Katra wrote:
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Rogerx wrote:


Many years ago, if you ordered a package of seed, you got enough to
plant a 100 ft row. Then they began selling by the ounce 1, 1/2,
1/4oz and etc. Then by the Gram (which most of us never understood)
and NOW!! it is by the "offering" (sounds religious to me).

I got my seeds from Burges and was shocked to find my watermelon had 6
seed in the package, the Cantaloupe (1 pkg had 6 and one had 7).
Cucumbers had 7(plus 1 not developed seed).

I bought a package of seedless watermelons at a local discount
store,it had 7 seeds.

I don't know why I am posting this, except I need to vent my anger,
and let people know it was not always a ripoff. QUESTION? Are their
seed companies that sell by something other than "Offers"?

Also, let't talk about Heirloom seed, (saving your own). Where is a
good source?

Have a good day! (Soy) Rogerx


Start raising and saving your own seeds whenever possible. ;-)

Later this spring, I anticipate having a ton of brocolli seeds thanks to
all the beautiful little honey bees!

I feel your pain and empathize. :-P

There is nothing wrong with the cantaloupe seeds you can get from the
grocery store. Pick out a nice, juicy ripe one right on the edge of
spoiling, scoop out the seeds and wash and dry them, and store them in
paper envelopes. Winter squash and pumpkin seeds are also good. I've
never seen any summer squash or cucumbers tho' that are ripe enough to
harvest seeds from, but you could raise a few each year and let them go
to seed.

You can do that with tomatoes too.

HTH?

What about the seeds inside of summer squash and zucchini? Can you use
those? Is there any special handling required to save seeds overwinter?
I plan to begin saving my own seeds starting this year because of the
high seed prices. I figured it CAN'T be as easy as simply saving seeds
from veggies you've got or everyone would do it. Am I hearing that it
IS, in fact, that easy?

Cheers!