/r/CanadianSeedSwap

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Swap seeds with fellow Canadian Redditors

Welcome! This is a place to swap seeds with fellow Redditors in Canada. Let's take full advantage of Canada Post's incredible, affordable cross-country service and get our favourite plants growing coast to coast.

Post a new thread stating what you have to swap (or give away!)

Post a comment in a thread if you're interested in what the OP has, with a list of your offerings. OP should reply in thread and then PM commenters to seal the deal.

Vegetables, edibles, perennials, natives, ornamentals, medicinal plants - it's all good, let's get growing!

Related Subreddits:

r/CanadianPlantSwap/

r/seedswap/

r/seedsaving/

r/gardening/

r/plantbreeding/

/r/MagicPlantsCanada/

External Links:

Seeds of Diversity

/r/CanadianSeedSwap

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Not looking for anything in particular, just looking to swap! || Zone 6

Hi! As the title says, I'm not looking for anything in particular. I've come to learn the best part of a seed swap for me is visiting the mailbox and seeing that I've got seed mail. Send me a chat if you'd like to swap.

If you need some starting ideas, I'm more keen on...

  • Varieties that are easy to grow in a small space, taste great, and that you'd grow again
  • Rare varieties or varieties that have a story behind them
  • Cultural crops like bitter melon or okra
  • Multi-purpose crops like pollinator-friendly, edible, natural pest control etc.

Thanks in advance!

0 Comments
2022/04/30
05:22 UTC

3

Seeking Wherokowhai Tomato Seeds

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has Wherokowhai tomato seeds they would like to share or trade?

1 Comment
2022/02/28
21:33 UTC

4

Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin (Have) --> Blue Ballet Hubbard (Want)

0 Comments
2021/10/20
03:24 UTC

4

Seed swap

Hi I'm Shannon I'm new I'm going my very first Garden on my small little balcony I'm learning as I go I was just wondering because I bought way too many seeds considering it is a balcony Garden if anyone's interested and talkin and making a trade what I have is Connecticut field pumpkin California Wonder peppers cherry tomatoes Scotia tomatoes provider beans Black Beauty zucchini spacemaster cucumber Bloomsdale long-standing spinach dwarf blue tail Detroit red beets cilantro common black seeded Simpson lettuce Scarlet Nantes a carrots sugar snap peas Utah 52 - 70 salary table Queen acorn squash Cascadia peas Copenhagen Market college early snowball cabbage and Romaine lettuce hopefully some of these seeds catch someone's eye and and maybe I can make a few new friends or or even when someone else's day with a few new seed types they don't have

2 Comments
2021/07/20
00:41 UTC

5

Looking for nothing in particular! H: A good variety of things W: Things I don't have

Hey everyone,

I enjoy swapping seeds/ getting them in the mail so that is the main reason as to why I'm posting this.

I'm mostly in search for things that are relativity easy to grow/beginner-friendly, space-friendly, open-pollinated, heirloom etc. (this is just if you wanted more of an idea, but I'm not picky!)

I would also love seeds that you have saved from plants you've enjoyed growing/ would recommend or plants that have a story :)

Also, I am in Zone 6a, so locally-acclimated seeds are great too.

Here's my swap list: Mary's Seeds for Swap

I'm growing out a bunch of different things especially tomatoes, so if you would like to keep in touch for later swaps that awesome too!

Thanks for taking the time to read through this and have a good rest of your day!

8 Comments
2021/07/02
02:44 UTC

6

Looking for medicinal seeds.

I am on the hunt for

Hops,

Skullcap, Damiana (turnera diffusa),

Ashgwanda, Valerian.

I have cannabis seeds photos and Autoflowers, Siberian Motherwort, Mullein, hot peppers, Mitragyna Hirsuta, Mitragyna Speciosa, Deadly Nightshade, Papaver Somniferum and more like what's listed, ask I very well might have it 😁

0 Comments
2021/04/26
00:37 UTC

5

Looking for sunchoke tubers

Would love to get some in exchange for tomato seeds,summer squash (patti pans, long zucchinis), mini cucumbers, field cucumber, and bush beans.

