Let's swap some seeds.....

[copper2]

Good idea, I'm sure there's lots of free broken down canoes and rowboats!

 

[copper2]

I want to get some determinate tomato seeds for next year so I can make pasta sauce.

 

[islafarm]

How on earth do you turn a tractor tire inside out?

I'd love to join a seed swap! If anyone lives in a hot humid region that doesn't get frost I'd be happy to work on something nice to send. We have mostly tree crops

off to look at watermelon varieties

 

[copper2]

Costa Rica! I love Costa Rica! I went there twice. I'm in Texas not in the very south where there's no frosts. What type of tree crops do you grow!

 

[islafarm]

Cacao, mangosteen, jackfruit, star fruit, rambutan, over a hundred others. I know there's a mangosteen plantation somewhere in Texas. What zone are you in?

 

[3goodeggs]

I want to get some determinate tomato seeds for next year so I can make pasta sauce.

I ordered some paste type tomatoes, but I do not know if they are determinate or indeterminate.
I will get back with you when I see how many seeds they send.

 

[3goodeggs]

How on earth do you turn a tractor tire inside out?

I'd love to join a seed swap! If anyone lives in a hot humid region that doesn't get frost I'd be happy to work on something nice to send. We have mostly tree crops

off to look at watermelon varieties

I have a green house that I plan on turning into a fruit farm when we finally ditch all of those hibiscus, some one gave me some soursop that I will try.
I am not sure about the import export issues. I know a ground cover nursery that works with Costa Rica and they get shipments in every week, I do not know if it is an inspection thing, or a license thing.


I won't be ordering watermelon until next year, but shumway's had a good selection.

http://www.rhshumway.com/search.asp?search=watermelon

The Charleston, Rattlesnake, and Jubilee are old varieties that grow big but can handle the hot humid conditions that we get here.

 

[islafarm]

Ooh sounds good! We grow soursop and use it for juice, or fruit leather. Don't eat the seeds, they're poisonous. It's tricky to germinate, I'll ask my dh for tips.

I sell some seeds on Etsy and usually importing to the States is fine, occasionally there's a problem in Ca or Fl, they confiscate the seeds. Soursop is about the size of a big apple or pear tree. Do you like sweet, sour or tangy?

Thanks for the watermelon suggestions, I'll check those out. Is it better for the fruit to develop when it's dry? We have 2 wet and 2 dry seasons a year: July / August and December/ January are our main wet times.

Thanks

!

 

[copper2]

I'm in zone 8. I have watermelons galore! Well icebox ones maybe some larger ones I wish that they say the size sometimes! I have
" What Not watermelon" a stable bicolor with red or yellow flesh, " Picnic", " Blacktail mountain", a cool and hot weather variety, some Siberian variety forgot what it's called!

 

[copper2]

And " Wilson's Sweet watermelon"