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A place to share your heirloom seeds, produce, growing tips, and anything else related to growing heirloom flowers or produce.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - A great website for heirloom seeds, particularly varieties that grow well in southern regions.

Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants - Dedicated to heirloom tomatoes.

Renee's Garden - Specializes in heirloom and organic seeds.

Annie's Heirloom Seeds - Only heirloom varieties available. Also sells gardening supplies and books.

Seed Savers Exchange - A non-profit organization dedicated to sharing and saving heirloom seeds.

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - Devoted to rare, non GMO, and heirloom seed varieties. Called, "...the Indiana Jones of seeds." by The New York Times Magazine.

Native Seeds - An organization devoted to helping gardeners conserve regional crop diversity. A fantastic resource for seeds that will grow well in your area.

The Sample Seed Shop

Offering sample size, quality seed at an inexpensive price. All vegetables are OP (Open Pollinated) or heirloom. The website also has a calendar of upcoming events for seed swaps and classes.

Sand Hill Preservation Center

Heirloom Seeds & Poultry. Their mission is genetic preservation and education on such issues to promote the preservation of genetic resources. The 40 acre farm has close to 2,500 vegetable varieties of non-hybrid vegetables, fruits, some flowers and a handful of grains that are being grown.

Tatiana's TOMATObase - Heritage Tomatoes

Growing and maintaining seeds for thousands of open-pollinated vegetable varieties, providing accurate variety descriptions, research and sharing historical information, and making seeds available to the general public. This website also has a directory of various online tomato forums.

  • This sub is dedicated to heirloom varieties of plants, meaning the plant itself is an older strain and is not traditionally commercially produced. These are the vegetables, fruits, and flowers your grandparents grew in their gardens.

If you're looking for more general gardening, visit any of the following subs:

/r/gardening

/r/farming

/r/seedstock

/r/forestgardening

/r/GuerrillaGardening

/r/SquareFootGardening

/r/organicgardening

/r/HawaiiGardening - This is a gardening community focused not only on gardening in Hawaii, but also in tropical and subtropical climates around the world. Highly recommended!

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Best heirloom seeds Canada?

I'm looking to buy some heirloom seeds and was wondering what site my fellow Canadians use that's reputable. Tia

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2024/04/24
13:19 UTC

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Heritage Varieties of Garlic Bulbils (Canada)

Seeds of Diversity has samples of 48 varieties of heritage garlic bulbils (these are not the same as cloves/bulbs) available for a limited time.

They cost $15 (this includes shipping) for 5 varieties of bulbils. They guarantee at least 10 bulbils per pack, though I have found usually there is quite a bit more.

To order, click on the store tab (under "About Us") at the Seeds of Diversity website and scroll down to the "Garlic Bulbils Available for Planting" section.

Sales are limited to Canada.

If you plant bulbils, be prepared to wait for two full years before harvesting fully-grown garlic. Information on how to grow garlic bulbils can be found HERE.

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2023/11/02
13:59 UTC

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heirloom bird pepper to trade

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2023/07/01
09:15 UTC

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Heirloom will be going dark June 12 - 14 to support 3rd party apps

I could not moderate or realistically access reddit without 3rd party apps like RIF. Let's all show our support 💙

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2023/06/04
01:43 UTC

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Any good sites to buy starter plants?

I thought you could get them from rare seeds.com but couldn’t find any. Just looking for a wide variety of heirloom tomato and pepper plants. Not having much luck at my local greenhouse. Thanks

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2023/04/20
20:17 UTC

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Can dent corn still be viable to grow if picked before dried?

My patch of dent corn was attacked by rats and I wanted to salvage the corn for seed. they are not dried but are showing signs of denting, if i picked the cobs and let them dry in a safe place would the kernels still be viable?

thank you

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2023/03/21
07:22 UTC

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Cedar beds are done! ✔️

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2023/03/02
03:40 UTC

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Hello! Does anyone recognize these beans? Tepary? Posting here because, shockingly, I could not find an active sub for heirloom bean enthusiasts! Thanks for your help.

3 Comments
2022/12/04
18:22 UTC

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Buy tomato seeds in Europe

Hi Folks,

I see a lot of threads on this sub regarding suggestions for good websites to buy seeds. However, they are mostly US focused. As you know, ordering seeds from other continents is an issue so I was wondering if anyone here know good EU websites to order tomato seeds (Heirlooms).

Much appreciated everyone!

4 Comments
2022/11/03
17:46 UTC

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Heirloom / Rare Garlic

I'm on the search for rare, heirloom garlic varieties. I was wondering if anyone knows of some good website that ship to the UK or of any independent garlic collectors / growers here on the UK shores. Looking forward to hearing back!! I'm already aware of most of the bigger seed companies, I'm looking for really obscure cultivars from far afield. Thanks so much. M

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2022/10/19
08:34 UTC

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Heirloom Seed Stories

Hello growers, I’m searching for rare, heirloom and heritage seed varieties that have interesting backstories, historical significance or deep indigenous roots. Look forward to hearing back.

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2022/10/15
21:45 UTC

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Anyone have any experience growing corn straight from southern Mexico? Especially interested in # of days to tassel. Thanks fam!

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2022/09/27
21:08 UTC

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Black Aztec sweet corn

Does anyone have experience growing this? Do I understand correctly that it’s white/yellow in the milk stage but turns dark in the dent stage? If so, are there any varieties of sweet corn that are multicolored in the milk stage? Thanks, and I’m so excited to have found this sub!

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2022/08/25
02:41 UTC

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Heirloom mushroom GROW, NOT PRODUCT.

Haven't found a single site for heirloom gourmet mushroom spores/culture/grow/mycelium/syringe/...seeds. Not with google searching, not with beta.sayhello.so, haven't tried others but I won't beat a dead horse and try to ask when I don't know what questions work in the algorithm. I see heirloom mushrooms, so I know they exist. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BUY IT GROWN, I WANT TO GROW THEM TO DO MY OWN RECYCLING, and for the better price and fun of it. EDIT: seeds4planting on amazon had some black truffle non-gmo, as well as porcini, black morels, golden chanterelle, some other stuff too. Not heirloom specified, but idc if crossbred at this point. (Found it a week after this post)

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2022/07/28
23:18 UTC

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Pretty please help me find the secret vegetables.

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2022/07/14
03:36 UTC

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May 31st and I think my gardens will be late

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2022/06/01
05:05 UTC

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Heirloom seeds in Europe

Hey, new to this reddit. I mainly hear heirloom seeds being talked about in the US. Does anyone know where you can buy heirloom seeds in europe? Either Poland, Portugal or Sweden would be great (I live in two of those places and have family in one).

9 Comments
2022/03/31
21:28 UTC

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