2012 seed list

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1			2012 Seed list and Results
2	* relative to Spring,unless note by F										Take home lessons:
3	1st Sow I=in O=out*	SuccessionSowing	Plant	Seed Company	Characteristics	# Seeds Left	Germination	Transplant	Production	Comments		Store Seeds in Plastic Sealable Containers, Don't leave outside or near a rodent. Don't forget to start Fall plants indoors June and July to transplant out August.

4			Achillea-The pearl	Burpee	24" height, perennial	unopened
5			Aesclepius-Butterfly weed	Burpee	36" height, perennial	unopened
6			Alyssum-Royal Carpet	Burpee	annual, spreading	unopened
7			Amaranth-Love lies bleeding	BotInt	3-4' tall, long cascading red tassels	lots	good	died before transplanting didn't restart
8			Arugula-Rocket Salad	BotInt	Def peppery, bolted quick 2012	lots	good	good	good	Need to sow early and fall crop
9	I-4		Basil-Purple Petra	BotInt	purple, organic	0*	good	poor	0.00	DIRECT SOW NEXT time
10	I-4		Basil-Siam Queen	Burpee	unopened	unopened				never sowed, next year will sow direct 1-2 weeks after frost
11	I-4		Basil-Sweet Basil	Burpee Organic	10-12" high	0*x2	good	good	good	could have done 3 batches of pesto, only did one so much left over
12	O+2		Bean Pole-Ky Wonder	BotInt	Great capture/trap plant for Jap beetles	half	good	direct sow		Jap Beetle capture plant but would be nice to have some not infested
13			Borage	Park Seed	Somewhat sprawling plant	some	good	good	good	2011 packet though
14	I-6		Broccoli Raab-Spring	Burpee	full sun, sow earlier next year bolted	lots	good	good	good	sow earlier so doesn't bolt
15	I-6		Broccoli-Romanesco	Burpee	better initial growth then reg	0*	good	good	0.00	Need to fertilize, * mouse ate rest of seeds
16	I-6		Broccoli-Waltham	BotInt	tall, grew little slower than romanesco	lots	good	great	0.00	white fly infestation really hampered the Brassica bed, but still slow
17			Brussel Sprouts-Rubine	TerrSeeds	85 days to mature per envelope	lots	good	good	so-so	perhaps due to white fly infestation but taking long time to grow
18			Burpee-Baby Choi	Burpee	Asian collection	lots	poor	direct sow	none	very poor germination, soil may have been wrong pH
19			Cantelope-Hale's best	BotInt	netted skin,orange flesh	lots	good	great	few	decent production but not much taste
20			Carrot-Carnival Blend	BotInt	cool season annual	some	good	good	great	2 years in a row good production
21			Chives-Common	Burpee	organic, perennial 3-9	lots	good	good	good	need to plant again, garlic chives took over but these are prettier
22			Cilantro-Sabor	BotInt	cool season annual	unopened
23			Cucumber-Homemade Pickles	BotInt	best pickling cuke, vining	few	good	good	good	steady production, packet got wet so may need new ones
24			Cucumber-Straight Eight	Burpee	highly productive 2011 better site	few	good	good	great	when trellis faced East huge production, almost too much
25			Dianthus-Ipswich Pinks	Burpee	12" height, perennial	unopened
26			Dill-Fernleaf	Burpee	18" herb,annual	some	good	good	good	this may be 3rd or 4th year for this packet and appears it got wet
27			Eggplant-Blackbeauty	BotInt	Heirloom, twice great plant	lots	forgot to sow			bought plants, forgot I had seeds ooops
28			Fennel-Florence bulb	Burpee	24"height, bulbing but labeled her	unopened
29			Fennel-Herb, Bronze or Green
