The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Allotment , planting for next spring, supplier wanted          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own Author Message Stujan Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 465 Location: East Sussex Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:03 pm    Post subject: Allotment , planting for next spring, supplier wanted Has anyone got the name or website address of a good supplier of onion sets and seeds etc for autumn and winter planting . We have tried locally and cant find any decent stuff , its all old stock and ratty. Cabbage seeds seem to be almost unobtainable here !! thanks in advance , Jan Back to top crazypianolady Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 793 Location: Nottinghamshire Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:55 pm    Post subject: We grew a lot of Thompson & Morgan stuff, the onion sets and all the seeds have been very reliable and produced good crops. The potatoes have cropped, not abundantly but then our soil is not yet in the best of conditions and it's been a very wet summer!! We're getting a good crop of brassicas from young plants bought from the local garden centre. They were reduced when we bought them, so we're very pleased with the results. Back to top Dusty Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 1042 Location: St. Asaph Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:18 pm    Post subject: I've used Thompson and Morgan too - good company. I've also used seedlings from local garden centres for things like peppers which are costly to buy as seed. Back to top Bracken Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Simonstone, Lancashire Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:39 pm    Post subject: The Allotment Association I am a member of uses Kings. I have always found them to be of excellent quality and very well priced. I have grown the over wintering onions for the past 2 years from seed. I have found them not to be worth the effort. If you grow summer onions of 2 or 3 varieties some will store until May. Back to top Stujan Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 465 Location: East Sussex Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:12 pm    Post subject: Thanks, Thompson and Morgan have a new customer even got some extra onions thrown in free! Jan Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:56 am    Post subject: some seed cataloges i use wallis seeds is the main one ,no thrills good value ,each packet of seed last year cost an average of 49 pence 01245.360413 Or email on wallis.seeds@lineone.net still spent a fortune but have loads of seeds , the second is these people ,get a cataloge anyone ,fantastic reading i have mine by my bed http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/chilternseeds/211/index/ and my last but i love the old fashionedness of it http://www.thomasetty.co.uk/ i do like plants Back to top Dusty Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 1042 Location: St. Asaph Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: I got so excited on Sunday, had a seed catalogue inside the Sunday supplement, how sad am I Back to top robgodfrey Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 124 Location: Otley, West Yorkshire Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:18 am    Post subject: Some of my favourites: http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/ (free plant label in every packet) Back to top Stujan Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 465 Location: East Sussex Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:14 pm    Post subject: Thanks everyone , thats what I love about this forum , just ask anything and many peeps come up with great answers !! I have got most of them sending me catalogs so I'll be doing lots of bedtime reading, thats if Jan lets me have them after her !! Back to top jaydee67 Moderator Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5152 Location: Shetland Islands Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:50 pm    Post subject: Dad uses Dobies and another company I can't remember the name of - but I'll find out! Back to top Woodburner Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 733 Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village... Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: Another one worth loking at is Tuckers Seeds especially for green manures. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group