My local Lidl has a rack of seeds again.

Their range for flowers and vegetables might be described as "eclectic"
and includes:

- TWO varieties of yellow dwarf french bean
- Kohl Rabi "Superschmelz" which (it is alleged) can grow to 10Kg and
- Scorzonera
- At least one variety of most common vegetables - some I've seen
recommended, others I can find no reference to!
- Sunflower, Marigold, dianthus, etc.
- Herbs

Packets are 29p or 49p

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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My local Lidl has a rack of seeds again.

Their range for flowers and vegetables might be described as "eclectic"
and includes:

- TWO varieties of yellow dwarf french bean
- Kohl Rabi "Superschmelz" which (it is alleged) can grow to 10Kg and
- Scorzonera
- At least one variety of most common vegetables - some I've seen
recommended, others I can find no reference to!
- Sunflower, Marigold, dianthus, etc.
- Herbs

Packets are 29p or 49p

I need to give Lidl a visit - low on extra V olive oil and out of
bratwurst. Thanks for the tip about interesting seeds.

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in message ...

My local Lidl has a rack of seeds again.

Packets are 29p or 49p


bargain
Although a friend last year bought some squash seeds from lidl last
year. The seeds germinated well and i got a few plants. The plants
grew well and flowered BUT the flowers seemed to open for only a very
brief period of the day and none of them became fertilised. I do not
lack buzzy insects because my courgettes (whose flowers similarly were
only open for a short time early in the day) all fruited well. I found
out later that my friend got no squash harvest from her plants either.

could that have something to do with the quality of the seed???
sarah a

In article ,
(sahara) wrote:

the flowers seemed to open for only a very
brief period of the day and none of them became fertilised

You had both mail and female flowers open simultaneously?

could that have something to do with the quality of the seed???

Possible, I suppose. The main risk I see with this source is that the
seeds appear to be intended for sale in various parts of Europe
including Spain and the UK. Some of them may have been bred and/or
designed for warmer places.

(I notice that the Chilterns catalogue points out that some of their
tomato sees are from Essex and allege that some direct competitors
source from S Europe and hint that they're inferior. I don't care where
Wilkinsons got my 49p packet of Gardeners Delight. They are so stunning,
I dread buying another packet anywhere in case I'm disappointed!)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/