A Colorful Market Table

[Cole_Robbie]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Cole, what did you order from the sunflower place?

100 seeds each of
Little Tiger
Little Becka
Munchkin
Tinies
Double Dandy

[ginger2778]

I ordered firecracker, baby bear, double dandy, little tiger, and orange hobbit, 100 seeds each. They germination test them too.

[Cole_Robbie]

Some of the hybrids from Harris are ridiculous in price. I think they will be worth it, but I am still interesting in stabilizing those hybrids so I don't have to keep paying for them. It seems like a dwarf variety would be easy to cull at least the plants that were not dwarfs.

[Urbanheirlooms]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Snapdragons I love snapdragons.
Every year my mother would let me plant them along both sides of the walk from our house.
Worth

I bet you would squeeze the flowers and make them talk.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Urbanheirlooms

I bet you would squeeze the flowers and make them talk.

Yes I would.

Worth

[Cole_Robbie]

I just opened my "Pentas Graffiti Mix: https://www.harrisseeds.com/products...raffiti-mix-f1

These are the smallest seeds I have ever seen. 100 of them is about the size of Abe Lincoln's head:

[BigVanVader]

In my experience that means it takes them a couple of months to get a decent size. Hate small seeds, my fingers are like hot dog buns.

[clkeiper]

Petunia seeds, bacopa, lobelia, begonias... all are micro sized. begonias lobelia.... they are pretty much like dust, too. nice that they are pelleted now. a bit more expensive but more manageable.

[efisakov]

The smallest seeds I ever saw was celery seeds. They are like dust.

[clkeiper]

Originally Posted by efisakov

The smallest seeds I ever saw was celery seeds. They are like dust.

they are still way bigger than lobelia, begonias and petunias.

[Cole_Robbie]

I just noticed that those Pentas seeds are pelleted. No wonder they roll so easily. The actual seed is apparently even tinier than that pic.

My zinnia and marigold seeds are sprouting in just a few days. I am not accustomed to being able to start seeds outside so easily, because I usually do it in the cold early spring.

[brownrexx]

Today is the first time I ever looked at this thread and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I read each and every posting and looked at all of the pictures and NOW I see why some of you grow so many tomato plants! Wow you sure do have some beautiful market tables.

I do not sell at market but I do walk around farmer's markets and the stands that I saw in these postings were exceptional and I would buy from any of them in a minute. I absolutely LOVE the mixture of colors and shapes. How a product is displayed makes a huge difference in my opinion.

I am an organic gardener and at our local farmer's market there is only one vendor who advertises as organic. He never posts any prices and his produce just sits there. I have never bought anything from him. I am not really comfortable asking for prices.

BTW those of us who like to buy organic are just as comfortable buying produce that is labeled as "pesticide free" or something like that. We understand the regulations.

[BigVanVader]

My go to is Poor-ganic. We arent allowed to use any word that has organic in it as a single word, so I got creative and found a loophole that is also a true statement.

[brownrexx]

Honestly I really don't think that most people who shop farmer's markets are looking for "organic" produce. I think that they just assume that home grown is better and healthier than store bought. I see more people shopping in stores for items labeled as "organic" but that's just my take on the subject based on watching people.

I think that people would buy tomatoes from the beautiful displays I saw on this thread no matter how they were labeled!

[BigVanVader]

True but it still gets a smile and starts conversation. For me once I get them talking they are leaving with something.