Linda,
Could you please put in some Lavender and Asclepias tuberosa - Orange Butterfly Weed for me?
I'm going to send postage for Susie to add my name back on to the end of the Flight Path, so I can see what everyone else put in.
Corey
DJ9'S " WINTER SEED ROBIN " WISH LIST
Corey, did you get rid of all your heirloom tomato seeds?
I am looking for "tommy toe" tomato seeds.
Maxine
Linda, may I have some of your "Dianthus" siberian blue and raspberry parfait?
Thanks
Linda
I am interested in your Monarda Bluestocking and Dwarf Balloonflower Fairy Snow
Carolyn
I never had "Tommy Toe". And yes, I sent almost everything to Heather in the "Tomato + Pepper Swap", except a few I promised to MomOfTwo607.
I have a few "Ace" left, you would be welcome to if you want tthem.
They're described on the pkt as:
Ace Tomato
Bush Determinate
80 days VF
robust
Excellent yield. Great for canning
5-6” fruits, 6-8 oz
robust flavor fresh or canned
low acidity
organic seed
Amish Heirloom 1885
Botanical Interests Item #3039 2010
I can see why you'd like Tommy Toe, from the compliments it got in Plant Files.
Impressive disease resistances for an heirloom!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72355/
Seed Type:
Open-pollinated
Commercial heirloom
Disease Resistance:
Fusarium Wilt (F)
Verticillium Wilt (V)
Root Nematodes (N)
Tobacco Mosaic (T)
Three people were listed as having him available for trade:
chad_
mystlw
distantkin
Wants
Agastaches / Sages / Salvias
Cannas (looking for purple leaf varieties)
Candy Lily
Daylily Seeds -- I'd especially like to try any crossed from old standards to the newest varieties. I'm shy on frillies, doubles, and those with large eye-zones. Color & height don't matter.
Gomphrena globosa -- White, Pink, Fuschia, Red.
Herbs
Lettuce - Any loose leaf non-heading types.
Penstemon -- Fruticosus Purple Haze and barbatos "Rubycunda"
Papaver -- Poppies -- any, especially "greats".
Salvia -- any hardy in Zone 7a. My only one is "May Night".
Sweet Woodruff / Perennial Geranium
Tomato "Yellow Pear" and any Cherry or compact clustering heirloom.
Zinnias -- Lilliputs to California Giants.
Haves harvested from my gardens
Agastache "Golden Jubilee"
Agastache "Raspberry Summer"
Agastache mexicali "Acapulco"
Agastache "Tutti Fruiti"
Castor Bean / Mole Plant
Columbine -- yellow native (very few seeds)
Columbine "Winky Series" (very few seeds)
Cosmos "Bright Lights"
Cosmos "Cosmos "Purity"
Cosmos "Double Click"
Echinacea "Milkshake"
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Echinacea "Tomato Soup"
Echinacea "Tiki Torch"
Gaillardia "Mardi Gras"
Helenium x grandiflora
Lilium "Specie Lily"
Blue, Fuchsia & Pink Morning Glories, seeds are mixed. Some are Japanese.
Stokesia laevis "Peachy's Pick" reblooming, not ready to harvest
Tagetes patula (I think is the variety) Dwarf French Marigolds
Verbena "Homestead" still blooming, not ready to harvest
Zinnia "Candy Stripe"
Ferry Morse 2010 Gourd seeds:
Apple
Bushel
Birdhouse
Dipper
Nest Egg
Snake
Small Ornaments Mix
Swan
Earmarked seeds to include in the Robin.
