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Being a newbie at Dave's Garden, I decided to go back and read some of the older threads. I came across something that really made me ask the question "Are all seed company's seeds created equal?" Under the topic of "How did you get started in heirlooms?", there's a post by Byron that I found quite interesting. Byron said:
" For an experiment, I grew some habanero peppers, seeds from Johnnys, Stokes, Shepherds, Ferry Morse and Totally Tomatoes. The plants from Totally Tomates did poor, poor pod production and no heat. Ferry Morse were Medium, Johnny's was 60 to 80 pods per plant, and so hot you could "feel" the heat on your face when you picked them. Shepherds and Stokes were almost as good as Johnny's, Not quite as many pods per plant. Same season same garden about 1/2 dz plants of each. Soil is 30 years of organic material. Ave 16 in deep."
Byron's test results were nothing short of amazing! Does the geographic location of harvested seeds play any role in the success or failure of a crop? Byron lives in New Hampshire. Here's the location of the seed companies Byron ordered from and a rating of the his pepper crop from A+ to F:
The pepper seeds that came from a climate much like Byron's New Hampshire grew and performed very well. The pepper seeds that came from Georgia which is far, far from New Hampshire grew and performed very badly. Is this a fluke? As you all know, seed companies are scattered all over the USA. Should we be ordering our seeds from a company who is located in a climate much like our own? What do all of you think? Does any of this matter at all? To tell you the truth, I'd never even thought about any of this until I read Byron's test results and now I'm wondering if I should order seeds from a company that's closer to me rather than far away.
Pete2
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