1 Comment
2021/03/30
02:12 UTC

3

Anyone have flower seeds for trade?

1 Comment
2021/03/28
06:56 UTC

7

Mushroom Spawn for Rare seeds / tubers / yacon/ oca / etc

Mushroom Spawn for Rare seeds / tubers / yacon/ oca / etc

I run a small operation producing mushroom spawn and have some extra spawn to trade. If anyone is interested let me know. vancouvermushroom.ca for full list of available varieties. Please message me if you have any questions!

https://imgur.com/5NEb3XZ

https://i.imgur.com/pS7m806.jpg?1

10 Comments
2021/03/27
18:33 UTC

9

Free sunflower seeds from Cheerios

Hello! Cheerios is giving out free sunflower seeds (as part of their "Bring Back The Bees" initiative) to Canadians until Aug. 31.

Here is the link: https://www.cheerios.ca/bringbackthebees/

Have a good day!

5 Comments
2021/03/22
04:25 UTC

10

Rich in kale

Hello all! I accidentally bought a commercial-sized pack of mixed kale seeds instead of a normal human sized pack. If anyone needs kale seeds pm me and I’ll send some. Would love to swap for giant pumpkin but happy to just send the seeds along to someone who’ll plant them! (Edit: I am now out of seeds! Thanks to everyone who dm’d and is swapping with me!)

2 Comments
2021/03/16
04:14 UTC

5

Hey all.

I have about 5 varieties of tomatoes I am willing to share PM me if your interested( don't have the names of them all) . Also other seeds to swap Currled parsley, dwarf scotch kale, lacinato kale red Russian kale, collards, scarlet nates carrots, and a Russian carrot, also a small amount of yellow carrot, Blue hopi corn, pac Choi, leeks, shallots, spinach Danish ballhead cabbage and german chamomile.

Looking for things that might sell well at a farmers market, and grow well in zone 5, perennials are cool to.

2 Comments
2021/02/20
03:50 UTC

6

Looking for corn seed - see text for trades

Hi all, I'm looking for some sweet corn, and/or any other corn varieties that you might have. Let me know if we can help each other out!

Varieties I have available to trade:

Tomatoes:

  • Black Sea Man

  • Hubert’s Pink

  • Mrs Bot’s Italian Giant

  • Unknown - yellow/red marbled beefsteak

  • Unknown - green/yellow striped slicer

Others:

  • Ground cherry - volunteers prolifically in my yard, possibly "Aunt Molly's" or "Loewen's Family", I have grown both

  • Watermelon - unknown variety, produced several 1kg fruits in Southern Ontario last summer

  • Red Kuri Squash - open pollinated - might yield a hybrid

  • Jalapeno pepper

  • Zucchini 'Black Beauty'

  • Dill

  • Cilantro

  • Rapini

  • Papaver somniferum 'Jimi’s Purple Haze'

  • Scorzonera

  • Sunflower - 'Mammoth'

  • Baptisia australis (aka "blue false indigo")

  • Common Milkweed

  • White Clover

  • Red Amaranth - 'Elephant Head'

2 Comments
2021/02/12
19:20 UTC

9

Have: Veggies, tomatoes and flower ||| Want: Seeds that I don't have and container friendly

I have 5-10 seeds of each variety to share unless noted otherwise.

Tomatoes:

- Pink Oxheart

- Green doctor

- New yorker

- Isis candy

- Yellow pear

- Ananas noire

- Siberian

- Velvet red

- Gobstopper

- Paul Robeson

- Sungold (hybrid)

- Purple slicer kind (possible black Krim or purple Cherokee) I missedlabel my plants so I had no idea

- Lucky tiger

Beets

- Golden beets

- Chioggia Beet

Pepper:

- Poblanos

- Thai chillies

Pea:

- Golden sweet pea

Melon:

- Petit rein de gris

Okra

- Red burgundy

- Clemson spineless

Brassica sp.