dmtom
Pink MGs
merrymath
Cosmos "Bright Lights"
Echinacea "Milkshake"
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Echinacea "Tomato Soup"
janaestone
Red Castor Bean pods
Echinacea "Milkshake"
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Echinacea "Tomato Soup"
Echinacea "Tiki Torch
igrowinpa
Agastaches
Canna "Orange Punch"
Echinaceas
Gourds -- Nest Egg, Birdhouse, Small Ornamentals Mix
Zinnia "Candy Stripe"
deejay9
Agastache "Golden Jubilee"
Agastache "Raspberry Summer"
Agastache mexicali "Acapulco"
Agastache "Tutti Fruiti"
Canna "Orange Punch"
Cosmos "Bright Lights"
Cosmos "Double Click"
Cosmos "Purity"
Echinacea "Milkshake
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Echinacea "Tiki Torch"
Echinacea "Tomato Soup"
Verbena "Homestead"
diamond9192002
Echinacea "Milkshake
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Cosmos "Double Click"
Maxine
Gaillardia "mardi gras"
Helenium x grandiflora
momoftwo607
Agastache mexicali "Acapulco"
Agastache "Golden Jubilee"
Agastache "Raspberry Summer"
Agastache "Tutti Frutti"
Gaillardia "Mardi Gras"
Helenium x grandiflora
Carolyn22
Agastache Raspberry
Agastache Mexicali Acapulco
Agastache Tutti Fruiti
Cosmos Double Click
Cosmos Purity
Lily "Specie"
gardenseeder63
Echinacea "Hot Lava"
Echinacea "Milkshake"
++++++++++++++++++
Seeds coming from participants
RickCorey_WA
Salvia "Coral Nymph
Salvia "Yvonne's Giant"
Catnip
Carolyn22
Agastache -- Giant White
dmtom
MG Baby Bells
janaestone
Blackberry Lily
+++++++++++++
Earmarked seeds to mail individually
This message was edited Oct 31, 2010 8:21 AM
I am interested in the following:
From Igrowinpa (Linda)
Monarda Bluestocking
Lavender
Daylily seeds assortment if possible
Echinacea - Summer Sky, and White Swan
Rose/pink Peony
Asclepias tuberosa - Orange Butterfly Weed
From NisiNJ (Denise)
Pansies Frizzle Sizzle Swirl
Mary
Please put a few seeds of your tomato "Ace" in a pack marked for me, Please.
Thanks for all the info, Rick.
Maxine
will see if I can run any seed down of the "Tommy Toes" tomato.
I just added my Hardy Hibuscus seeds and light pink Saponaria to my seed list above.
Here is what I have for everyone as of now:
momoftwo607-Erin
Echinacea Summer Sky and White Swan
Scabiosa Issac House Hybrids
Dwarf Balloonflower Fairy Snow
RickCorey_WA - Corey
Lavender
Ascepias tuberosa
Maxine
Dianthus Siberian Blues, Raspberry Parfait
Carolyn
Monarda Bluestocking
Dwarf Balloonflower Fairy Snow
merrymath-Mary
Monarda Bluestocking
Lavender
Daylily Seeds
Echinacea Summer Sky, White Swan
Peony-rose/pink
Asclepias Tuberosa
Mary-merrymath, D-mail me some colors that you like. I will try to send at least a couple of varieties of your favorite colors. I have some left from last year as well, and I will send some of those too. No sense throwing them away since I've read that daylily seeds stay viable for at least a couple of years. I will mark them as to year of harvest so you will know. If not winter sowing them, I would refrigerate them for 6 weeks before planting them. It will help in germenation.
On the Asclepisa tuberosa, if you are like me, you tend to save seeds sometimes. These should be used this coming year. I understand that they need to be fresh, and I just harvested them yesterday. I sent 500 to a woman in Eastern PA who has a greenhouse and she told me that it is very important that they are fresh seeds.
Pansy seeds only last a year, and Delphiniums and Gerbera Daisy seeds need to be fresh as well. I make notes of this info as I run across it.
Linda
Delph's are good to go by winter sowing out side right now.
I have the best luck doing this with that seed. Some of the time I split it and do half out side and half in the greenhouse.
Maxine
Thank you Linda! =)
Erin
I'm gathering and trying to clean some Lavatera seed. If it seems quite dry by the time the Robin passes me, I'll put a good bit into the general bag.
