

Azoychka
Black Prince
Blondkopfchen
Carmello
Glacier
Gold Dust
June Pink
Kimberly
Longkeeper
Ruby Treasure
Sasha Altai
Siberian
Stupice
Sunset's Red Horizon
Zarnitsa

I hope it works - it would be great if I could have fresh tomatoes into early winter, and keepers beyond that.

I am still testing varieties for my location. I've only been gardening here for a few years but this our permanent house so it's worth the cost in trying out new varieties - we lived in the hot San Diego foothills for years and what did well there doesn't work the same here by the foggy coast.

kpatrick925 · August 2, 2011

Wow, impressive list. I am in norcal and very close to the water so we get the cool weather in the winter as well as not freezing. I have been tossing the idea around whether or not to do a sort of green house. I too would love to have tomatoes and peppers all year. This is my second year growing tomatoes (bought our 1st house two years ago) and the first thing I did was a garden. This year I built several earthtainers and have some in ground but total 20 plants with maybe 14 varieties as I am trying to figure out what I like and what cans the best. I hope to increase my tomatoes to at least 30 plants next year but would love to grow fresh all year.

Zana · August 2, 2011

I have "room" for about 20-30 varieties in the current set up on the driveway...depending upon whether they're all large vining types or dwarfs or peppers...or something else entirely. And I've got seeds for over 500 different varieties of tomatoes...about 35 different peppers (at a guess)...and about close to 75 other veggies and about 60 different herbs. The herbs, lettuces and compact bush types I grow on the rear deck - limiting to about 20 pots of varying sizes. Quite a difference from the days where I could have upwards of 150 different containers/pots at my Dad's place.

And yeah...I'm still looking at what I want to buy. I created a wish list at Tatiana's and had to stop when I got well over $500 without even looking at the bottom line. Amazing how fast that can happen...lol. But I shall put in an order, if you're reading this Tania...I just have to figure out which are more of the priority to try first. God knows I have more than enough already that I haven't grown yet.

Sheeeeesh...can we say strange addictions/obsessions? Guess it could be worse. At least this is legal...sighhhh.

Sun City Linda · August 2, 2011

Hey maybe we could all get on TV on that new show about strange addictions. Maybe we could get enough money to buy MORE seeds lol

LInda

August 2, 2011	#1
Keiththibodeaux Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 587	I Can't Resist Buying More Seeds, Can You? Well, I went down the local hardware/seed store and made the mistake of looking at the seed rack. Now, the last thing I need, like a hole in my head, is more tomato seeds, but there they were looking at me, only $1.49 a pack from Livingston Seed Co., and all labeled Heirloom. I told myself heck no, you are not buying another seed, don't even think about. So later, when I got home, I got to looking at the tomato seeds I just bought. Yellow Pear Marglobe Ace 55 Abe Lincoln Charlie Chaplan Amana Orange Anybody else out there with this affliction? Keith

August 2, 2011	#2
cornbreadlouie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: SF bay area... north bay Posts: 242	I'm always writing down the names of tomatoes & peppers that I see online in hopes of growing them next year. So many interesting varieties. And even though I'm new here, when I see a seed offer for something that looks awesome, I can't help but send a SASE. I'm basically on my way to ending up with thousands upon thousands of seeds though I'm pretty interested in learning some genetics and experimenting with my own strains & whatnot. __________________ Do You Like Worms?

August 2, 2011	#6
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	Oh yeah - I am also afflicted with this compulsion Currently I have seeds for about 6x as many varieties as I have space to grow each year in the main garden so I'm trying to figure out new ways to branch out of the raised beds. I have just added self watering planters to all 3 of my balconies, and have tomatoes in all of them. I have more in decorative pots around the patio...I'm always looking for more spots...and for more and more and more seeds This year I'm growing fall tomatoes - my first go at it - and that is enabling me to grow more varieties in a year. Of course I had to buy seeds for varieties that are more cold tolerant. I'm thinking about getting some of the dwarf ones for smaller patio pots, but I will need more seeds, it's kinda a vicious circle LOL __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

