Will your seeds work in my area?

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I would love to purchase your seeds but see they’re all sold out. When will they be available?

Are they only for regions close to you or will they work in other areas like the hot humid south east?

Thank you!

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They are mixes of seeds from all across the country and many different gardening styles so out of the mix some should do well for you. If you save the seeds from the plants that do well and continue to save from each generation you grow eventually you will have an adapted “grex” and over a longer term even a “landrace” which will be very well adapted to your climate and gardening style.

Seeds are usually available at the beginning of the year.

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Hi Noel! I’m in the hot humid southeast as well, specifically south Louisiana. I’ve both grown the mixes available on the Going to Seed website and contributed some of the seeds I’ve saved which did well for me here. While some seeds in the mix may not be adapted to your area, some are bound to be!

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Noel, I’ve lived all over the place east of the Mississippi, and it gets hot and humid everywhere, it’s just the further south you go, the longer it stays hot and humid and some things, like tomatoes, just give up, but if you’re far enough south, you can get 2 growing seasons for some things

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Hi Noel, what crops are you interested in growing? The mixes have a lot of genetic diversity and are great to start with, but some species and landraces may be more suitable to start with and can save you some time doing selection.

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Thank you so much! I look forward to trying them but I guess I have to wait a while :).

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Hi Lowell,

I pretty much grow everything I like to eat, although not all successfully lol. I’m in the. hot NC SE so pest pressure is a tough. I love direct sowing as much as possible year round and trying new things like peanuts (hopefully they’ll make it), garlic, edamame, corn (no success yet) and the standard garden varieties. I’m not sure how to do the landrace gardening and still be able to eat out of our garden year round if I have to let a lot of stuff die before it becomes strong. I guess I can just try a few crops at a time.

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Yes, I’m finding that here too with tomatoes. I’ve had a few die but some have done well so I think I’ll save the seeds from those as a way to get started with adaptation. Do you keep your seeds from different varieties in different packets or just mix all together?

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Hi Irvin,

Thanks for your reply! I can’t wait for them to go back on sale but I guess I can get started trying to mix my own in the mean time. I just got the landrace book in the mail and I’m reading about grex seeds but I’m not sure I completely understand the difference between grex and landrace yet. This is an exciting new topic for me!

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I meant to say that the one area I struggle the most with down here is brassicas. I have not been able to grow broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage without them getting completely destroyed by bugs. Kale is fine but I feed that to the chickens usually :slight_smile:

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I typically label saved seeds for the characteristics in trying to cultivate like “early paste” or “giant sungold” along with the year i grew them. I’m in nw Ohio and struggle with brassicas too. I’m getting vine bore resistant squash though. Thank God for small victories.