- Radish

- Assorted chois ( tats, bokchoy, etc)

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Flower:

- Borage

- Nicandra physaloiddes var. Splash of Cream

- Love in a mist

- Pompom zinnia

- Apricot lemondade cosmo

I might also have other varieties that I have but can't remember on the top of my head. I'm looking forward to trading with you fine folks on here. Thank you for reading and have a great rest of your week!

8 Comments
2021/01/07
15:33 UTC

6

Freedom Dream

I've got some freedom dream seeds anyone interested in trading? They are high in CBD and low in THC.

0 Comments
2021/01/02
20:58 UTC

9

Looking for onion seeds! I have Tri-Colour bush beans, Lincoln Homesteader peas, bull’s blood beet, sugar pumpkin, white cucumber, and cucamelon seeds to trade. Any takers?

2 Comments
2020/12/29
05:03 UTC

15

[Giveaway] Beginner garden seed package giveaway!

Hey everyone!

To celebrate Christmas, I would love to give away some seeds to anyone looking to start gardening next season! Each package I send out will contain at least 10-20 seeds of each of the following:

  • Starfire Improved Tomato (determinate variety)
  • Jalapeno Pepper
  • Romaine Lettuce
  • Red Russian Kale
  • Giant of Italy Parsley
  • Sea Shells Cosmos
  • Bonus: Early Purple Vienna Kohlrabi

These are all staples for me that grow effortlessly in my garden (except maybe the kohlrabi) and that I have plenty of extra seeds of to share. They should be easy enough for anyone starting their first garden (or expanding a small garden) to handle!

I have 5 of these packages ready to go, just comment here or send me a message if you would like to receive one.

If you already have a large collection of seeds please leave these for someone else.

(Canada only)

EDIT 12/27: I still have 2 packages available

10 Comments
2020/12/24
20:49 UTC

13

Freakshow cannabis seeds for trade, looking for fast growing flowering vines, zone 4 hardy

10 Comments
2020/12/22
12:07 UTC

4

Searching for seeds

0 Comments
2020/12/22
04:22 UTC

7

Your best seed swapping experiences?

Hey everyone!

I'm new to seed swapping and loving my experience with this subreddit so far. I'd love to hear all about your success stories - no matter whether you traded here or through any other source (other subs, facebook, in person, group swaps, etc)

Did you receive any really cool, unique seeds or cross something off your wishlist? Discover a seed that did particularly well for you that you wouldn't have purchased yourself? Did your swap partner give you some bonus seeds, write a kind note or generally put a lot of thought into their trade?

Please share all your best seed swap stories!

9 Comments
2020/12/21
22:22 UTC

6

Anyone interested in swapping some pepper seeds?

Varieties I have available:

  • Anaheim

  • Big Jim

  • California Wonder (Bell Pepper)

  • Carolina Reaper

  • Dieghito Jalapeno

  • Habanada

  • Jalapeno

  • Pepperoncini

  • Shishito

  • Sugar Rush Peach

I'm interested in any pepper varieties I don't have (hot, mild or sweet are all fine!) to add more diversity to my collection. If you don't have any pepper seeds to trade but are still interested in anything here, I'm open to other trades as well.

6 Comments
2020/12/19
20:56 UTC

4

In search of Bitter Melon and Calabash Long Squash Seeds

Hi I'm looking to trade for some Bitter Melon and Calabash Long Squash seeds. Feel free to pm me if you have these seeds :)

7 Comments
2020/12/19
01:17 UTC

9

"Mémé de Beauce" (Quebec ancestral/heirloom tomato) seed giveaway!

EDIT: Thank you! All these seeds have now been claimed - but I'll be back with more giveaways very soon!

Hello r/CanadianSeedSwap!

I'd like to give a few seeds (10 per person) to the first 4 people interested in growing these rare tomatoes.

