Questions about SSE

[rainingroses]

Again, thank you Carolyn for your helpful information.

I think that the best option for me right now is to buy seeds from seed companies with bigger selections. I have gotten links through PM and also you told me about Herr Hahm's site which I found extremely extensive, I will definitely order from him come fall!

I might join SSE at a later date but I'm really not in a hurry to do that yet, seeing I'm so new to tomato growing.

I will look out for your seed offers in this forum, it's so generous of you to give away seed for free, but to be honest I feel a bit funny getting seeds for free, I feel better paying a little or trading (although I get what you're saying about the possibility of mixed seed).

It's late here and I'm off to bed but it was nice talking to you! I hope you understand what I'm writing, my English isn't the best (it's not my native language after all).

[Jeannine Anne]

When I was living in the UK for a few years, I purchased from the SSE website but some seeds they would not send to the UK, because of the import restrictions in Britain, tomatoes was one of them.It might be worth finding out about Sweden.

XX Jeannine

[Wi-sunflower]

I believe it must be OK to send tomato seeds to Sweden because I've sent 2 orders to another new member here and she ordered again. I do fill out the customs forms so there is no question about what is in the package.

Carol

[brog]

Tried to send pravite message. Having trouble sending it. Let me know if you got it. Bill in Atlanta Ga.

[DanishGardener]

There is a organisation in Sweden called SESAM. I'm not sure how it works, or if you can get seeds from there - but if you want to have a look:
http://www.foreningensesam.se/

There is also Frøsamlerne (http://www.froesamlerne.dk/), a Danish seedsaving organisation very similar to SSE (but much, much smaller of cause). However they do have a lot of rare old Scandinavian varieties. You have to be a member, to buy seeds from other members (like SSE).


There is also Åke Truedsson (I think it's him Carolyn are talking about). He have written a book in swedish about tomatoes, called "Odla Tomater", and have a website called http://www.tomatklubben.se/
He would probably be a good person to contact


But if you are looking for something in particular, feel free to send me a PM. I'm pretty new to heirloom tomatoes like you, But who knows? I just might have the variety you are looking for

I would also be happy to send you a "starter pack" in the fall when I have saved seeds for the varieties I'm growing this year. There will be no cross pollination, as I'm growing my plants In greenhouses, and are bagging the flowers too.

[carolyn137]

There is also Åke Truedsson (I think it's him Carolyn are talking about). He have written a book in swedish about tomatoes, called "Odla Tomater", and have a website called http://www.tomatklubben.se/
He would probably be a good person to contact

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Yes, that's exactly who I was referring to, I just didn't give his last name.

Ake is especially strong in his listings for varities from the former USSR, now the CIS, but I don't believe I've ever seen him list many tomatoes of Scandinavian origin, well a few, but not many.

I looked at some of the same links you gave above, but that was years ago and so I don't know if things have changed in the meantime.

If I have the time I'll try to find the person, I think in Sweden who lists lots of varieties for sale, but varieties from everywhere, and few from Scandinavia.

But as I said above, there are many many commercial places in the US that send everywhere and anywhere for just a modest extra charge for psotage.

And Carol said same above. Carol, the only place I ever sent seeds with those green customs slips was when sending to Australia, and that before they made a complete ban quite recently b'c of concern about importation of Potato Spindle Viroid, which also infects tomatoes. And I did use customs labels when sending to Kees Sahin in the Netherlands b'c he told me to and also told me what to say on the label.

My seeds got through fine but he had ordered about $500 wroth of seeds from Tomato Growers Supply and they were returned to TGS and Linda at TGS sent them to me, per Kees request, and I repackaged them and resent them to Kees. Lordy was that ever a hard job to accomplish.

I started sending seeds overseas to many countries in about 1990 via SSE YEarbook requests and that's continued to date and also as folks overseas who participate in my seed offer here at Tville also know, and no problems at all.

[GunnarSK]

Originally Posted by rainingroses

I think that the best option for me right now is to buy seeds from seed companies with bigger selections. I have gotten links through PM and also you told me about Herr Hahm's site which I found extremely extensive, I will definitely order from him come fall!

I might join SSE at a later date but I'm really not in a hurry to do that yet, seeing I'm so new to tomato growing.

I will look out for your seed offers in this forum, it's so generous of you to give away seed for free, but to be honest I feel a bit funny getting seeds for free, I feel better paying a little or trading (although I get what you're saying about the possibility of mixed seed).

Joining SSE now might be "overkill" but as Søren already wrote, there is Sesam in Sweden and Frøsamlerne, The Danish Seed Savers, of which I am a member. Definitely look for Carolyn's seed offer, as she sends interesting vareties and good seeds (and only demands that you monitor what you're doing with them), and you also should have received some Polish seeds already.

Gunnar

[rainingroses]

This thread has been so helpful to me! Sesam and tomatklubben sounds exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks everybody!

[GunnarSK]

Before my computer went really bad Wednesday and lost the internet connection, I forgot to mention the site Tomatsidan.se, where Michael Andersson from the Stockholm area offers tomato seeds grown organically outdoors in Swedish zone 3 (not USDA zone, In fact zone 1 is the „warmest” part of Sweden) at 15 SVK a packet, which contains mostly 25 seeds but occassionally only 15. In the red section he has Norwegian potato leaved variety IPB (Imur Prior Beta), which is supposed to be one of the earliest and most cold tolerant tomatoes and Dansk Eksport/Danish Export, a very old commercial variety from Denmark. Among the purple/”blacks” there are a lot of Russian/CIS varietes, ia. Chernomor, better known outside CIS under its English name „Black Sea Man” and Black Potato Leaf, which is supposed to be similar to Black Krim (but of course potato leaved like Flathead Monster).

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by GunnarSK

Before my computer went really bad Wednesday and lost the internet connec tion, I forgot to mention the site Tomatsidan.se, where Michael Andersson from the Stockholm area offers tomato seeds grown organically outdoors in Swedish zone 3 (not USDA zone, In fact zone 1 is the „warmest” part of Sweden) at 15 SVK a packet, which contains mostly 25 seeds but occassionally only 15. In the red section he has Norwegian potato leaved variety IPB (Imur Prior Beta), which is supposed to be one of the earliest and most cold tolerant tomatoes and Dansk Eksport/Danish Export, a very old commercial variety from Denmark. Among the purple/”blacks” there are a lot of Russian/CIS varietes, ia. Chernomor, better known outside CIS under its English name „Black Sea Man” and Black Potato Leaf, which is supposed to be similar to Black Krim (but of course potato leaved like Flathead Monster).

Gunnar, you'll note that in a post above I mentioned that there was a site in Sweden where a person was selling varieties from all over but I couldn't remember his name and I haven't had time to do a search.

And that's the site I was thinking of, so thanks so very much.

[rainingroses]

Thanks Gunnar and Carolyn, I hadn't seen his site before! Looks very interesting.

[Jeannine Anne]

Hi, Raining Roses, did you receive the seeds I sent you? XX Jeannine