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Oct 3, 2012 5:52 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Master Level Garden Sages I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
My self-control slipped when I couldn't find a pkt of "Rubi Pak Choi" I had planned to try, and before I regianed control, I had ordered these from Kitazawa and Hazzards:

If something catches your eye, I'll certainly trade for it or probably sned it for postage or gratis. These were larger pkts than I need!


'Purple Choi' Bok Choy - F1 Brassica rapa Chinesis 45-55 days 6-8" tall 2012 Kitazawa # 411

'Red Choi' Bok Choy - F1 Brassica rapa Chinesis 40-50 days 2012 Kitazawa #443


'Red Violet' Pak Choi / Tatsoi Hybrid - F1 Brassica rapa Narinosa 40 days 2012 Kitazawa #369
slightly rumpled leaves red-violet to dark purple. Spoon shaped like Tatsoi but more upright habit

Red Tatsoi F1, 45 days Brassica rapa Chinesis 2012 Kitazawa #446
med size spoon-shaped red-violet leaves

Tatsoi (green) Brassica rapa Narinosa 45 days, hardy to 15º F Deep green Hazzards # M7518



'Fun Jen' Chinese Cabbage B. rapa Pekinensis 2012 Kitazawa #265
semi-spreading, ½ pound, frilly wrinkled leaf , "Pai-Tsai" looks like Bok Choy! 35 days - F1 200-300 seeds / gram

'Green Rocket' Chinese Cabbage Michihili Type F1 B. rapa Pekinensis 2012 Kitazawa #178
70 days , frilly-leafed cylindrical heads 18" tall 4 lbs.

'Chirimen Hakusai' Chinese Cabbage OP Loose Head Type B. rapa Pekinensis
50 days 12" tall. old variety from Japan crepe textured light green leaves 2012 Kitazawa #212


'Osaka Purple' Mustard 40-45 days, mild Brassica juncea Hazzards # M5619
reddish leaves OR mid green leaf w' red veins, compact,

Perilla Red Aka Shiso Perilla frutescens var crispa (anise) red frilled leaves 2012 Kitazawa #034

Korean Perilla Korean Shiso Perilla frutescens var crispa large leaves, bright green on top & light purple underneath.
70 days herb: minty basil flavor 2012 Kitazawa #260

'Orient Wonder' Yard Long Bean Vigna unguiculata subsp sesquipedalis 2012 Kitazawa #001
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Oct 12, 2012 8:23 AM CST
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Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
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Very nice list you have there, Rick! and very generous offering.

The cabbage varieties look especially tempting to me! Rolling my eyes.
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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Oct 12, 2012 6:23 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Master Level Garden Sages I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
'Fun Jen' , 'Green Rocket' and 'Chirimen Hakusai'? Or do you also like Bok Choy? Just let me know your address and picks by Tree-Mail. I have more of some than others, so if they all look equally good, I can sned what I have the most of. Hmmm ... NE Texas ... maybe heat-tolerant and 'early' varieties? They are "cool season Brassicas" and no one ever called Texas summers cool!

If I'm getting low on something, I'll let you know.

For any ATP Moderator, it would be a pleasure to send a half-dozen or so. Check my "Asian Trade List" and "Bok Choy Trade List" by clicking in my signature block, then following the link to "Bok Choy".

I always buy a "bargain size" pkt that I can split up 8, 12 or 16 ways. Usually a 1/8th tsp or 1/16th tsp sample is over 100 seeds, which seems enough to do a taste-test. If someone starts seedlings indoors and then transplants out, they could plant a 50-foot row.

I just like to share these greens that are such staples in Asia, but seem exotic over here. Buying a whole seed pkt somewhere for $2 plus $5 shipping is a deterrent if someone has no idea if their family would even eat it, but I like the idea of sending out samplers of little sample-size pinches.

I like the fact that these are edible (perhaps best) when very young. Even if you plant them at the "wrong" time in your climate, you can eat the baby leaves before they bolt. And they are pretty when they flower!

It seems to me that if something works in salads, soups OR sauteed (or as sprouts or micro-greens) it ought to fit easily into anyone's cuisine! Maybe not spicy mustards! That requires a brave palate I lack ... or boiling to calm them down.

Have I ranted and raved recently about how cool Tainong Seeds and Kitazawa seeds are? Tainong sells 2 gram pkts for $2, and they consider those "the small pkts".
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Oct 6, 2016 5:04 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Master Level Garden Sages I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
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Here's another seed-saving website with a free pamphlet. I like the fact that it is organized so you print it double-sided, then fold it in half and staple it to make a small booklet!

8.5" X 11" ----> 8.5" x 5.5" booklet.

http://www.seedambassadors.org...

http://www.seedambassadors.org... <--- download the booklet
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Oct 7, 2016 10:08 AM CST
Moderator
Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
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Thanks Rick! Lots of really good info on that site. Thumbs up
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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Nov 1, 2016 7:47 PM CST
Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
Charter ATP Member Bee Lover Butterflies Birds I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Greenhouse Region: United States of America Region: Michigan Enjoys or suffers cold winters
I'm a little late to the party, but thanks for posting that, Rick -- I could never have too much info about seed saving! Thumbs up Thumbs up
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer
C/F temp conversion

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