Here is their story from the Terre Promise website (where I purchased the seeds last spring):

"In 1995, a carpenter found a bag of about 200 seeds in the attic of an abandoned house, where no one had lived for several years already, in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce. The neighbors claimed that this house hadn’t had any garden in well over 60 years. Mrs. Gérard Parent, to whom they were given, tried to get them to grow; only three germinated. From those three initial plants originate all the current Mémé de Beauce plants found in Quebec."

The tomatoes on this plant are MASSIVE - which is why I won't be growing them again this year (my trellis wasn't strong enough to support them), but I would hate to see the rest of my seeds go to waste.

DM me your address and I will mail them out ASAP.

4 Comments
2020/12/18
19:17 UTC

7

Should this subreddit allow seed sales?

There's a recent post from a cannabis seed vendor that's being pretty heavily downvoted. What are our thoughts on this kind of post? Should we allow seed sales in general? Does anybody have a problem with people trading cannabis seeds in general? I don't have any problem with it personally. But we could require that drug seeds be marked "nsfw", for example, if people have concerns.

Personally, I am here to trade and meet people, not make sales. But I also want to let this community be as free as possible without moderator intervention. I figured this could be a good opportunity for discussion. What do you think?

6 Comments
2020/12/05
04:04 UTC

8

Making a medieval garden

Hi everyone! I’m looking for Good King Henry, Alexanders, skirret, salsify, lovage, watercress, and cardoons to help make a medieval food garden. I have pumpkin, zucchini, pea, bean, lewis flax, spinach, various lettuces, marigold, and sweet million tomatoes to trade. Any takers?

3 Comments
2020/12/01
14:33 UTC

15

List of Seed Canadian Seed Companies

Though this is a seed swap subreddit, I thought it would be good to share something that I found useful. Here is a link from Seeds of Diversity that has a ton (if not all of) Canadian seed companies. CANADIAN Seed Catalogue Index | Seeds of Diversity

Seed companies from AB, BC, the Maritimes, QC etc. are included on this list and I believe that many of them sell heirloom, endangered, and rare varieties; and contributed to the Seeds of Diversity Seed Bank.

Take care and Have a great day!

0 Comments
2020/11/29
20:33 UTC

4

Not looking for anything in particular but open to swapping!

Here is my document for all of the seeds that I am open to swapping : Puravidagarden's Seeds for Swap

I'm open to trading, so, for the most part, it would be great to hear what you have to offer! Feel free to pm me.

I am from Zone 6a, if that helps. I also have more of certain varieties than others, so I could give you like half of the packet or we can work something out!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and Have a Good day :)

3 Comments
2020/11/29
02:30 UTC

7

Seeds available for trade - Southern Ontario, mostly veggies

Tomatoes:

  • Black Sea Man

  • Hubert’s Pink

  • Mrs Bot’s Italian Giant

  • Unknown - yellow/red marbled beefsteak

  • Unknown - green/yellow striped slicer

Others:

  • Ground cherry - volunteers prolifically in my yard, possibly "Aunt Molly's" or "Loewen's Family", I have grown both

  • Watermelon - unknown variety, produced several 1kg fruits in Southern Ontario last summer

  • Red Kuri Squash - open pollinated - might yield a hybrid

  • Jalapeno pepper

  • Zucchini 'Black Beauty'

  • Dill

  • Cilantro

  • Rapini

  • Papaver somniferum 'Jimi’s Purple Haze'

  • Scorzonera

  • Sunflower - 'Mammoth'

  • Baptisia australis (aka "blue false indigo")

  • Common Milkweed

  • White Clover

  • Red Amaranth - 'Elephant Head'

Looking for:

  • A nice paste tomato, or any favourite flavourful tomato varieties

  • Pollinator-friendly perennials, and edible perennials like hog peanut, good king henry, etc.

  • Any productive sweet peppers, winter squash, beets, carrots, popcorn, flint/dent corn, pole beans

  • Any of your garden favourites! Open to suggestions.

4 Comments
2020/11/23
16:51 UTC

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