Pacific Northwest Seed supply

bottom-dragger on 12/29/2010, 11:23 am

i'm looking for new/additional sources for seeds suitable to cool, wetter, short growing seasons. we already use territorial and nichol's but are there any that are missing?

thanks, joe

camprn on 12/29/2010, 11:29 am

Greetings and $glad you\'re here$ to the SFG Forum! I do not have a direct answer to your question but you may find something in previous threads. You can see them here & here<~~ Click on the link. I would guess some of the folks from PNW will be along shortly and will have something for you. Again, Welcome!

Lavender Debs on 12/29/2010, 12:26 pm

Whoo! Alaska? That is a ways north of TSC.

I'm not sure if there are places in Yukon or BC that will help. I get seed from Uprising Seed in Bellingham. They tell me their new catalog will be online by the end of the week. There is also a place called greenheart gardens on Lopez Island. They only sell seed that they grow on Lopez which is as far NW as you can go in the US without crossing Canadian waters. Trouble is, I don't think they have a web page. I get mine from a health food co-op in Mt. Vernon. How can I help?

Deborah....so glad to meet you!

camprn on 12/29/2010, 2:37 pm

By looking at this site and this chart from Hume seeds it seems you may be in zone 5. Do you have a lot of overcast days in summertime? I have never been to Alaska, but it is on my short list. Very Happy

bottom-dragger on 1/1/2011, 4:31 pm

[quoteBy looking at this site and this chart from Hume seeds it seems you may be in zone 5. Do you have a lot of overcast days in summertime? I have never been to Alaska, but it is on my short list. Very Happy

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i'd go with a 7b. southeast alaska, maritime weather. lot's of cool overcast days. we're getting by but was just wondering if there's something out there i'd missed.

thanks, back to the seed catalogs. joe

boffer on 1/1/2011, 5:12 pm

Hi,

Your cartoon pretty much summarizes what I'm about to say: get a greenhouse!

Growing Degree Days (GDD) are a better indicator of climate conditions for growing veggies than the old traditional zones. I plugged your zip code, 99833, into this calculator

using these parameters:

You had a grand total of 458 GDDs last year for warm season crops. You would be wasting time trying to grow tomatoes, corn, peppers, etc. Short season toms and corn are in the 1300-1400 range. That leaves cool crops like lettuce, spinach, brocolli etc. Even they need some sunshine to be productive.

Do you have neighbors with gardens? What is easiest for them to grow?

camprn on 1/1/2011, 5:18 pm

Good going Boffer! This is where I was trying to head, the GDD. Very Happy

I love that calculator!

Furbalsmom on 1/1/2011, 8:25 pm

Wild Garden Seed has a few things specific to Maritime Gardening. Mostly they offer lettuces, herbs, broccoli, beets, greens, rutabega, flowers and herbs. You may find just what you want.

They offer seeds on-line. There is a catalog, but I just received the 2009 catalog by mail. (yeah 2009) thinking

Wild Garden

bottom-dragger on 1/2/2011, 11:32 am

not a real virgin here so the q is about source and not technique, ~ 350 ft² green house space, need to use shade cloth about 10 weeks / summer. used for peppers and tomatos (pretty much cherry size plus, no beefsteaks).

another 1000 ft² of outdoor raised gardens for greens, carrots, peas, and potatoes.

thanks, joe

Furbalsmom on 1/2/2011, 11:58 am

This is a Canadian Company and may be helpful as a source

WEST COAST SEEDS IN CANADA

Lavender Debs on 1/8/2011, 8:30 pm

Uprising in Bellingham just posted their 2011 online catalog. I grow all kinds of lunch and dinner from uprising. My Goldensweet Peas came from here. Most of what they sell is grown in Bellingham. Might be a longer season than Alaska but short for most of the US.

Uprising Seed

Good gardening to you Farmer Joe
Debs.....trying to be content with micro-greens for now.

bottom-dragger on 1/9/2011, 4:10 pm

Good gardening to you Farmer Joe
Debs.....trying to be content with micro-greens for now.

thanks deb, though i'm not really the gardener, i'm way down the rung in status; deer fence builder, compost turner, wheel barrow driver, and i just found out.....hoop garden builder.

but i enjoy the produce, i have a severe addiction to real tomatoes, not those grown to survive shipping. i've resorted to using them as bribes at my office.

and thanks to the canadian references but shipping organics to the us is very limited.

thanks all, joe

the real gardener

camprn on 1/9/2011, 4:24 pm

OOOOOOOh! I love your Greenhouse!

ander217 on 1/10/2011, 10:55 am

+1

Furbalsmom on 1/10/2011, 12:42 pm

bottom-dragger wrote:
Pacific Northwest Seed supply
bottom-dragger on Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:23 am

.i'm looking for new/additional sources for seeds suitable to cool, wetter, short growing seasons. we already use territorial and nichol's but are there any that are missing?

thanks, joe.

Last edited by Megan on Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:54 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : fix spelling of thread title)

I thought he meant the NorthWET.

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