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Greywolf
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Re: Heirloom Seed Supplier/Suggestions

In a video on YOUTUBE (GrowYourGreens) I saw a recommend for www.chiliplants.com
They have not only an eye popping variety of pepper seeds and live plants, but also several varieties of tomato, and they are where I got the seeds for the Cherokee Purple tomato's (heirloom) that I decided on for this year.

For seeds they have a minimum order of five packets, whether mixed variety or all the same kind but they have a good ordering system that uses PAYPAL and I had no trouble with that at all.

Out of 30 seeds I planted about a week ago, I now have 26 sprouts an inch tall from the tomato seed I got from them, so I would rate the germination success at about a 90% to 95% which is very good. Quite a few of them broke ground after only 48 hours.

I use premium Miracle Grow potting soil in wide flats without divider pockets. I don't like the roots to be crowded together in the pocket forms, and as they grow I move them to plastic cups with drain holes in a tray that holds water.
(Foil baking trays work well and are inexpensive) For single plants you can put a hole in the bottom of a plastic cup, take a second cup the same size and put a layer of gravel in it - then set the first cup inside it. That makes a quick and very excellent sprout cup with a water reservoir that you can see the water level in.

www.parkseed.com also has a lot of good plants but nothing like the variety of chili peppers at the site above, and most of their pepper offerings are hybrids, unlike chiliplants.com



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