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I tried seed snails last year  , thinking they were probably a bit of a fad , late in the season but I was very impressed by the resulting cosmos and last autumn sown sweet peas are doing well. I have sown broad beans both ways and await results , high hopes for sweetcorn!As for tomatoes I sow a few seeds of many varieties and think labelling would be an issue for me. Snails do save space and compost especially when heated propagator space is at a premium.
If you are on instagram the lady who has good advice/experience is faridasober .

Onions and aubergines for me plus a few early peppers. Trying some of Ruud's older pepper seeds in chamomile tea then damp kitchen roll. Just one notable success so far but I wasn't expecting much from older chilli seeds as they're some of the shortest keepers.

And seed snails! New to me - I lead a sheltered life! They look very interesting. I'd love to hear a bit more about how you've used them, MR or anyone else. I imagine they're very good for onions. And if they could save some space and compost for broad beans or peas, which I'm just starting to sort out, that would be great.

A few seeds germinated here too , I've gone a little bit instagramy and have used seed snails , they really do work !

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well and the first seeds are sprouting already (onions for me  ).
I'm trying to narrow down what chillies and pepper varieties to grow this year... Exciting times!
 

Great. Thanks. A generous contribution on his part as they're varieties not commonly available.

Yes it looks that way , the packets have www.englishhomestead.com
I picked them up from the local seed swap , so were donated not sold. Hope this helps.

Thanks. There's a guy with an interesting blog/website of that name, but the website doesn't seem to have seeds for sale. Perhaps just locally or at small scale events? I was just intrigued.

I will double check and find more info which I think is on the packet , I believe he is local and not commercial.

Another question if you don't mind, Markfield R. I've been looking again at the two varieties of tomato seeds which you drew the very lovely seed packets for. They have both come originally from An English Homestead. Please could you say a bit more about AEH. Is it a conventional commercial set-up or something smaller?

Peruvianum was one of the wild species that was used to breed Tim Peter's Fruity Yellow too.  With the aim to breed its resistance, especially blight resistance, into a 'Sungoldish' type of tomato.  It will be fascinating to grow the original peruvianum.  Thank you MR.