Does any one have spare red or orange zinnias? F2 or F3 are fine for me, I'll be cross-breeding them with other hybrid-hybrids. Mixed-pollen parents are OK too. Chaff is just fine.
I'm especially looking for Zinnias with a bloom form like a small Crackerjack Marigold or garden Mum ... spherical or thimble-shaped, tighly curled petals. More like a golf ball than a daisy.
I found these variety names in the colors I'm looking for:
red / scarlet / cerise
Zinnia 'Cherry Queen'
'Profusion Double Cherry'
Zinnia 'Sun Red'
'Red Cap' & shape
'Scarlet Ruffles'
Zinnia 'Big Red'
Zinnia 'Scarlet Flame'
Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Deep Red'
Zinnia 'Dreamland Red'
orange
'Double Zahara Fire'
Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Orange'
'Profusion Fire'
Dahlia-flowered Zinnia 'Will Rogers'
Zinnia 'Magellan Scarlet'
These seem to have somewhat the bloom shape I'm looking for:
dreamland series ™
? Magellan series (Persian carpet mix?)
Zinnia 'Exquisite'
Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Bright Pink'
Scabious Flowered Zinnia 'Scabiosaflora Mix'
Mexican Zinnia, Narrow-leaved Zinnia Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Sunset'
There are a few packs of zinnia'z in the robin besides the big baggie of mixed ones i have collected that will be in the robin .
I;m fumming right now at ups they were to deliver a mattress I ordered for my dad's bed, my brother came over took out the old one so now here it is 2 hr's before dad goes to bed & there is no mattress on his bed .
delivery was to be today so the tracking # says . they sure better get here soon .
well you all have a great evening
susie
Rick,
Have a look at the Oklahoma series and let me know if you would like white and/or pink. I think they have the flower form you are looking for. Since you are going around the second time I can add some for you when the robin get's to me.
I have Persian Carpet already packaged to put in when I get the box. I can include a separate pack for you.
I also have some isolated F2's from the scabious flowered Candy Mix.
Alana
Alana,
I would really appreciate your scabious flowered Candy Mix F2's. Thank you! I already have Persian Carpet..
The Oklahoma Series Zinnias do have the exact flower form I'm trying to reach in orange or red! I appr4eciate your pointing them out to me. Could I have a few pink ones? Thank you!
Corey
these are what i have extra of pictures can be found here .
http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/annualsA-Z.html
ANCHUSA---BLUE ANGEL ---ANNUAL---10
ANAGALLIS--BLUE PIMPERNEL--ANNUAL---6
CAPE DAISY --BLACK&BRONZE MARKINGS ---ANNUAL ----3
COSMO -GLORIA ---ANNUAL---7
RESEDA ALBA ---WHITE MIGNONETTE ---ANNUAL--8
GAILLARDIA ----RED PLUME--ANNUAL-----3
CALF POPPY----PURPLE GLEAM---ANNUAL----8
VISCARIA---OCULATA MIX ---ANNUAL---10
Got my newbie seeds today. Will go thru them and put some in the Robin. I have a few to add to my haves but will wait. There is a pack of green caster bean seeds if some one still needs some. The ones here have set seed but may not be ripe in time.
There are 3 or 4 types of wild Morning Glories setting seed. The blue Mist Flowers showed themselves last week.
Later
Dane
Susie,
Could I have some of these two:
ANCHUSA---BLUE ANGEL ---ANNUAL---10
ANAGALLIS--BLUE PIMPERNEL--ANNUAL---6
along with your white mums and red mums?
Linda
TXAGGIEGAL : WHAT IS ON YOUR WISH LIST TO REC ??? can you give us a clue ?
/
Susie - would you have any of the ANAGALLIS--BLUE PIMPERNEL left or is it all taken? If there is any left, I would love to have some as well?
>> TXAGGIEGAL : WHAT IS ON YOUR WISH LIST TO REC ??? can you give us a clue ?
