# Hooray! The seeds are here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292 "2008-12-15T20:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/1 "2008-12-15T20:56:59Z")
So we received our seeds today for this year’s garden. Finally! This year we will be growing quite a bit more than last seasons garden, and we are using all heirloom variety plants. So we have…(slices open mailing pouch…) Ideal Market beans Scarlet runner beans Aquadulce Fava beans Banana Melons Dwarf Gray Sugar peas Keystone giant peppers Orange bell peppers Butternut squash Black Krim tomatoes Tigerella Tomatoes Watermelon Beefsteak Tomatoes Bush sugar baby watermelons Woot! Today I will be starting them in their little indoor pods, and hopefully in a week or two we will have sprouts! Should have too many more cold days down here in Florida, so off we go! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/2 "2008-12-15T20:59:28Z")
Are some of those the cool purple snap beans? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/3 "2008-12-15T21:01:18Z")
What, no lamb chop, lasagna, or hot fudge sundae seeds? Some garden you have. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/4 "2008-12-15T21:53:41Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Are some of those the cool purple snap beans? Ah, you mean the _Royal burgundy beans_. Nope, I’m afraid not. They are available at any home depot display though. We are trying a new variety this year. [Scarlet runner beans](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.humeseeds.com/bean_sr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.humeseeds.com/beansr.htm&usg=__UgrypzDyHAXrAtnoxgnqKElh3ZA=&h=366&w=294&sz=43&hl=en&start=7&sig2=bx5p-PODHOgAyBv6-Wc9Rw&um=1&tbnid=CoT_pksu50xYQM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=98&ei=pdFGSdfuLNXkmQf875yFBg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscarlet%2Brunner%2Bbean%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.google:en-US:official%26hs%3DTGg%26sa%3DN), which are attractive to hummingbirds and honeybees, and have seed pods that can reach over a foot in length! ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/5 "2008-12-15T21:54:48Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > What, no lamb chop, lasagna, or hot fudge sundae seeds? Some garden you have. If only it was so easy…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/6 "2008-12-15T21:57:44Z")
I love me some scarlet runner beans! We planted some in the garden this summer, and they obligingly produced a rather sizeable load of pods. The flowers have a nice fresh bean-y flavour, too, though I had to stop myself from eating them because each flower I’d eat would mean one less bean for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/7 "2008-12-15T22:30:06Z")
This is our first year with them **Mahna Mahna** , any tips? ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/8 "2008-12-15T23:50:11Z")
To be honest, we didn’t do anything special with our scarlet runners… we planted them in a relatively sunny spot next to the fence and gave them a some strings to wind around, but other than that, we pretty much ignored them until harvest time rolled around. 🙂 Gotta love those low-maintenance veggies! ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/9 "2008-12-15T23:59:14Z")
Awwwwh, man, y’all are making me pine for the Old Country. I love caring for plants and nothing is better than fresh veggies from a garden, but now, concrete surrounds me. ☹ I have adopted a few Camellia japonica shrubs, but it’s just not the same. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/10 "2008-12-16T00:04:59Z")
I was looking at seeds online on Sunday and straightening out my left over and collected seeds. I started typing the list. I don’t know what I can grow this year as the garden is a wreak from this year. The only things that grew were Kentucky Wonder beans, and basil. Everything else didn’t grow or didn’t produce female blossoms. I had some squash plants that grew 12 inches during the whole summer. The peas were almost growing good. I’m going to plant a number of beans and basil for sure. I hope the peas will grow good in the spring. I will certainly plant Balcony Hybrid tomatoes. I had two plants in the only spot that didn’t flood and the plants were super healthy with great fruit. I like to plant Scarlet runner beans, because the bright red flowers are gorgeous. Scarlet Runner beans take little care other than staking. I’ll be doing a lot of fence plantings, so I can concentrate on repairing the soil in small bands. You might look at getting a legume inoculate so they can draw more nitrogen without you fertilizing. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/11 "2008-12-16T00:15:37Z")
Well I’ve already made the tomato cages, and have enough wire to cage/ trellis up some beans. So we are good on that front, I don’t mind fertilizing, and we have a bug powered compost system ready and munching kitchen scraps as I type this. We even have a worm farm! Apparently, my shopping list includes pine needles for tomato compost and nothing else. I’m SO stoked. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/12 "2008-12-16T03:26:26Z")
I’m really excited too; shopping in the supermarket is nowhere near as fun as harvesting my own food after all the hard work of getting it to grow. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/13 "2008-12-16T03:54:30Z")
Here’s my list of seeds: Tomatillo Lemon Grass Tomato, 4 varieties Salvia, Silver White Spinach Eggplant, Lavender Touch Hybrid Corn Sunflower, 2 varieties Carrot Pepper Cucumber, Pearl Hybrid Arugula Basil Bird of Paradise (apparently these take forever to grow from seed) I’d really like to try some yardlong beans but I haven’t found any seeds for them yet. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/14 "2008-12-16T04:10:57Z")
[Burpee Pole Bean Asparagus Yardlong](http://www.burpee.com/product/vegetables/beans/pole/pole+bean+asparagus+yardlong+-+1+pkt.+(2oz).do) $4.95 yikes. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/15 "2008-12-16T05:08:16Z")
When I’m able, I’m definitely going to try my hand at bell peppers, particularly the chocolate, yellow and white variety. I just wish I could do it this upcoming year, but it looks like it won’t be a fait accompli until the following one. ☹ Oh well, good luck to everyone else. Just know that this pepperless girl down in Tejas is jealous. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/16 "2008-12-16T05:11:20Z")
I found some old gourd seeds in my recipe box. I wonder if they’d come up? The envelopes say “dipper gourds” and “bird nest gourds” (handwritten). ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/17 "2008-12-16T15:54:41Z")
How are you people planting stuff already? It’s technically still Fall. I am still eating stuff out of my garden here in northern Ohio. I just pulled up a bucket full of parsnips and carrots last night. I am having them for dinner tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/18 "2008-12-16T16:08:50Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > How are you people planting stuff already? It’s technically still Fall. I am still eating stuff out of my garden here in northern Ohio. I just pulled up a bucket full of parsnips and carrots last night. I am having them for dinner tonight. Well, I haven’t planted yet and Acid Lamp said he’s going to start his indoors but we both live in Florida and we don’t really have a lot of winter here so we don’t have to worry about waiting until the last freezes in March or April to plant. We’ll probably get a couple more single night freezes up in the Central Florida area but they usually don’t last beyond January. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/19 "2008-12-16T16:24:37Z")
I’ll be picking up seeds starting in January and starting some at the end of February. Most won’t get started until the end of March or later. Gardeners that wait for seed, find it sold out. Buying early you get the varieties you want, not what you have to settle for. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292/20 "2008-12-16T16:40:09Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > How are you people planting stuff already? It’s technically still Fall. I am still eating stuff out of my garden here in northern Ohio. I just pulled up a bucket full of parsnips and carrots last night. I am having them for dinner tonight. In orlando, we only get a few actual freeze nights a year. Rarely does the cold weather persist long enough to chill the ground, so all you have to deal with is cool weather in the 50’s-60’s occasionally. My garden has full southern exposure without any trees or house shadows also, so for everything but the most tropical and tender of plants you can pretty much grow year round. What you have to look out for here is the HEAT. When it comes back around, you’d better have decently sized and strong plants with an established root system or they will dry out and die in a heartbeat.:smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-the-seeds-are-here/477292.md?page=2)