30			Flax-Blue	BotInt	1-2' tall perennial	full	poor			sowed one packet but never grew
31			Grass-Blue Fescue	Burpee	perennial, zone 4-9 clumping	5	ok	ok	fair	those that make it are still going 3 seasons later but need lots more seeds low germ
32			Gypsophila-Baby's breath	Burpee	36" height, perennial	unopened
33			Hot pepper-Pepperoncini	Burpee	mildly hot	lots	unsure			may be from2011
34			Kale-Dinosaur
35			Kale-Red Winter	BotInt	Red margins, oak leaves, sweet	lots	great	direct sow	great	only sowed a few plants and didn't eat. Distracted by winterboer Kale'sbeauty
36			Kale-Redbor Hybrid	TerrSeeds	Completely magenta,curly leaves	lots	good	good	great	some damage fro white flies but still survived
37			Lavendar-English Tall	BotInt	2-3' ft perennial	0	none even after stratification			SKIP BUY PLANTS
38			Leeks-King Richard	BotInt	grew some over one season	2 pkts	great	great	great	still going November and very pretty
39			Lemon Balm	BotInt	perennial herb	lots	good	fair	poor	choked out by squash plants after transplanting into center of that bed
40			Lettuce-Buttercrunch	BotInt	bibb lettuce, cool season	unopened
41			Lettuce-Mesclun	BotInt	great mix, easy grow	0*	great	direct sow	great	always good or great
42			Lobelia-Cascade of Color	BotInt	6-8" long	few	good	good	good	planted in box and with bay and still alive
43			Lobelia-Crystal palace	BotInt	4-6",continuous blooms	0	good	good	0.50	still alive in houseplant
44			Mustard-Mizuna	BotInt	easy grow, didn't bolt	0	great	direct sow	great	just didn't know how to cook, better idea next year
45			Mustard-Red Giant	Burpee	hardy, long grow except bolt in hot July	few	great	direct sow	great	some bolted when we had 100 degree days, who can blame them
46			Nasturtium-Jewel Blend	BotInt	10-12"high,soak seeds on	0	good	direct sow	great	lived past frost, better even in fall
47			Okra-Clemson spineless	Plantation products	6-7" pods per pkt, were bigger	few	good	good	great	2011 packet though
48			Onion-Flat of Italy	BotInt	2-3"intermed day	0	good	very few	0.00	same as other, seedlings died, my fault
49			Onion-Flat of Italy	BotInt	70 day, long day heirloom	lots	poor			died when seedlings dried out so would sow direct next time
50			Onion-Red bunching	BotInt	bunching red onion	few	unsure
51			Onion-Ringmaster white	BotInt	3-4" long day. Long storage	0	good	very few	0.00	most of the seedlings died from drying out
52			Onion-Yellow granex	BotInt	Short day, oops	0	poor	none	0.00	didn't notice short day til after I bought
53			Parsley-Extra curled moss	Burpee		unopened
54			Parsley-Flat leaf	Ferry-Morse	Biennial herb	some	good	good	good	slow growing until cool weather, prob better in part shade
55			Parsley-Moss curled	Martha Stewart	certified organic, slow to germinate	lots	good	good	great	still going around mailbox and very pretty now in fall
56			Pepper-Chile Anaheim	BotInt	tall, 3-4 feet,easy,grew behind tomatoes	few	great	great	great	all around fantastic
57			Pumpkin-JackO'Lantern	BotInt	bred for human head size	lots	good	great	few	survived the squash bug infestation! So impressive
58			Rutabaga-Amer. Purple top	BotInt	cool season, heirloom	lots	good	good	not sure	haven't harvested yet so not sure if turned out right
59			Spinach-Monstreux de Viroflay	BotInt	10" long leaves	1/2 packet	great	direct sow	great	almost weed like lived through winter!