So far, each time I have tried to guess what she might like, like Salvias or hot-summer poppies, she thanks me and adds "indeed I do raise SEVERAL varieties of that - A and B and C and D and ..."
Thanks, TxAggieGal!
Corey
I just ordered from Hazzards. If they get here sooner than I epxect, I'll put some of each into the "for-all" packet.
Otherwise, the February RR, or let me know you'd like some.
Zinnia Oklahoma - - - - - - Scarlet
Zinnia Oklahoma - - - - - - Golden Yellow
Zinnia Benary Giant - - - - Deep Red (4-5" Dahlia-shaped blooms)
Zinnia Benary Giant - - - - Orange
Zinnia Gem - - - - - - - - - - Orange
Zinnia Cut & Come Again - - Mix
Corey
OK - I need to update what I have for who is promised on what I have. I will do that this weekend.
In the meantime - Erin - you can have the agastache golden jubilee.
Merrymath - I am interested in your marigold Snowdrift
Kobwebz - I am interested in your columbine 'Green Apples'
Lazlo - you mentioned you have a lot of Datura - Do you have any yellow? Ballerina would be nice, but not necessary as long as it is yellow.
NisiNJ - I would be interested in Tomatoes - everyone seems to have great reveiws on the Tommy toes - if you have any left, I would like to try some. I am also interested in "Cherokee Purple", "Roma", "Beefsteak", "Black Cherry".
Beth - Can I please have Prunella Pagoda, Nasturtium Alaska, Strawflower Pierrot? I also want to mention that I have a butterfly bush "Nanhoe Blue" but not sure if it is ready to take seeds from yet.
Corey - I am interested also, in your Strawflower mix, California Poppy Mikado, Nigella Persian Jewels and Zinnia Benary Giant - - - - Deep Red (4-5" Dahlia-shaped blooms)
Beth - the picture I have attached is the butterfly bush Nanhoe Blue. I also have Black Knight, again, I am not positive these seeds are ready...... but let me know if you are interested.
This message was edited Oct 23, 2010 5:44 PM
ANYONE WANTING TO SEND SEEDS FOR THE ROBIN FOR THE ONES IN FRONT OF YOU PLEASE TRY TO GET THEM SENT TO ME BY TUESDAY SO THEY CAN ARRIVE BY SATURDAY & i CAN GET THEM IN THE ROBIN . IF YOUR SENDING LET ME KNOW MY ADDRESS IS IN THE EXCHANGE .
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH THIS ROBIN ALL DAY & IT IS TIME TO LEAVE IT SO GOOD NIGHT ALL.
SUSIE BACK IN THE MORNING .
SUSIE
Carolyn,
>> Strawflower mix
>> California Poppy Mikado
They are labelled and in your envelope now.
This I never had, maybe it was on someone else's HAVE list?
Nigella Persian Jewels.
Corey
Corey - probably - it doesn't seem to take much to confuse me!
Nigella Persian Jewels.... I am interested. Can't remember who had them, please post so I know you rec'd my request.
>> it doesn't seem to take much to confuse me!
Uhh-ohh. Carolyn, I was about to ask you to remember to remind me which salivias you wanted after Jonna's seeds arrived but it sounds like we're equally organized.
I have a scrap of paper that says "lobellia, coral nymph, viridis and maybe nemoroso".
With luck, Jonna's seeds will arrive before I lose the remaining vestiges of my mind. This is my first big Round Robin, and the excitement is surprisingly like Christmas morning.
Since I keep losing it, here is her website again:
Jonna: http://www.seedsite.eu/r__t.htm
Corey
GM ALL Have been up for hours Well Awake for hours . Corey I Have a feeling That your going to need all those
labels for this robin we sure have a huge selection of seeds in this one .
corey that is a nice site .
Looks as if the SEED BUG Has BITTEN You. :)) well my coffee is gone & I Need to hit the shower & Wake up here.
so i can try to get a few more wants filled.
so have a great day back later
susie
Hi all!
