Bean - Black Turtle - 197CMK
soak beans 2-6 hours before planting, plant 5cm or 7cm deep in rows.
Maturity is 90 days.
Bean - Borlotti - 77NS26A
Bean - Broad bean Red Seeded - 150RG1B
Bean - Butterbean - 151RW92A
This bean produces a pale yellow/cream pod in colour that grows to about 15cm in length. The complete pod is eaten although the ends can be trimmed if desired and is wonderful added to salads when small.
Bean - Cherokee Trail of Tears - 42RW3
Between 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee people of the United States were forced to march across the Smoky Mountains to Oklahoma. This winter death march is known as the Trail of Tears as over 4,000 people died making the trip.
In 1977 a member of Seed Savers Exchange named Dr. John Wyche from Hugo, Oklahoma, USA donated seeds to there collection. It is thought that his Cherokee ancestors carried this heirloom bean with them on the Trail of Tears.
Beans were domesticated in the Americas thousands of years ago and serve as a protein in the diet of humans and animals.Growing this bean takes about 55 days to produce a purple podded green bean and 90 days to dry beans. This is a vigorous climber is enjoyed very much as a fresh green bean and have found to be highly productive.
Bean - Crystal - 109RW11A
Bean - Dalmation - 108RG
Another crop will be grown this coming summer and seed should be available again by March 2021
Bean - Daniel's Defiance - 53RW22A
Bean - dwarf runner - Czar White - 39RW2
Bean - Major cook - 123RW72A
Bean - Romaine Climber - 166RG
Bean - Scarlet Runner - 43RG4
Bean Feast - dwarf bean - 40NS6
Bean Pean (white) - 44NS7
Beet - Mangelbeet - 66RW9
Best eaten when small while still sweet, larger roots can be used as animal feed. Sow in late summer for winter harvest, they can bolt to seed if sown too early.
Beetroot - Ruby - 181RW
Black Matipo, Kohuhu - 201SS
Broad Bean - El Beano -138NS8

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Broad beans - Scottish - 38RW10
Broccoli - De Cicco - 170SS
Propagation: Sow in trays of potting soil in late summer - early winter, plant out when 2nd leaves have developed.
Broccoli - white - 101NS8A
Brussels Sprout - Darkmar - 102RW77
Seed due early 2019
Cabbage - 'Tette Noire' 4RW
Caigua 1RW16
Capsicum - Botinecka Zuta - 8RW
Capsicum - Czech Beauty - 11NS
Capsicum - Mallard - 9RW15
Capsicum - Siesta - 140NS
Capsicum - Soroksari - 10RW
A large Hungarian sweet bell pepper that turns from yellow to red when ripe,ideal for stuffing.
Cardoon - 106RW
Carrot - Baby Slenderette - 32NS89B
Carrot - Benhorn - 60RW17
Celery - Karaka - 83RW19
Celery - Red Giant - 2RW18
Chard - Compactum - 21RW20
Feed back from a customer living near Katikati, she sowed this variety in Sep 2020 which is still growing March 2022 having not bolted to seed during this time, being a bi-annual it should have run to seed late 2021.
Chard - Multi coloured silver beet 111RG12A
Chard - Tekoa - 23RW21
Corn - Bloody Butcher - 203ALB
The corn can be eaten fresh in the "milk stage" or left to fully mature where it has a multitude of uses from milling to make flour or cornmeal to brewing and is even used as an ornamental in flower arrangements.
My corn is grown using spray free organic methods.
Corn - Blue Hopi - 162RG101
Corn - Early Gem - 84RW25
Corn - Kascade Korn - 85NS26
Courgette - Cocozelle Bush - 105RW6A
There should be more seed available by March
Egyptian walking tree onions
Breeding work on the onion is currently being done, the Egyptian Walking tree onion is a F1 clone which is a cross between the Walsh and a standard brown onion, through bulbil removal and hand pollination 13 seeds were produced in 2015, from those 13 only 5 seedlings germinated, one of those later died. During that summer the four remaining plants grew and divided given me 23 new base onions, these were then replanted out separately and its hoped they will produce more seed. The goal is to develop a open pollinate walking onion that is grown from seed and not bulbils
Florence fennel - 86RW31
Globe Artchoke - 89RG32
Kale - Red Ruffled - 50NS37
Kale - Red Russian - 51RG35
Kale - Red Ursa 155RT
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Kale - True Siberian - 49RW36
Kalibos Cabbage - 118
Kanuka - 161RW
Kumi Kumi pumpkin - 177NS
Leek - Perennial Leek - 93RW38
Best sown in spring forming clumps by late summer/autumn, if left in the ground through the following winter the clumps will form a mass of corns meaning the perennial leek will become permanent and difficult to eradicate. Some gardeners may prefer its perpetual feature while others prefer it as a annual vegetable by insuring its harvested before winter.
