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Seed sellers across North America have been overwhelmed by skyrocketing demand in recent weeks
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- Title
- Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper
- Published
- Apr 5 2020
- Word count
- 707 words
I've had a pretty disorganised vegetable garden for the last few months (we bought a house in October so it was a novelty to shove some spinach and a tomato in the ground and see what happens) and the plan was that once the tomato bush finished up I'd rip everything up, add a bunch of compost to the soil and actually plant the bed properly.
Due to this panic buying of seeds/seedlings I ended up having to go to a friend's place to take some of their seed supplies because even local stores are selling out. I've been reading about saving seeds and I think it's definitely worth doing!
I was lucky to find some leftover seeds from last year while doing some spring cleaning the other day. Problem is that my cherry tomato and carrot seeds spilled together in the container the bags were in and the seeds look identical at a glance, so I guess I'll be playing seed roulette!
You can still buy produce, though. Why not just stick some fresh tomatoes and cucumbers in the ground?
Some seeds require the mother plant after so many generations. So buying heirloom seeds is the way to go if you want to grow the same plant for more than one gnerstion.
Glad I got my orders in early this year. I’m pretty impressed with myself for the foresight to order a nice collection to share with my neighbours and family right when Wuhan went into lockdown. I have something like 100 tomato plants ready for transplant.
Back when we lived in Maine, a highlight of "It's finally January!" was "Time for the seed catalogs!"
I wonder if it's as much fun with websites. There was almost a tactile pleasure in looking at the paper catalogs.