I did snip some Cockscombs and there were some seeds already. I guess I was looking in the wrong place for the seeds. I am allowing them to dry. Maybe I am making this harder than it has to be but I am having a heck of a time removing all the chaff. I don't know if I have more seeds than I need or I'm making it too difficult.
I have been snipping off the blooms and allowing the seeds to dry inside the brown sandwich bags. I thought this way would be easier. I just write the names on the bags and let them dry. Removing the chaff is pretty time comsuming. Any short cuts?
Susie:
You bet, I've become a seed-aholic. Until recently, I was a seed trading virgin, but now I've gone around the bend or over the top. Too late!
Anita,
No, I don't have any shortcuts that work well or fast when the seed and chaff are around the same size. But here is what I've tried or heard about.
1.
I've tried screening out all the chaff that's larger or smaller than the seed, but it's still more than half chaff mixed with the seed. It's easy to get rid of the big chaff and pods this way.
You can also take the screened seeds+chaff, and rub them hard while the chaff is very dry, and re-screen it to reduce the amount of chaff remaining.
Screens (wire cloth in various mesh sizes) are easiest to use when you cut them to circles and push them into PVC pipe adapters that have a funnel section and an inner rim. For a dollar or three each, get a few 3" or 4"
PVC DWV Sewer & Drain Adapters
and a flat end cap if you can find one.
Nest them together, fine mesh sizes at the bottom of the stack, add mix to the top stage, shake for 20 seconds, and then one screen will retain 90% of the seeds, plus chaff of that size. Rub it again to break up as much chaff as you can, and sift again.
This idea was a gift from DG member katlien:
seed sieves
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/Katlian/10997/
Or maybe pick one size jar to work with, and crimp every piece of screen to fit the mouth of that jar. Use only one size mesh at a time, but you don't have to buy the DWV adapters.
(It helps to use one mesh to remove bigger chaff, then another size to remove smaller chaff.)
Wire cloth can be bougth from MSC hardware online, in 12" squares.
Some people have found a variety of sizes of window screening, but I think that is mostly close to 16 mesh.
Kitchen strainers and colanders will give you 1-2 sizes of mesh.
Someone suggested spice bottles with pierced shaker lids.
You could drill holes of any size you wnat into metal or plastic jar lids.
I'm going to put a few 4" wire cloth squares into the Round Robin.
Someday I'm going to buy some 8 mesh and/or 12 mesh and/or 14 mesh and/or 20 mesh to supplement the sizes I have.
2.
I've tried puffing the chaff away.
I like to do it in a deep broad bowl, first letting everything settle to one edge, then blow some of the chaff (and a few seeds) to the other edge of the bowl. Then I use my thumb to brush chaff away, over the edge, leaving seeds behind. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
I still have 1/2 chaff and half seeds, and never quite know if I've blown some away and didn't notice. Many people reccomend "blowing chaff away", especially outdoors in a gentle breeze.
3.
With dense, round seeds, on a clean dry plate, you can ROLL some seeds away from the chaff, brush those seeds off the plate and into a bowl of mostly-clean seed, and then do it again and again.
4.
If the air is dry enough to encourage static cling, you can get a little chaff dust to cling to the plate after you pour all the seeds off. Might as well brush that dust into the discard heap.
5.
You can also, if your hands are steady, brush big chaff away from small seeds, or big seeds away from small chaff, with a cosmetic brush, paint brush, or credit card or piece of cardboard.
6.
I read about this but have not tried it: floating away the chaff and dead seeds:
Post #7983764 SMARTSEEDS
"Most viable seeds (except very tiny ones) will sink in water. Usually the chaff floats, as do the duds, so you can pour off the stuff floating on the surface and get rid of dirt, chaff, and bad seeds."
...
"Use clear glass jars filled with clean water. Add your seeds and a drop of liquid soap to break the surface tension, or many seeds will just sit on top. Then watch the good seeds sink. Pour off the floating chaff, rinse a couple of times, then dump the clean seeds onto a coffee filter or paper plate to dry."
