With all the seeds I've ordered now arrived from all over the world, I seem to be a few months ahead of last year ( as far as planning goes, if not digging )
Similar size list to last year. Anyone else put the cart before the horse already?
Tomato Principe Borghese
San Marzano Redorta
Black Prince
Costoluto Fiorentino
Cuor di bue - ox heart
Mr stripey
White Wonder
Brandywein Pink (Suddoth strain)
Brandywein red
Auntie Madges
Red Cherry
Yellow Pear
Cherokee Purple
Banana legs
Garden peach
Aubergines Black Beauty
Thai Yellow Egg
Brazilian Oval Orange
Sweet Peppers Californian Wonder
Pimiento
Banana Sweet
Corno di Toro
Purple Beauty
Chilli Peppers Serrano
Jalapeno
Fresno
Cherry Red
Caribbean red
Cucumbers Painted serpent
Marketeer long
Lemon
Pickling Cucumbers West Indian Gherkin
Homemade pickles
Melons Small Persian
Watermelon Black Diamond
Fennel Florence
Potatoes International Kidney
Wilja
Salad Blue
Sante
Sarpo Mira
Cara
Pink Fir Apple
Highland Burgundy
Lettuce Iceberg
Black seeded Simpson
Tom Thumb
Paris Island
Red Romaine
Prize Head
Bibbi
Endive Broad Leaf Batavian
Leaf Chicory Rossa Di Verona Tardiva
Rocket Wild Rocket
Celeriac Celeriac del veneto
Celery Sigismund
Cardoon Cardoon Gobbo di Nizza
Snow Peas Gigante svizzero
Peas Early Alaskan
Alderman
Ambassador
Borlotti Borlotto Bean of Vigevano
Cannellini Beans
French Bean Manteca
Cobra
Purple queen
Golden wax
Pole Bean Lazy Housewife
Trail of Tears
Anasazi
Broad Bean Aquadulce
Runner Beans Desiree
Southern Pea Mississippi Cream
Sweetcorn Ornamental Indian
Stowell's evergreen
Earlibird
Cabbage Mammoth Red Rock
Early Jersey Wakefield
Late Flat Dutch
Golden Acre
Michihili
Savoy Cabbage Invernale Mantovano
Broccolli Purple Sprouting
Calabrese
Brussel Sprouts Eclipse
Cauliflower Early Snowball
Collard Georgia Southern
Vates
Spinach Bloomsdale long standing
Giant Noble
Cavolo nero
Collards Georgia southern
Kale Curly
Carrots Danver's half long
Scarlet Nantes
Tendersweet Imperator
Beetroot Cylindra
Cosbys Egyptian
Parsnips All american
Turnips Amber globe
Purple Top White Globe
Radishes Easter egg
Plum purple
China White
White icicle
German beer
Salsify Scorzanera Geante Noire de Russie
Spring Onions White Lisbon
Ishikura
Leeks Musselburgh
Onions Stuttgart
Red Baron
Senshyu
Pickling Paris Silverskin
Shallots Golden Gourmet
Red Sun
Garlic Chinese White
Marco
Courgette Black Beauty
Yellow straightneck
Lebanese white
Squash De Nice a Rond
Patty Pan
Vegetable spaghetti
Pumpkin Connecticut field
various west indian
Artichoke Violetta
Jerusalem Artichoke
Chard Swiss Chard of Lyon
Bright Lights
Mustard Southern giant
Florida broadleaf
Wow ... where are you going to put them all? What you got? - a farm (and infinite amount of time).
Best of luck
-- Alan
Same sort of question - how many of each 'greenhouse' type plant? And how many in the greenhouse?
I order seeds willy nilly but do nothing about where to sow them. Planning - no, not me. I let things develop spontaneously. I really don't like planning things - it's just not in my nature. I suppose my seed order is planning in a way isn't it? :)
I thought my seed order was long enough - is all that going in one allotment?
Emma
www.losingtheplot.blogspot.com
Wow! A breathtaking list which should keep you in veggies for the next 10 years!
Me, I have a rough plan for next year, but tend to just think of areas, so an oniony area, a brassica patch, a pumkin patch etc, then plant things as they are ready, or as I have time!
Ay caramba! That list has scared the willies out of me. I have 1.5 allotments now, but as I still have at least half of that planted with overwintering veg/onions/garlic, I'd need another 2.5 plots just to find space. The toms alone would be a whole plot!!
And the time...
Well I sorta planned but I am expecting it to all go to pot. Due to I am going to cover my plot in sheeting to kill weeds so it is dig a bit then plant a bit I am affraid. Unless I can get a fair bit of digging done over winter then I will plan for that bit :)
The_Snail
I've got 3 x 600sq yd plots plus some of the less active gardeners are quite happy for my overspill to occupy ground they'd be in trouble for not cultivating.
I grew a similar list this year, with 3 x 15ft greenhouses + a smaller one. I grow 34 toms indoors, 6 melon, 6 cuke and up to 12 aubergine, 24 sweet pepper and loads of chillis.
