MANY, MANY WANTS PLS LOOK!

[the_pumpkin_queen]

Here are a few of the seeds I am interested in, if I do not have anything you want and you are willing, I can send a SASBE (self address, stamped, bubble envelope) for the seeds. It does not have to be a lot of seeds, just enough to start me and then I will save seeds :)

Purple Asian LabLab/Hyacinth Bean
Sadie's Horse Bean
Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Romanesco Italia Broccoli
Bull's Blood Beet
Golden Beet
Black Palm Tree/ Nero Di Toscana Cabbage
St. Valery Carrot
Violetta Italia Cauliflower
Green Macerata Cauliflower
Red Ripper Cowpeas
Chinese Yellow Cucumber
Crystal Apple Cucumber
Luffa Gourd
Swiss Chard (other than Bright Lights)
Green Moldovan tomato
Jerry's German Giant
Pink Oxheart
Japanese Black Trifele
Ananas Noire/ Black Pineapple tomato
Great White tomato
White Wonder tomato
White Beauty/Snowball tomato
Pink Grapefruit tomato
Small Shining Light Watermelon
Purplette Onion
Taxi Tomato
Blushing Beauty Bell Pepper
Big Rainbow Tomato


OTHERS:
Bat Flower


I am also looking for more herbs, unusual/heirloom veggies (color/shape etc.), any peppers, lettuces (non-heading type).

Here's what I have, I have a few things not on the list as well:
CORN:
Bloody Butcher
Kandy Korn Hybrid
KALE:
Red Russian
Dwarf Blue Curled, Vates Strain
PEAS:
Black Knight
Alaska
LETTUCE:
Speckled
Sunset
FLame
Dark Lollo Rossa
Marvel of 4 Seasons
Grand Rapids

HERBS:
Wormwood
Licorice Basil
Dill
Cilantro/Coriander
Bee Balm, Lemon
Lime Basil
Wheatgrass
Sweet Basil
Parsley, Single Leafed Italian
Parsley, Moss Curled

SALAD MIXES:
Eurpean Mesclun Salad
Orach-Purple Passion
Siamese Dragon

CARROTS:
Solar Yellow
Atomic Red
Oxheart
Lunar White
Cosmic Purple
Danvers Half Long

BROCCOLI:
Chinese Broccoli
Calabrese

CAULIFLOWER:
Snowball

FRUIT:
Red Thai Papaya (2 seeds only)

CUCUMBER:
Lemon
White Wonder
West India Burr Gherkins
Mexican Sour Gherkin
Serpent Melon

EGGPLANT:
Burpee's Gourmet Blend-Black Beauty, Cresent Moon Hybrid, Purple Blush Hybrid & Blue Marble Hybrid

CHARD:
Swiss Chard, Bright Lights

WATERMELON:
Sugar Baby
White Wonder

MELONS:
Plum Granny/Queen Anne's
Ogen
Banana
Persian


HOT PEPPERS:
Poblano
Jalapeno, Early
Ancho
Cascabella
Thai Little Red Chili
Anaheim
Thai Yellow Chili
Mexican Bird Pepper
Romanian Hot
Tobasco
Variegata
Purple Jalapeno

SWEET PEPPERS:
Carnival Mix-Big Red, Sunsation, Purple Beauty, Orange Sun & Diamond
Red Cheese Pepper
Emerald Giant
Sweet Chocolate
Red Marconi
Topepo Rosso
Marconi Purple

TOMATOES:
Crimson Fancy Hybrid
Green Zebra
Pink Accordion

MISC:
Beet, Detroit Dark Red
Turnip, Purple Top White Globe
Cabbage, Mammoth Red Rock
Cabbage, Early Golden Acre
Radish, Cherry Belle
Beet, Cylindra
Kohlrabi, Early White Vienna
Collards, Vates Non-Heading
Spinach, Giant Noble

[the_pumpkin_queen]

I also now have:
Anasazi beans
White Ice Radish
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
Southern Giant Curled Mustard
Siberian Imp. Kale
Crookneck Squash
Sparkler Radish
Straight Eight Cucumber
Kinghorn Wax Bean (bush)
Burpee Stringless Green Pod Bean
Cowpeas, Black Eyed Pea
Tomatillo
Collards (type unknown)
Hale's Best Cantaloupe
Oregon Sugar Pod Peas
St. John's Wort (1 small trade, seeds are VERY tiny)
Hyssop, Perennnial Purple
Fullers Teasel
Elecampane (a.k.a. - Alant, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse Elder, Horse-heal, Scabwort, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort, Velvet Dock)

