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**Wubster042** re: high mowing seeds
Thanks for posting those links about High Mowing Seeds! We ordered from them for the first time and I'm glad we did!
Do you have any recommends/guidance for their seed, since you've used them before? Like, is the seed from their herlooms viable the following year? Do some seeds take longer to germinate than the package suggests? Did you find varieties that don't produce well?
This is our first time with a real backyard garden, and would appreciate any advice you can offer. Thank you!
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Re: **Wubster042** re: high mowing seeds
I've used High Mowing Seeds for 2 years in a row now w/ very good results. Of course, I live in MA and they're in VT - so the climate is similar which could be a contributing factor.
Re: viability the following year, I store my seeds in an air tight container in the back of the fridge and had good luck in 2009 w/ 2008's leftover seeds. I found their germination guidelines to be very dead on. Some stuff germinated earlier than I expected, but I don't recall anything germinating later.
I didn't run into any issue w/ the varities I've used, some of which has included:
Genovese Basil (I had wonderful plants from their seed last year), Danvers Carrots (I had TONS of these at last years harvest - I'm scaling back how many I grow this year), Black Beauty eggplant, HMS Lettuce Mix (I think its called the Gourmet Mix - loved it - though I overplanted with this too!), Evergreen Hardy Bunching Onions (I'm still pulling some out of the garden from time to time - they overwinter great).
I'm not sure if it makes a different but I practice a unique form of seed starting called "winter sowing." (http://www.wintersown.org/) I find that I have much more success starting plants from seed w/ this method and its much less time consuming/high maintenace than traditional seed starting methods.
But I'd really give HMS's a try. My first year growing from seed, I had a few questions along the way and I can tell you their customer service is fantastic. These people know how to garden!
oh, PS - re: germination ranges - HMS was recently featured in an episode of Emeril Green on the Planet Green Network. At one part of Emeril's tour of their facility they were in the QC lab where it was explained that they test grow seed from every lot to confirm the germination percentage (how many seeds actually sprouted) and date (ex: 7 days to germination, etc).
They explain these QC practices on their website, as well.
Thank you!!!