60			Squash-Crookneck	Burpee 2011	prolific 2 yrs in a row	lots	great	great	great	even better than 2011 and none succumbed to squash borer
61			Squash-Patty Pan	BotInt	Summer Squash, cute	10	great	fair and direct	good	squash bug decimated in September prior good production but gave all away
62			Squash-Straightneck	Burpee 2011	prolific 2 yrs in a row	lots	great	great	great	even better than 2011 and none succumbed to squash borer
63			Squash-Zucchini
64			Stock	BotInt	very hardy plants, silvery gray foliage	some	good	good	great	beautiful small purple flowers with silvery gray velvety foliage
65			Sunflower-Mammoth	BotInt	12' foot tall, prior good grower	0*	poor	direct sow	1.00	didn't do well where I planted this year, not enough sun
66			Sunflower-Teddy	Ferry-Morse	2 feet tall, 8" flowers	0	poor	direct sow	0.00	very poor, may have been not enough sun although Italian Ice grew
67			Sweet Pepper-California wonder	Burpee	4 ft tall, bell peppers	few	good	great	good	good production, tomatoes near by went crazy, so light was impeded
68			Swiss chard-Ruby red	BotInt	very pretty, not as big as white	2 pkts	good	good	great	very hardy, still growing in November
69			Tomato-Black sea man	Hinterland Trading	started off great b4 mouse	few	good	mouse at seedlings		had to replace with plants-Cherokee purple- great producer
70			Tomato-Brandywine Pink	Burpee	heirloom, 14 oz fruit, low acidity	lots	good	good	good	this may be the only tomato seedling started from seed that made it
71			Tomato-Cherokee Purple
72			Tomato-Mortgage lifter	Burpee	heirloom, first year to try	few	good	mouse at seedlings		had to replace with plants, mouse most tomato seedlings except 2
73			Tomato-Osaka
74			Tomato-Roma	Ferry-Morse	not as good as Osaka	few	good	mouse at seedlings		had to replace with plants-Osaka- great producer
75	O+1		Echinacea-PowWowBerry	Park Seed		full				never sown
76	O+2		Sunflower-Mammoth	Burpee		full				mammoth grew better than other type tried in past
77	O-2	O0,2,4,6,8	Bean Bush-Festina	Park Seed		full
78	O-2	O0,2,4,6,8	Bean Bush-Royal Burgundy	Burpee	grewwell past2 years	lots	good	n/a	good
79	I-3		Watermelon-BlackDiamond	Burpee	average size, seeds	few	good	poor	none	have yet to get a watermelon produced
80	O+2		Bean Pole-Hidatsa Shield	Burpee	dry bean	lots				haven't tried yet,mouse ate some
81	O-2	O0,2,4,6,8	Bean Bush-Velour	Park Seed	bush bean that's performed very well	few	good	n/a	good	performed well2 years in a row
82	I-4-6		Marigold-Crackerjack	BotInt	got wet and never planted	lots
83	O1+2		Nasturtium-trailing	BotInt	lovethe way this would look	few	good		good
84	O1+2		Nasturtium-Jewel Blend	BotInt	beautiful	few	good		good	mouse ate most
85	O1+2		Nasturtium	Burpee	got wet and never planted	few	good		good
86	I-6-8		Feverfew	BotInt		few	poor			didn't grow last time unsure why
87	I-4-6		Calendula	Burpee	companion plant	few	ok	poor		didn't successfully grow any so far
88	I-4-6		Marigold-French Vanilla	Burpee		few	good	good	good	beautiful and companion plant
89	I-4-6		Squash-Yellow Crookneck	Burpee	Delicious, productive 3 years in a row	few	good	good	good
90	O+2		Pole-KyWonder	Burpee	Favorites of JapBeetle need to cover	half	good	good	good	must figure out cover this year!
91	I-3		Pumpkin-JackO'Lantern	Burpee	Haven't had any luck with this type yet	few	good	good	noon	may not be worth the trouble
92	I-6		Lettuce-Mesclun	Burpee	always good bet	few	good	good	good	just need to eat more salad
93	O+8		Scallions-white/red			few	ok	poor	poor	probably better off sowing direct unless keep in gutter
94	O+8		Bean Pole-Blue Lake	Burpee	need protection from Jap Beetles	lots	good	good	poor	due to infestation
95	O+2		Catnip	Burpee	beautiful but backyard or attract cats	lots				haven't sown
96	I-3		Melon	BotInt	grew 4 but blah taste maybe be not sunny	few	good	good	ok	5 tasteless melons but didn't fertilize
97	I-8	O-4	Sweet Pea	Burpee	2 packs with fewleft	few	poor			can't recallany germinating so these probably duds
98	I-2		Beets-Red/Gold	BotInt		few	ok	n/a	ok	hope to get better production, need more fine soil
99	O-6	O-3,0,+3	Lettuce-Romaine	Martha Stewart	lettuce for Caesar salad	lots	poor	n/a	poor	need to investigatewhatittakesto get good production
100	I-4	O0,4	Oregano	Park Seed	2 packs,Park and Burpee	full				in past bought plants but will try since need lots of plants