[the_pumpkin_queen]

I have updated my many wants, so here they be:

ANY PEPPERS,HEIRLOOM or UNUSUAL VEGGIES, ANY HERBS!!!!
BEANS/PEAS:
Purple Asian LabLab/Hyacinth Bean
Sadie's Horse Bean
Dragon's Tongue Bean
Golden of Bacau Bean
Purple Podded Pole Bean
Rattlesnake Snap Bean
Royalty Purple Pod Bean
Blue Podded Pea

CUCUMBERS:
Chinese Yellow
Crystal Apple
Boothby's Blonde
Jelly Melon/Kiwano/African Horned Cucumber
Miniature White

MISC.
Lacinato
Rat-Tailed Radish
Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Romanesco Italia Broccoli
Bull's Blood Beet
Golden Beet
Black Palm Tree/ Nero Di Toscana Cabbage
St. Valery Carrot
Violetta Italia Cauliflower
Green Macerata Cauliflower
Red Ripper Cowpeas
Luffa Gourd
Swiss Chard (other than Bright Lights)
Purplette Onion
Blushing Beauty Bell Pepper

WATERMELON:
Melitopolski Watermelon
Golden Midget Watermelon
Sweet Siberian Watermelon
Small Shining Light Watermelon

TOMATOES:
Green Moldovan tomato
Jerry's German Giant
Pink Oxheart
Japanese Black Trifele
Big Rainbow tomato
Ananas Noire/ Black Pineapple tomato
Great White tomato
White Wonder tomato
White Beauty/Snowball tomato
Pink Grapefruit tomato
Big Rainbow Tomato
Purple Tomatillo
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Basinga
Black Plum
Black Krim
Cream Sausage
Druzba
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Garden Peach
Gold Medal
Green Sausage
Hillbilly Potato Leaf
Nebraska Wedding
Nyagous
Orange Banana
Plum Lemon
Red Fig
Red Zebra
Roman Candle
Russian Persimmon
Speckled Roman
Striped Cavern
Tiger Tom
Wapsipinicon Peach

EGGPLANT:
Applegreen
Casper
Listada de Gandia
Ping Tung Long
Rossa Bianca
Udumalapet

LETTUCE:
Amish Deer Tongue
Australian Yellowleaf
Baby Oakleaf
Bronze Arrowhead
Bunte Forellenschuss
Crisp Mint
Forellenschuss
Gold Rush
Green Oakleaf
Grandpa Admire's
Mascara
Pablo
Pirat
Red Coral
Red Leprechaun
Red Rapids
Red Romaine
Red Salad Bowl
Red Velvet
Rossa di Trento
Reine des Glaces
Rossimo
Rouge d'Hiver
Rubin
Salad Trim
Sanguine Ameliore
Slobolt
Susan's Red Bibb
Tango
Webb's Wonderful
Yugoslavian Red Butterhead

OTHERS:
Bat Flower

[lacy]

I have some Golden Midget watermelon seeds, that I'm willing to send for a SASBE.

[Skywalker]

Here is what I have from your "want list"..and others: Romanesco Italia Broccoli, Long Island Improved Brussel Sprouts, Ping Tung Eggplant, Golden Midget Watermelon, Spaghetti Squash, Gray and Golden Zucchini, and Echinacea. All fresh seed. What I would like from your list is: Licorice Basil, Banana Melon, Sweet Chocolate pepper, and Crystal Apple Cuc. Wanna trade?

[Jodi]

'Pumpkin Queen,
I will have to dig to see what I have to spare in my collection but it may take a few days. I do know that I have Red Warty Thing seeds that need a good home. My garden space is limited at the moment and they need more space than I can give them. But I'm also wondering how you like those Atomic Red and Cosmic Purple carrots? Have you grown any? Any challenges? Taste?

[Jodi]

Oh yes, I'm looking for any Purple Podded peas. And also any information on them either for eating or growing. Thanks!
Jodi

[the_pumpkin_queen]

Jodi, I PMed you :)
And if anyone is interested, please check my updated list (6/12/05) here:
My Garden Web Exchange Page (http://www.gardenweb.com/members/exch/the_pumpkin_queen )

Many thanks :)

[Jodi]

OK, Pumpkin Queen,
I must be having a . . .moment of partz-timerz. . .What is PMed?
Remind my forgetter. :o)
Jodi

[the_pumpkin_queen]

Private Message :D
If you look in the green box in the upper right hand corner you can see Private Messages hightlighted and you can click on that :)
~Jessi

[Jodi]

Here is my ruff copy of what I might consider sharing.
They are all heirloom variety pure seeds.