August 2, 2011	#8
BigBrownDogHouse Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern Illinois ZONE 5a...wait now 5b Posts: 906	I have way too many varieties now than I have room to grow them. I somehow managed about 46 kinds this year. I probably have seeds for about 46 more types I didn't grow. We've just started picking fruit the past couple of weeks from a few of our plants that are smaller varieties....bigger tomatoes haven't turned yet so the jury is still out on what to grow again next year. HOWEVER, I have been visiting seeds sites steadily for the last month looking at varieties for next year. I really have to cool it and see what we like this year. I never thought I was going to become so addicted to growing maters! There's just so many different kinds I want to grow and I cannot help putting my lists together. Next year, I will still have the same amount of space but will have double the amount of varieties to grow. __________________ Brian

August 2, 2011	#12
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	It's an experiment so I'm not sure how they will work, but I started these under lights last week for fall tomatoes. I'm in coastal southern California so we almost never get frost, but it does get cool so I picked varieties I thought may do well. I was also going for a mix of colors, sizes and det/ind. Most of these varieties are new to me. I have planted Long Keeper before. That and Ruby Treasure are my backups - they are keeper types. I got started a couple weeks later than I intended, but it stays warm here until the beginning of November so it should be ok. Azoychka Black Prince Blondkopfchen Carmello Glacier Gold Dust June Pink Kimberly Longkeeper Ruby Treasure Sasha Altai Siberian Stupice Sunset's Red Horizon Zarnitsa I hope it works - it would be great if I could have fresh tomatoes into early winter, and keepers beyond that. I am still testing varieties for my location. I've only been gardening here for a few years but this our permanent house so it's worth the cost in trying out new varieties - we lived in the hot San Diego foothills for years and what did well there doesn't work the same here by the foggy coast. __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

August 2, 2011	#3
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	I'd say no, but if you saw my credit card statement, you'd know it was a lie! Sent from my X10a using Tapatalk

August 2, 2011	#4
kpatrick925 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Lorenzo, CA Posts: 112	hmm, just got done purchasing way too many pepper seeds and already looking at what kind of tomatoes I want to plant next year and realizing I don't have those seeds yet!!

August 2, 2011	#5
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	I've been avoiding buying more vegetable seeds, but some of the local shops had a 40% off sale on remaining seeds so I did buy 15 or 20 packages of flower seeds for next year. I do have my tomato/pepper/eggplant/garlic lists ready though, and today I have sent a few emails about some of the more hard to find pepper varieties I'm after that were sold out/unavailable this year.

August 2, 2011	#9
starsevol Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 27	I have room for maybe 10 tomato plants....and right now I have at least 20 varieties of seed I want to try! And there are so many more I want!

August 2, 2011	#10
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	True story of a seed addicts dream: Last year at the local nursery they were giving away seeds FOR FREE! No purchase required, no limit, just take as many as you want, paleeeze! So I have lots of Rutgers seed waiting for me now, as well as some determinate San Marzanos and more! Linda

August 2, 2011	#14
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	I have "room" for about 20-30 varieties in the current set up on the driveway...depending upon whether they're all large vining types or dwarfs or peppers...or something else entirely. And I've got seeds for over 500 different varieties of tomatoes...about 35 different peppers (at a guess)...and about close to 75 other veggies and about 60 different herbs. The herbs, lettuces and compact bush types I grow on the rear deck - limiting to about 20 pots of varying sizes. Quite a difference from the days where I could have upwards of 150 different containers/pots at my Dad's place. And yeah...I'm still looking at what I want to buy. I created a wish list at Tatiana's and had to stop when I got well over $500 without even looking at the bottom line. Amazing how fast that can happen...lol. But I shall put in an order, if you're reading this Tania...I just have to figure out which are more of the priority to try first. God knows I have more than enough already that I haven't grown yet. Sheeeeesh...can we say strange addictions/obsessions? Guess it could be worse. At least this is legal...sighhhh.