Leek - Portage - 94RW40
Suggested growing method is to aim for a long length white stem of up to 40cm, sow seed late winter/ early spring close enough together aiming for a spacing of 2cm apart, by mid summer the plants should be up to 30cm tall, dig them up trying not to damage the roots too much and place in a bucket with enough water in it to cover the roots. The soil these plants go into needs to be deeply dug over then using a rake or shovel handle poke it down into the soil as deep as 40cm, wriggle it around to make a shaft to which a leek plant is dropped down, then pour a small amount of water down, its just then a matter of insuring that the growth tip can grow up and out of the shaft
Leek - Purau - 91RG39
Suggested growing method is to aim for a long length white stem of up to 40cm, sow seed late winter/ early spring close enough together aiming for a spacing of 2cm apart, by mid summer the plants should be up to 30cm tall, dig them up trying not to damage the roots too much and place in a bucket with enough water in it to cover the roots. The soil these plants go into needs to be deeply dug over then using a rake or shovel handle poke it down into the soil as deep as 40cm, wriggle it around to make a shaft to which a leek plant is dropped down, then pour a small amount of water down, its just then a matter of insuring that the growth tip can grow up and out of the shaft
Lettuce - Arabic - 24RW42
Lettuce - Cooptown Italian - 182RG
Lettuce - Mescher - 25RW43
Currently a seed crop has been planted for seed and should be available March 2017
lettuce - mixed varieties - 26RW44
Lettuce - Red Oakleaf - 27RW45
Lettuce, Drunken Woman - 205SS
Propagation: Best sown directly where to grow, in rows or scattered sections, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Lettuce, Freckles - 172SS
Lettuce is a cool weather crop that is easy to grow and grows quick, can be grown all year round.
Propagation: Best sown directly where to grow, in rows or scattered sections, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Maize - Billard - 122RW94A
Maize - Sola - 79NS76A
Although the seed from which the original crop was grown from was possibly a hybrid (even back then) it is no longer so, and reliably produces consistent crops.
Nev's TPS - 136NS
Even from a relatively early stage when they may only be 100mms tall, differences will be discernible between these individuals. They truly are individuals. They may not all prosper. They will each possess their own degree of disease resistance and vigour. As a propagator you will be rewarded, by those that flourish, with crops of distinctly unique potato tubers; diverse in both form, colour, flavour, texture, maturity and keeping qualities. This is a pursuit I have been involved in for at least 20 years. It is an exciting enterprise (if you are a potato Nerd!), and can result in the coming into being of very worthwhile, totally new, delicious cultivars that you can then continue into the future via the usual system of growing from tubers. But don't forget to keep seed from the best of them and continue the exploration of potatoes from true seed.
Onion - Mammoth improved - 119RW
Sow seed early spring in the South Island, North Islanders may be able to sow autumn through winter as well, feedback from customers would be appreciated
https://www.mammothonion.co.uk/product/seeds-plants/onion-family/onion/mammoth-improved-onion/
Onion - Medbury Red Longkeeper - 35RW48
Sow seed early spring in the South Island, North Islanders may be able to sow autumn through winter as well, feedback from customers would be appreciated
Onion - Pukekohe long keeper - 36RW50
Sow seed early spring in the South Island, North Islanders may be able to sow autumn through winter as well, feedback from customers would be appreciated.
Onion - Red Bunching - 76SS
Onion - Rossa Lunga - 141RG85A
Onion - Walsh - 37RG51
Pak Choi, Kwang Moon - 188SS
Pak Choi is a cool weather crop that is easy to grow and grows quick, can be grown during winter in areas that see little or no frosts, doesn't do so well in summer as it tends to bolt.
Propagation: Best sown directly where to grow, in rows or scattered sections, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Parsley - Hamburg root parsley - 64RW53
Sow in spring in deep free draining soil as it takes a full growing season to reach full size and can be eaten during that winter.
Parsnip - Hollow Crown - 63RG56
They grow best in a light, deep rich soil. A generous amount of compost or humus in some other form helps develop a long eatable root.
Parsnip is notoriously difficult to grow for many gardeners because of parsnip seeds short lifespan, so to help with good germination all our parsnip seed is grown each year meaning seed is no more than 12 months when sold.
Parsnip - Kralcrown - 61RW55
This cross pollination carried by Richard in 2010 was between Hollow crown and Kral, hence the Kralcrown. The selection work that's carried out with this new variety involves growing it for one full season, seed is sown Aug, a year later they are dug up and only the healthiest, longest widest roots are replanted again for flowering/seed in spring.
Parsnip is notoriously difficult to grow for many gardeners because of parsnip seeds short lifespan, so to help with good germination all our parsnip seed is grown each year meaning seed is no more than 12 months when sold.
Pea - DL Goldeye - 34NS57
Pea - Giant Alderman - 57RG
Pea - Grandus 115RW13
Seed that was donated must have been quite old as only three seeds germinated out of a 100+, its taken two years to build up enough seed to now offer it for sale.