I have had to narrowed things down with moving, my current location, etc. Some will only go for something special, as they are extra special; but feel free to ask. Of course seeds are all special.

If you would like to know more about a particular variety, I will try my best to be helpful. As far as my storing method--my freezer.
The astericks are for my benefit.
Enjoy browsing!

BEANS
**Purple Queen bush
Royalty Purple Podded
*Chinese Red Noodle
Tarahumara Dark Purple
*Scarlet Runner

BEET
*Detroit Dark Red
*Bull’s Blood

BRACC.
*Purple of Sicily
Early Purple Sprouting
*Specialty Spring Raab
Long Island Brussel Sprouts

CARROT
Cosmic Purple
**Little Finger

CORN
Tarahumara Maiz Rojo Zea mays (corn-flour)
Triple Play Sweet

COWPEA
Haricot Rouge du Burkina-Faso
*Purple Hull Pinkeye

CUCUMBER
*Mexican Sour Gherkin

EGGPLANT
*Round Mauve
*Ping Tung
*Thai Yellow Egg

MISC MELONS
*Blacktail Mountain
*Amish
*Ananas d’Amerique a Chair Verte
*Petit Gris de Rennes
*Sugar Baby
*Prescott Fond Blanc
*Golden Jenny
Canoe Creek Colossal
*Small Persian
*Orangeglo
Malali


PEAS
Sugar Snap
*Dwarf Grey Sugar
*Cascadia
*Black Kabouli Bush Garbanzo Bean


PEPPER
Healthy
*Golden Marconi
*Sunrise Orange
*Quadrato D Asti Giallo
Tangerine Pimiento Sweet
Orange Sun
*Purple Beauty
Marconi Purple
Miniature Yellow
Orange Banana

RADISH
*Purple Plum
*Red Meat

TOMATO
Tigerella
*Emerald Evergreen
Amana Orange
*Roman Candle
*Golden Jubilee
Black Krim
Thai Pink Egg
Dad’s Sunset
Green Zebra
Purple Russian
Black Cherry
Nyagous
*Striped Cavern
*Punta Banda


SQUASH
**Red Warty Thing*Ponca Butternut
*Galeux d’Eysines
Yugoslavian Finger Fruit
*Costata Romanesco
*Lemon Squash
*Rouge Vif d’Etampes
*Turks Cap
*Yellow Scallop
Passions Golden Marre
Sweet Dumpling


LETTUCE
*Buttercrunch Bibb
*Sunset
**Red Deer Tongue
**Mighty Red Oak
*Mesclun Salad Mix--5 greens & 6 lettuce
Rubin
Seed Savers Lettuce Mix
***4 Seasons
*Spicy Mesclun Mix--m. red oak, mustard greens, arugula, endive, and mizina
Misticanza Mesclun
Forellenschluss
Red Wing Lettuce Mix

KALE
**Lacinato
*Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch
*Dwarf Siberian
*Vates Blue Curled Scotch

GREENS, MISC.
*Welcome Choy Sum
*Roquette, Arugula
**Rhubarb Chard
*Rainbow Swiss Chard
*Broadstem Green Chard
*Tatsoi
Italico Rosso, Chicory
Large Leaf Purslane
Dandelion seed, yard
**Purple Wave Mustard
Red Verona, Radicchio
Red Treviso, Radicchio
*Magenta Orach
*Minutina
Claytonia
*Hopi Red Dye Amaranth
*Mizuna Mustard
*Corn Salad, Dutch
Minutina
Pan Pacific Greans

MISC & HERBS
*Johnny Jump-up, viola
Lime Basil
Violetto Artichoke
**Cilantro, slow bolt
**Cilantro
*Par-Cel
*Borage
*Beetberry
*Nasturtium, Alaska
German Thyme
Early Purple Vienna, Kohlrabi
Arabian Blue Hulless Barley
Teddy Bear Sunflower
Tithonia, Torch Mexican Sunflower
Envy Zinnia, Salvia “Victoria”, and Verbena (purple & green) Mix
Tarahumara Okite--Amaranth
*Love-Lies Bleeding --Amaranth
*Nematocidal Marigold
*German Chamomile

[Jodi]

If you could give me more info on the following, that would be most helpful!
Thanks! :o)

Little Marvel pea
Kinghorn Wax Bean
Variegata/Tri-fetti Pepper
Ogen melon
Pink Accordion & San Marzano tomato

And also, has any one had any experience with growing Atomic Red or Cosmic Purple carrots?