Corey
I tried the coneflower and those hurt the worse. Most, I don't have a problem with but the rudbeckia are easy either. LoL
thanks Rick
I put this on the other thread.... putting this here too, just in case...
Ok -
This is what I have and for whom---
Diamond - 9192002
Allium Flavum
Allium Pulchellum
Heuchera Caramel
Buddliea Nanhoe Blue
Buddliea Black Knight
RickCorey_WA
Salvia Sensation Rose
Poisondartfrog
Arum Silk Stocking
Merrymath
Pulsatilla Rubra
Salvia Sensation Rose
Stokesia Mary Gregory
Veronica Fairytale Pink
Momoftwo607
Phlox - I think it is David - I will send you my other packet of phlox seed as well, because I am not positive. The other is supposed to be a Starfire and Franz Schubert mix....(FS is not supposed to come true to seed)
Agastache Golden Jubilee
Buddliea Nanhoe Blue
Buddliea Black Knight.
Maxine
Maltese Cross - Orange
IgrowinPA
Allium Pulchellum
Allium Flavum
Bethw336
I took seed from Buddliea Nanhoe Blue and Black Knight for you. They are not dry yet.....
What I have coming in from this RR:
Posiondartfrog:
Zinnia Rose Starlight
Lazlo
Datura - prefer yellow
Bethw336
Prunella Pagoda
Nigella Persian Jewel Mix
Strawflower Pierrot
Nasturtium Alaska mix
RickCorey_Wa
Salvia Coral Nymph
Zinnia Benary Giant Deep Red
Strawflower Mix
Snapdragon mix - 2-3' tall
California Poppy -0 Mikado
Salvia Lyrata
Salvia Veridis
Crystal Palace lobelia
Kobwebz
Columbine Green Apples
Merrymath
Marigold Snowdrift
White Salvia
New Guinea Impatiens
Deejay9
Marguerite Daisy
Nicotiania
Anagalis - Blue Pimpernel
SEDUM : VERA JOHNSON STONECROP
Is Ayrica still in the trade? - I was interested in her yellow/red zinnia
Dmtom - lantana mix
Diamond9192002
Lavatera
Pink/Yellow Lupines
Igrowinpa
Dwarf Balloonflower Fairy Snow
Monarda Bluestocking
NisiNJ-
Tommy Toes tomato
Cherokee Purple tomato
Roma tomato
Beefsteak tomato
Black Cherry tomato
I seem to be a pig, so I will make sure I put some extras in for everyone....
This message was edited Oct 24, 2010 5:52 PM
This message was edited Oct 24, 2010 7:12 PM
i use a kitchen colander for many of my seeds & It dose help with some
well my company is gone & I Need to rest a bit , will be back soon .
susie
No Ayrica Won't be in this one maybe we can talk her into joining us in feb .
that is what I was afraid of.... thanks
I think I forgot to mention what I spend 90% of my cleraning time doing:
picking out individual seeds
one at a time
with my fingertip
or
plastic-tipped tweezers.
The only shortcut I've found is to toss each seed the minimum possible distance. I fold a piece of paper into a tiny tray and leave that right on the dinner plate I'm using to sort.
Carolyn, may I have some of your seeds from the butterfly bush, Blue Nano and Black Knight?
Ooohh! Carolyn if you have any extra after diamond could you give me a couple of the butterfly bush seeds. Color doesn't matter. =D
Erin
The only shortcut I've found is to toss each seed the minimum possible distance. I fold a piece of paper into a tiny tray and leave that right on the dinner plate I'm using to sort.
Diamond - I have not packaged up your seeds yet, so it should not be a problem.
Erin - I just packaged up your seeds to go to Susie. I will send yours BB seeds separately to you - I just took the seeds pods today and they will need to dry out first. Not a problem though....... you will have to send me your addy....
I'll add you both to the list.