How to Choose What Vegetable Seed to Buy

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Tip 1 - How To Pick Your Vegetable Seeds Without Going Crazy

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by maashidayo | permalink

“Last year I just planted and prayed, stuff worked or didn't. Now I have seed catalogs and am so overwhelmed I don't know what to order. Should I be picking stuff based on the shortest growing rate...

For further reading: http://www.nwedible.com/how-to-pick-your-vegetable-seeds-without-going-crazy/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Vegetable Seeds—How to Choose, Start & Transplant Them

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by uncodan 1 | permalink

For further reading: http://www.groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/vegetable-seeds ^[2]

Tip 3 - Vegetable Seed Guide

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Devadas Naidu | permalink

Follow our step-by-step guide to help you select, buy, store, and test your vegetable seeds.

For further reading: http://www.marthastewart.com/274942/vegetable-seed-guide ^[3]

Tip 4 - Patrick Whitefield's Guide to Choosing Vegetable Seeds

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nina Greenberg | permalink

It's time to order your seeds and get ready for the spring! But should you choose heritage seeds or F1 hybrids? Experienced gardener, Patrick Whitefield, offers a useful guide.
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For further reading: http://www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/patrick-whitefields-guide-choosing-vegetable-seeds ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Choose Vegetable Varieties That Really Perform

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gene Gouss | permalink

Learn how to check for early ripening varieties, high yield, disease resistance, size and heat and cold tolerance in vegetable varieties.
Tags: Vegetable Varities, High Yield Vegetalbes, Vegetable Disease, Vegetables Nutritional Value, Snow Crown , Green Comet Broccoli, Little Finger Carrots, Great Lakes Lettuce, Stonehead Cabbage, Jade Cross Brussels Sprouts, Roma Tomatoes, Gardening Tips, Disease Resistant Tomatoes, Big Max Pumpkins, Delicious Tomato, Grow Big Tomatoes, Giant Cucumbers, Heat Tolerant Crops, Cold Weather Crops, Organic Gardening

For further reading: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/vegetable-varieties-zmaz77mjzbon.aspx ^[5]