Pea - Greenfeast - 52RW58
Pea - Kalverdon Monarch - 56RW61
An excellent early variety producing heavy crops of well-filled pods, needs support as it can grow over a meter tall .
Ideal for succession sowing to provide crops through mid-summer and autumn too, producing heavy crops over a very long season.
Pea - Novella - 54RW59
Pea - Onward - 55RT60
Pea - Oregon Giant Sugar Pod - Sno Pea - 137ARW
Pea - Southland Sno - 22RG
Pepper - Marconi Red - 142RG
pepper - Trinidad Moruga Scorpion - 171RW
Pepper, Wild Fire - 206SS
Propagation: Sow seeds from September to October in seed raising mix, transplant out (undercover) in October to November, seeds should germinate in 14-21 days.
Perennial Sweet pea - 126RW
Comes in two shades of colours
Pohutukawa - Metrosideros exselsa 159CMK
Popcorn - Mini black - 198ALB
My seed is grown using spray free organic methods.
Pumpkin - Kumi Kumi - 177NS
Pumpkin - Crownchestnut - 90aRW
Pumpkin - Jarriahdale - 156CMK
Pumpkin - Musquee de Provence - 114CMK
Pumpkin - Rouge Vif d'Etampes - 208CMK
Radish - Black spanish 'round' - 62RW65
recommended not to sow before March in the South Island and April in the north as they can bolt to flower before growing its swollen stem
Radish - Chinese Red Meat - 125SS
Radish - Pink Beauty - 96RW66
Radish - Qingluobo - 104RW92
Regal Lily - 149RW
Richard was fortunate to be given two bulbs from an old strain of highly fragrant Regal Lily that produces compact flower heads that all open at about the same time. All bulb production will be grown from seed and not from cloning scales or splitting up of the bulbs meaning he will be able to do selective breeding from the best preforming plants.
Rhubarb - 74RW66A
Sow seed in a seed raising in small pots and plant out once seedling are 10cm tall
Richards mix- 129RW
Seed is best sown in autumn then transfer the tinny seedlings to pots and grow through winter in a frost free area, in areas that get frosts even green houses can freeze inside. Springtime plant out and allow each of these new varieties to grow till there tops die down late in the season, then its a matter of digging up each plant and assessing which plant has produced the best yield and for desirable shape and colours. The first year tubers are not always the largest but instead its normally when they are replanted in the second season that they will produce far greater yield. It's worth remembering that new TPS cultivarsare virus free
Rocket - 187SS
Propagation: Sow seeds directly where to grow or in a tray of seed raising mix in a warm sunny location, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Salsify - 65RW67
Skirret - 6RW68
Spaghetti Squash 130CMK
Spring Onion - 61ASS
Propagation: Sow seeds directly where to grow in a line or in a tray of seed raising mix in a warm sunny location, should germinate in 7-14 days.
Sweet Corn - yet to be named grex - 179RW
Tobacco - 98RW
Tomato - Ailsa Craig - 14RG83
A vigorous grower with good disease resistance, medium size and good flavour.
Tomato - Black Krim - 75SS
Tomato - Broad Ripple Yellow - 15RW
Tomato - Cherokee Purple - 148RG
Tomato - Cherry Mix - 186
Tomato - Duncan Wilson - 12RG82
Tomato - Green Grape - 147RG
Tomato - Japanese Black Trifele - 19NS75
Tomato - Lobella - 47NS
Tomato - long keeper - 20RW76
Tomato - Marmande - 58RG
Tomato - Moonglow - 16RW74
Tomato - Oregon Spring - 97RG
Tomato - Purau large red - 30RG
Tomato - Purau Sweet Cherry - 99RG
Tomato - Russian Red - 45RG
Tomato - Scoresby Dwarf - 78RW
Tomato - Sub-Arctic Maxi - 13NS73
Tomato - Yellow Pear 143RG
True Seed Garlic (TSG)
Best place to store garlic is in the ground, it doesn't matter. when garlic is sown, garlic will emerge from the ground when garlic wants to emerge, also the time frame when garlic emerges in one area of NZ may not be the same as other areas. Dry soil can very much slow down bulbil emergence, so water well after sowing.
To date it is unknown if anyone has intentionally managed to grow there own TSG in NZ, though it would be unlikely, there have been two cases of seed grown in NZ in the 1990's but in both cases the growers of the seed had no understanding of just how unique and rare those tinny black seeds that fall out on there storing table were. Only one of these gardeners grew that seed, thus likely to have been the very first TSG sown in NZ, thankfully this gardener did and has subsequently shared out bulbils widely.
The growing of your own TSG takes about two months longer than if only growing for bulb production, keeping garlic plants alive an two extra months has been the problem as to why its been so difficult for a number of kiwi gardeners to archive there own TSG. The key is controlling allium rust which seems to be getting worse by the year
Bit about TGS- https://www.rasacreekfarm.com/true-garlic-seed