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

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #42)

Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:53 PM

Apr 2020

Hopefully Lowes has starter plants.

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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