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    28 packets of seeds later

    I can't believe I've accumulated 28 packets of seeds over the past few months. This is my first year attempting growing anything but I've already amassed a biscuit-tin full of seed packets...

    (# of seeds if known)
    O = opened
    U = unopened

    Johnsons (Asda)
    -----------------
    Basil - Sweet Genovese (500) O
    Catmint - Catnip (250) O
    Coriander - Cilantro (150) O
    Marigold - (French) Double Dwarf Mixed (125) O
    Nasturtium - Trailing Single Mixed (35) O
    Onion (Spring) - White Lisbon (700) O


    Mr Fothergills (# of seeds)
    -------------------------
    Cabbage - Golden Acre/Primo II (500) U
    Carrot - Early Nantes 5 (2000) U
    Cauliflower - All the Year Round (200) U
    Cucumber - Marketmore 76 (25) U
    Leek - Autumn Mammoth 2 Snowstar (150) U
    Parsley - Plain Leafed 2 (1000) U
    Parsnip - Tender and True (500) U
    Pepper - (Hot) Cayenne (60 ) O
    Radish - French Breakfast 3 (1000) O
    Tomato - Moneymaker (50) U


    Suttons (# of seeds)
    ---------------------
    Broad Bean - The Sutton O
    Cabbage - F1 Kilaxy (40) U
    Carrot - F1 Maestro (660) U
    Cos Lettuce - Little Gem (900) O
    Cauliflower - Galleon (90) U
    Dwarf French Beans (75) U
    Leaf Salad - Italian Mix O
    Leaf Salad - Lettuce Mixed (1500) U
    Onion - Ailsa Craig (250) U
    Perpetual Spinach - Leaf Beet O
    Tomato - 100s and 1000s (8) U
    Tomato - Tumbling Toms (Red) (22) U

    LOL - I've got a lot of work ahead of me... and only a small garden (container growing basically).
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  • #2
    Only one biscuit tin......

    Welcome to our world, Onefivenine - there is no going back!

    Mwa ha haha hahaha hahahahaha..............

    Last edited by Hazel at the Hill; 26-03-2009, 12:47 AM.

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    • #3
      It’s very brave of you to come out and admit it
      I have a similar array of seeds tuckeds away in a biscuit tin, which, has been placed in my office desk draw (so no one will find it!) When I go shopping I can’t help thinking yep they will come in useful complementary planting or as dual cropping options - there is always an excuse why I need the seeds damm Snadger and his dual cropping post It has simply fuled my gardening addiction even more I am not at the stage of being able to disclose my stash at this point but I hope I will be strong enough - one day - you are very brave.

      Regards

      Pat
      Last edited by -pat m; 26-03-2009, 06:15 AM. Reason: typo
      "Did you ever walk in a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives."

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      • #4
        That looks quite a sensible list to me!!!!

        ...quite a nice cross section to be honest!!!!

        From what I can see it's only the parsnip seeds which won't be OK for next year too...and the following year!

        keep shopping!!!!
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          That looks like a reasonable list - after all, you don't have to sow everything at once!

          Be warned, though, that seeds are totally addictive. I'm now up to two biscuit tins - one for seeds that need sowing later this year and one for seeds that I'm saving until next year (rarely opened and kept in a cool place, for better preservation) - plus a CD storage box with dividers, containing the seeds I need to be sowing in the next few weeks. Admittedly I have a small allotment and a couple of raised beds in the garden as well as various containers, but even so...

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          • #6
            And then you'll find - if you haven't already - that you get them out frequently just to go through looking at, with a silly, excited grin on your face. My sons watch me, shaking their heads in a 'Jim Royale' sort of way.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by cheerfulness View Post
              And then you'll find - if you haven't already - that you get them out frequently just to go through looking at, with a silly, excited grin on your face. My sons watch me, shaking their heads in a 'Jim Royale' sort of way.

              Oh .....the simple joys in life
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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              • #8
                Im glad its not just me then. I love my biscuit tin and browse through it quite often looking forward to planting more of it!

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                • #9
                  I don't have a biscuit tin...

                  Will a Quality Street tin do instead?
                  Last edited by basketcase; 26-03-2009, 01:29 PM. Reason: I'm new, you see, and need advice in these matters!

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                  • #10
                    Confession being good for the soul...

                    I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

                    Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

                    If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.

                    This is my first attendance at Seed Hoarders Anonymous... I feel better already

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                    • #11
                      This is my second year of growing from seed. I now have 83 different packets of veg seed (that doesn't count herbs and flowers)
                      AKA Angie

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Sweepster View Post
                        Confession being good for the soul...

                        I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

                        Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

                        If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.

                        This is my first attendance at Seed Hoarders Anonymous... I feel better already
                        lol and I bet you mix them all up so as to give you an excuse to re-sort in the system that only makes sense to you

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sweepster View Post
                          I like to bring out my biscuit tin, take out all the packets, look at them, put them back.

                          Sometimes, for a bit of excitement, I take out all the packets, write a list of all their names, look at them, put them back.

                          If I feel like going really crazy, I take out all the packets, enter all the names and sowing times into a spreadsheet, look at them, put them back.
                          *pmsl* Nice one, Sweepster!

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                          • #14
                            Lol seems this growing business develops some strange habits then - myself included... yes I'm looking at the seeds again.
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                            • #15
                              I was talking to one of the "older Guys" on our allotment the other day, telling him about the hoard of seeds I had and in my first year too. I expected him to laugh and say how I would learn to resist over the years. Instead he admitted that this year he had 10 different packets of sweetcorn which he has bought at different times because they were a bargain. Its not going to get easier is it.
                              Do it! Life's too short

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