I'll be looking forward to hearing more info.
Jodi

[lovetogarden]

I have not harvested them yet, but I am growing atomic red this year. they seed to be doing as well as my other varieties.

[Jodi]

What is the correct ph for growing tasty carrots?
Any particular ammendments that they love?
Thanks.
Jodi

[lovetogarden]

The best pH for carrots is 5.5-6.5. But as I mentioned before. compost helps buffer pH and supplies needed nutrients, so I would worry more about amending the soil than attaining the perfect pH. In the north they are grown in the spring and in the south they
are grown in the fall. Best atmospheric temps are between 60-70 degrees.

Do not use fresh manure, add this in the fall if you intend on using it. Manure causes the carrots to send out a lot of root branches.

I try to garden like the Chinese. After pulling out my produce, I ammend the soil and put some other plant in. After harvesting my veggies, I sprinkle a little rock phospate on my soil and then apply a generous amout of compost. I only fertilize with a sea weed/fish emulsion product. This works well for all my veggies.

[the_pumpkin_queen]

Jodi,
You have mail!
~Jessi

My list is updated again, just click on the same link :)

[goldpearl]

I have some Ananas Noir tomato seed purchased this year from Bakers Creek. I would love to have a few new tomatos, if you would like to trade with me. I also am interested in Broccoli and Parsley. Anything really, I love to grow new things and just a little seed would get me started and I can save seeds, too. Let me know. :)

[Jodi]

pumpkin queen,

I PMed you.

How is your garden growing?
What is doing the best thus far?

talk soon,
Jodi

[Jodi]

The best pH for carrots is 5.5-6.5. But as I mentioned before. compost helps buffer pH and supplies needed nutrients, so I would worry more about amending the soil than attaining the perfect pH. In the north they are grown in the spring and in the south they
are grown in the fall. Best atmospheric temps are between 60-70 degrees.

Do not use fresh manure, add this in the fall if you intend on using it. Manure causes the carrots to send out a lot of root branches.

I try to garden like the Chinese. After pulling out my produce, I ammend the soil and put some other plant in. After harvesting my veggies, I sprinkle a little rock phospate on my soil and then apply a generous amout of compost. I only fertilize with a sea weed/fish emulsion product. This works well for all my veggies.

thanks for sharing!

the reason I asked about the ph was that I recently was told that the taste of the carrot has to do with the ph of the soil. which this person tests every year atleast 1X. Would this also have to do with taste of the beets that sometimes will taste bitter, or like dirt as I call it?

How do you do your composting?

also, when you say that after you harvest you plant something else in its place. Is this a green manure that you are tilling back into the soil at the proper stage? Or just another type of plant in your non-green-manure rotation?

Thanks for answering all my ponderings?

[drobinson]

I have found that the key ingredient to raising good tasting (sweet) carrots, cantaloupe, tomatoes, watermelon and pumpkin, is phosphorus. Soils that are naturally higher in phos. will produce the best taste without amending, but for the most of us, we will have to amend our soil. Phosphorus is also important to producing more blooms on flowers, and good fruit setting and taste in raspberries and blackberries. Bone meal and rock phosphate are good natural sources of phosphorus. I avoid super phosphate that is found in most farmer's exchanges etc.

[Horsea]

Jessi - Pumpkin Queen - I sent you a private message. - Horsea.

[Doc]

Where would I find an organic source of the rock phosphate? Probably something I'll have to order with the local resources being so limited.

Thanks.

[the_pumpkin_queen]

Doc,
Have you tried a local farmers co-op? I know mine carries it and it was pretty cheap too.
~Jessi

[drobinson]

For rock phosphate, try Nitron.com. I have ordered quite a lot of organic material from them as well as visited their store north of Fayettville, AR. Their prices are reasonable and I have found them reliable in shipping. They have soft rock phosphate; 5 lbs. for $5.00, 25 lb. for $8:20, and 50 lb. for $14.35. Be aware that shipping can cost as much or more than the product. My local farmer's exchange folks do not have rock phosphate. Wish they did. Does anyone know of a source with better prices?

[blu_bastian]

Pumpkin Queen, I have Great White and Big Rainbow tomato seeds if you are still looking.