When you get 50 varieties for £11 from seedfest it seems daft just planting one sort of cabbage etc and with plenty of seed left from last year and new varieties this year, I'm still only planning about 2/3 of the varieties I've got
Additionally, part of my impetus now is to make the gardens as interesting as possible for the open day, hence the colour diversity in toms etc. There are a few of us onsite who like heritage seeds, so the list will probably grow as we swop plants next year.
The biggest problem is early season, as so many people seem to want the varieties, last year I grew and gave away over 200 tom plants for example. One woman entirely stocked her plot with plants I gave her ( toms, various beans, sweetcorn, cardoon, aubergines, cukes, gherkins, peppers and squashes. My trouble is I really enjoy growing the plants. I lose a certain amount of interest when they're all grown and sampled. By August I seem to spend more time preserving etc than gardening.
wow , i don't even know what some of those are ,the only thing i successfully grew this year were carrots, hence the name. I'm still being laughed at for trying to get my broad beans to climb up Cains
Good grief, are you going to live on them too?
Make certain you keep us all posted with a barage of photos too!! ;)
Good luck.
Who is going to eat them all??
The list made interesting reading ;D
Totally fantastic. I grew 84 different varieties this year and had great fun doing it. Any chance of a list of your seed merchants?
seedfest.co.uk for a lot ( they offer 50 varieties for £11 )
seedsofitaly for some of the toms.
A lot of seeds are bought for me by an american friend and shipped via mail
www.heirloomseeds.com
www.victoryseeds.com
and www.durango.com for the anasazi beans. For imformation, they are a bean that was discovered and germinated by archaeologists, previously grown by the cave dwellers who preceded the Navajo.
I decided to buy specific strains of Brandywein after reading this
http://www.victoryseeds.com/information/craig_brandywine.html
I've also got 3 seeds of Craven 99 ( world record 28ft sunflower ) and 3 of Mammoth Russian from www.pandpseed.com
Oh and I forgot to list calaloo which I saved seed from a crop grown from plants given me by one of our West Indian gardeners.
I'll be offering loads of obscure varieties on the swap board once I've sorted a list out.
DJ is there anything left that you might like to swap seeds for?  Yous is such an exotic list.
I have been reading the victory seeds link on chillies, do you grow yours inside or out?
Also you toms? My were a total failure this year. I only have ouside to use.
Wow, that's quite a range of seeds you've got there. Look forwards to swapping with you. :)
I'm lucky enough to grow all my toms, chillis etc indoors. I'm told that the Cuor di Bue (beautiful heart shaped tom ), Principe Borghese ( standard sun drying vine tom ), San Marzano Redorta ( massive plum ) and Costoluto Fiorentino I gave to others did well outside, although we did have a pretty warm year.
I'm hoping the name flowerlady is a clue, as despite having enough ( uninteresting ) flower seeds to beautify a couple of large roundabouts, I could be seduced by any more intersting flowers, especially ones suited to a wild area/pond surround ( I'm putting in both formal and wildlife ponds this winter.
My Fiorentino were very disappointing - ripening on the plant to a grotty orange-yellow. Indoors. But productive.
thanks dj will be scanning the sites tomorrow!! ;D
oo DJ, I will give it some thought. I think I will be able to help you there. I will get back to you.
We always make a rough plan of what will grow where on our plot, but we invariably change it as we plant out seeds and seedlings out to see how things fit in. Eventually we have a proper plan which we can view the next year so we don't duplicate the same space for the same veggie. We do try to rotate as best we can.Â
I expect we will be growing all the main things we grew this year, but change a few varieties. I will grow some different varieties of squash seeing as how I have fallen in love with squashes and pumpkins. We have our Japanese onions in and are waiting for our shallots and garlic so they too can go in over the winter.Â
On my plot at the moment I have leeks, turnips, savoy cabbages, some late peas, beetroot, a few potatoes left and some lettuces and brussel sprouts and not forgetting my perpetual spinach. I have got some seed catalogues to look at but we haven't chosen anything yet to order. I admire anybody who is so well organised but my top priority at the moment is our daughters engagement party at our house on the 5th November. Next week is baking week, first on the list are the pumpkin pasties, EJ posted. :) busy_lizzie
Sounds exciting BL :) I've got some of my seeds already and loads in my tin but I have been doing some swops and have reduced my stock at bit. My main order from Kings hasn't arrived nor has me order from Suttons (so slow). Trouble is I forget what I've ordered, worry that I forgot to order it, then order it again just in case ;D Suttons have got seeds packaged for children and I've ordered some of those and a Link a Bord box for my great nephew's 6th birthday. Hope the seeds arrive in time
Lol @ forgetting what you ordered. Quite frequently our shed sales are increased by people coming in and saying ' I bought some ******* here didn't I? Well damned if I can find them now, you'd better let me have another pack'
Thanks DJ
I feel sooooooo much better having seen your list - makes mine miniscule!