Author Topic: Wyevale seed sale (Read 20056 times)

Si D · « **Reply #40 on:** August 24, 2007, 21:12:35 »

Like Norman Tebit's dad, I got on my bike and went in search of seeds today. Off up to Wyvale. All I wanted was peas. Did they have any? Did they bugger. Every other sort or seed you could want for 50p but not a pea in sight :(

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #41 on:** August 25, 2007, 23:27:52 »

Oh Si, we went to the one in Braintree today a I was after sweetcorn. No sweetcorn but a bucket full of peas and beans!

cambourne7 · « **Reply #42 on:** August 25, 2007, 23:43:19 »

oh EJ, if i had known there was loads of sweetcorn where i was!!

Amazin · « **Reply #43 on:** August 26, 2007, 22:45:41 »

Eeeeeeeee! Thought I'd be too late to bag any bargains, but I've just come back from a foraging trip with over £140 worth of seeds for just over 35 quid! Won't bore you with the details but among my favourites are:

Chillies - Apache, Demon Red and Joe's Long,
Sweet Pepper Gypsy - one of Tim's recommendations, I think,
Carrot Samurai - pink carrots!
Sprouts Red Delicious - purple sprouts,
Cabbage Kalibos - red, pointed
Dwarf French Bean Purple Queen - yup! Purple (almost black) pods
Melon Sweetheart
Alpine Strawberry Mignonette
Lemon Grass

The Apache chillies alone were originally £3.50 (for a measly 6 seeds), hence the massive savings - and, as others have mentioned, most packets have an expiry date of 2009, which means I won't have to buy any more seeds till... er...

... next time? ;D ;D ;D

cambourne7 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 26, 2007, 22:50:08 »

wow you have done well!!

I found the seed mats a bargin and they split up into strips.

Amazin · « **Reply #45 on:** August 26, 2007, 23:51:28 »

I was lucky, Cam, I spent a whole hour digging through the veg seed bin uninterrupted.

It's the ones I put back that will haunt me though. :'(

Still, it's open tomorrow...

NOOOOOOOOOO! MUSTN'T!

mc55 · « **Reply #46 on:** August 27, 2007, 17:53:02 »

Amazin, I'm thinking of another trip too for those peas that I accidentally put to one side.

cambourne7 · « **Reply #47 on:** August 27, 2007, 21:04:32 »

...great to hear your planning on going back :)

do tell us what you pick up.

saddad · « **Reply #48 on:** August 27, 2007, 22:23:34 »

Unlucky SiD... we had peas and Sweetcorn, got my Ovation and Minipop for next year... didn't need any peas as I grow and save my own heritage........
;D

cambourne7 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 27, 2007, 22:25:38 »

the only thing i could not find was walking onions which i am trying to find.

Amazin · « **Reply #50 on:** August 28, 2007, 11:16:26 »

Are those the onions that produce the babies at the top?

cambourne7 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 28, 2007, 12:53:43 »

yup i have not seen them anywhere.

norfolklass · « **Reply #52 on:** August 28, 2007, 14:01:29 »

I had every intention of not going anywhere near Wyevale, but the car had just been fixed and it needed a little run... :-[

spent ages rummaging through the bins (got talking to a loverly old couple about allotments :)) and came away with £92 worth of seeds for £21 ;D
I even managed to find some seeds that I actually went in for!

cambourne7 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 28, 2007, 14:11:30 »

sounds like you had a whale of a time :-)

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #54 on:** September 01, 2007, 00:00:36 »

Yay mum managed to get me proper sweetcorn, and thanks Amazin for the minipops! Looks like the only thing I will be buying at full price will be seed spuds, shallots and garlic. The bank manager will be overjoyed!

cambourne7 · « **Reply #55 on:** September 01, 2007, 01:08:49 »

Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on September 01, 2007, 00:00:36

Looks like the only thing I will be buying at full price will be seed spuds, shallots and garlic. The bank manager will be overjoyed!

Mine will also be happy :-)

SMP1704 · « **Reply #56 on:** September 01, 2007, 18:58:48 »

Mine won't, but there again why change?

Finally succumbed (on the pretext that I needed some more slug pellets and its closer than Wilkos) Had to walk past the baskets to get to the pellets ((a fiendish ploy - that worked))

No sweetcorn but found some interesting varieties of broad bean, carrot and beetroot that I haven't tried before.

jo9919 · « **Reply #57 on:** September 02, 2007, 08:20:35 »

I managed to track down my nearest Wyevale yesterday, 30 mins drive but worth it after reading about all your bargains on here :).

I walked in through the door and there were a couple of buckets straight in front of me. Hubby and I scoured these and we got a few packets of seed. Further into the store we came across another couple of buckets and got another few packets. I was happy with what I had chosen until we came to the checkout. There in front of me were another ELEVEN buckets. I don't think the other shoppers were too happy walking around us (me, hubby and two kids) whilst we sorted out what we wanted. I didn't even attempt to look at the flower seed :-\.

All in all we got 19 packets of seed for £9.50. These 19 packets should have cost £41.82 and on top of that we got three packets of Beetroot free ( one packet free with any two packets of Thompson & Morgan seeds).

OK, I know you're all nosey and want to know what I bought so here goes:-

3 x Beetroot chioggia pink (free)
2 X Tomato F1 shirley (one packet for hubby's uncle, he swears by these tomatoes, so thought I would buy a packet for me to try too)
Leek F1 carlton
Cantaloupe Melon F1 early sweet
Broccoli (sprouting) summer purple
Thompson & Morgan Kids Super Seeds Katy Carrot parmex
Aubergine black beauty
Suttons Herb Collection (dill, sage, sweet basil, marjoram, thyme)
Tomato totem F1 hybrid
Turnip snowball
Tomato gartenperle
Gherkin diamant F1 hybrid
Tomato tigerella (mr stripey)
Swiss Chard bright lights
Sweetcorn baby corn
Cucumber F1 burpless tasty green
Onion white lisbon
Iceberg Lettuce set
Rosemary

Now, I don't know if you remember, but I DON'T have a lottie, I grow in containers, so where I am going to grow this little lot, I don't have a clue.

Oh, forgot to say, our Wyevales also has an aquatics part, so we also came away with three Endlers for Hubby's tank ::).

Jo.

SueSteve · « **Reply #58 on:** September 02, 2007, 09:01:07 »

I couldn't keep away any longer!!!
I was not very impressed with the range of seeds that they had, only a few handfuls in a barrel, but I bought
Suttons Savoy cabbage Ormskirk rearguard (for the chickens, we dont eat cabbage!)
T&M Leek Pandora
Suttons Okra Clemsons spineless (never eaten before, but thought we'd give it a go!)
Suttons Chilli Demon Red (one for dh to grow)
Suttons Mustard x2 White (wondering if I can use this as a green manure, is it the same type of mustard?)
Suttons D french bean Purple Queen (purple is my fav colour, so had to buy them!)
Carrots - Suttons Yellowstone
Alan Titchmarsh Nantes 2
Suttons Samurai
Suttons Parmex
Suttons Chantenay red cored 2
Suttons Celery Loretta
Giant Red (never grown celery before, but I use it a lot in cooking, so will save buying from the supermarket!)
Cost - £7. Should have cost £25.19!
Sue

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #59 on:** September 04, 2007, 17:40:05 »

I could not stay away either!
Dragged OH to our nearest one and spent £20.00..................£71.33's worth of seeds! ;D ;D
(not telling what I spent on cabbage plants and flowers though! :o :-X)

DP

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