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TlalocW

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14. I've long been wanting

Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:39 PM

Apr 2020

To find a large piece of land where I could have bees, chickens, a huge garden, and fruit trees and become more self-sufficient. Looks like I waited top long and with diminishing savings will have to wait longer.

But I've learned one important lesson from the pandemic and toilet paper shortages .. plant corn.

For the cobs.

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Burpee Seeds shuts down to new orders as run on seeds to start "pandemic gardens" [View all] Demovictory9 Apr 2020 OP

Can't you save seeds from produce like cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, etc.? no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #1

Yes, but I think you need to know if they are hybrids...bred not to produce productive seeds. Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #2

And I would bet many are first time vegetable gardeners. Nt spooky3 Apr 2020 #3

Hybrid vegetables will usually produce fertile seeds NickB79 Apr 2020 #44

ok thanks. Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #57

As someone noted as long as you know it's not a hybrid MissB Apr 2020 #7

I have been too busy with other stuff to garden, but when I was gardening, Blue_true Apr 2020 #37

Yes, you can save seed from all of those Mariana Apr 2020 #20

One way to eliminate cross pollination is to put some good Blue_true Apr 2020 #39

Seeds from a yummy butternut squash and acorn squash aei mahina Apr 2020 #46

Growing your own food is a great thing to do. cwydro Apr 2020 #4

Yeah but I've seen this online for weeks now. MissB Apr 2020 #10

Quarantined? Tink41 Apr 2020 #15

I've been out twice. cwydro Apr 2020 #17

But why? Tink41 Apr 2020 #24

Lots of other mail-order sellers with plenty of stock, too. Mariana Apr 2020 #21

We found plenty of seeds at Walmart yesterday. GP6971 Apr 2020 #5

yep, same with Seed Savers Exchange Kali Apr 2020 #6

It sure is better than hoarding baby chickens!!! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #8

Ha! MissB Apr 2020 #12

My ladies still keeping me (over) stocked with eggs. cwydro Apr 2020 #18

I have 11 MissB Apr 2020 #29

It's wonderful to have them, isn't it? cwydro Apr 2020 #31

We'll never run out of chickens. They're mahina Apr 2020 #47

Nailed me. snort Apr 2020 #9

Don't we have a resident expert with tomato seeds? Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #11

NRaleighLiberal redwitch Apr 2020 #40

Hey NRaleighLiberal, Disaffected Apr 2020 #60

One poster, NCRaleigh, I think, is an expert on tomatoes. Blue_true Apr 2020 #42

I'm still a few weeks away from preparing a spot for tomatoes, green peppers and onions. Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #43

You can get seeds at Home Depot and Lowes; and the plants themselves. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #13

Confused Tink41 Apr 2020 #16

I don't really see a difference between going somewhere to buy starts or sees to grow food, GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #19

Delivery.... NT Tink41 Apr 2020 #22

They are asking people to slow down on delivery EllieBC Apr 2020 #25

Leaving the house for bananas?? Tink41 Apr 2020 #30

Dude, you've missed some threads here obviously. cwydro Apr 2020 #32

Yes Tink41 Apr 2020 #33

There are usually a half dozen threads about "I went to the grocery today." cwydro Apr 2020 #35

Perusing it now! Tink41 Apr 2020 #36

I didn't see the Walgreens pic. cwydro Apr 2020 #41

Oh I didn't know we were welded in yet. EllieBC Apr 2020 #45

Pretty much like this in Texas LeftInTX Apr 2020 #49

Yeah all of our grocery stores are asking people EllieBC Apr 2020 #50

Not from Burpee apparently! And that works for seeds. But not starts. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #26

Burpee Tink41 Apr 2020 #27

Well. Some of are still working in critical fields. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #28

Some states allow people to go to garden centers to buy seeds and plants because SharonClark Apr 2020 #56

Amazing Tink41 Apr 2020 #58

I've long been wanting TlalocW Apr 2020 #14

I'm in the horticultural field in Florida. Soon won't be for a while! Furloughed this weekend. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #23

Yep! In South Texas, okra is pretty much it for the summer LeftInTX Apr 2020 #34

It does. But I hate that shit! Calling it spinach should be illegal. Grew it years ago. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #38

New Zealand spinach is probably better MissB Apr 2020 #54

I have seen farmers set in collard greens in August, sweet potatoes in May, peanuts in May. Blue_true Apr 2020 #48

Collards in August is too early. Maybe not 30 years ago but we don't cool down now till November. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #53

You are a PRO at this type of stuff. Blue_true Apr 2020 #61

He could have still had tomatoes in July. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #62

I never thought of that regarding planting times! EllieBC Apr 2020 #51

I just got an order delivered from Baker Creek RussBLib Apr 2020 #52

congrats Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #59

I always have Rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries ismnotwasm Apr 2020 #55