Serendipity Seed Swap! (US)

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I just went through my seed stash. I had to laugh at myself because I got my goingtoseed seeds and an EFN seed order in the mail this week. Then pulling out and going through the stash I found a package from Victory seed that I ordered a while back. :see_no_evil: Apparently I just opened it to look and dropped the package into the stash. So it was like I got to open that package twice! :joy:

Here is what I have that will be going into the box from me when I get it.

Pig pen volunteer pumpkin, maxima. Zero care, zero watering, almost no rain.

Georgia candy roaster, maxima.

Blue hubbard, maxima -huge!

Moschata pumpkin

Bouquet wildflower mix

Radish, Japanese Wasabi

And several packets of tomato seed that I realized I’ll never get to and are no longer in the goals of my wants/needs of tomatoes.

Thanks to whoever put the huge variety of bean seeds in a while back! When the box got to me last time there was just a few seed of each variety. So I was able to take them and make a pole bean grex and a bush bean grex. With all the little packets I’ve reused them to package the squash seeds that I’m putting back into the box. :grin:

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Awesome! :smiley: This is such an exciting time of year to be getting the box, too. :grin:

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Could I please be added to the list?

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Sure! We’re happy to have you here! :smiley:

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@UnicornEmily could I be added to the list?

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Absolutely! You’re in! :slight_smile:

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What did your pig pen volunteer maxima taste like, by the way? That survivability sounds awesome, and I’m hoping it has a great flavor, too. :smiley:

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Good color. Good flavor. I posted pics of them in my thread “Kadence’s garden and landrace”.

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@UnicornEmily oh yes! And please pop my name in again at the bottom of the list! I just love the seed train and we are getting so good at it too!!

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Will do! :grin: I am thrilled that it is going so well, too!

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Yes! Hoping it gets back around soon…im hoping to pull a few pig pen pumkin seeds to try…and watermelons.

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Yes! I know how you feel! My turn is coming up soon, and I’m very excited! This is such an excellent time of year to get new seeds.

Of course, every day is a good time of year to get new seeds. :grin:

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What info is desired on seeds added to the box? I got little paper coin envelopes b/c I like these things, and I label with what it is and the year I harvested/ collected the seeds. E.g. Red Bell Pepper 2023, Pumpkin 2024. Anything else?

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…I added my growing zone and if they were organic…

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The minimum is a label saying the common name. If it’s something inedible, I strongly recommend stating that on the label, to prevent any confusion.

These are things that are optional, but are often very welcome:

  • The year it was harvested.
  • The month it was harvested. (Can be nice to know when to expect to harvest.)
  • Latin name. (Especially if it’s a rare species or the common name is shared by a lot of different species.)
  • The place it was harvested.
  • A description of the climate of the place it was harvested.
  • Any notable traits worth mentioning. (For instance, does it have thorns? Is the appearance or flavor noteworthy?)
  • Anything else that seems relevant to you.

I tend to write down something like, “Apricot pits. Harvested in April 2024 in Provo, Utah (zone 7b desert). Big and sweet.”

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Good afternoon, hi there y’all.

An update, we received the seed box yesterday, and hope to have it moving along by this weekend.

I was wondering: if I could add some of my backup heritage sour dough starter, it’s 239+ years and if sourdough starter could be landraced too?

As every sourdough starter will develop there own flavors in the final products that they create, and they utilize wild yeast in their environment and on the flour used when you feed it.

I also have the hopes of creating this new category in the seed box to turn my sourdough starter into a Frankenstein starter.

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Even if we can’t make it a permanent category it would be cool to trade some now with folks that want some

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Dried sourdough starter? I vote yes! I’d love to add some diversity to my homemade batch.

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Yes, it’s dried. I’ve been dehydrating a lot of the starter before it hits it’s peak rise, every feeding.

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Heck, let’s make it a permanent category! That sounds awesome! :smiley:

A permanent category for spores of tasty fungus species would be nifty, too. Dried spore prints and air-dried (not baked) mushroom caps can be used to share viable spores, right?

I’m currently adding wine cap mushroom spawn to my garden. If I get lots of delicious mushrooms from that (please please please! :pray:), I’d be happy to share spores with other people later. Mushroom spawn has to be kept moist, but spores can be dried, right?

Speaking of which, what kind of flavor does your sourdough starter have right now, Alexis? I’m very interested in getting some, too. :grin: