Tomato - Duncan Wilson NEW TOMATO
Brandywine Red tomato - 160RG
Common companion plants to grow alongside your tomatoes
Borage, Chives, Marigolds, Nasturtiums, Basil, Calendula, Carrots, Peppers, Sage, Onions, Garlic, Lettuce
Black Krim - 75SS
Propagation: Sow seeds in seed raising mix in Spring, prick out once 2 true leave appear.
Golden Light - 214SS
Propagation: Sow Golden Light Tomato seeds directly onto a firm bed of seed raising mix and press in well. Cover with a light layer of mix. Seedlings usually appear in two to three months depending on temperature.
Yellow Pear 143RG
Isle of Skye (Duncan Wilson) - 12RG
Tangella - 30SS
Lobella - 47NS
Toms Yellow Wonder - 18RW
Moonglow - 16RW
Russian Red - 45RG
Burpee long keeper
Purau Sweet Cherry - 99RG
Cherokee Purple - 148RG
Croatian - RS
Bloody Butcher - 202ALB
Tomatillo - 73RT
Oregon Spring - 97RG
Long Keeper - 20RW
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.
Roma - 20RS
Yellow current - 15RW
Marmande - 58RG
Sub-Arctic Maxi - 13NS
Black From Tula - 179RG
Why you should grow your own
So maybe you're wondering if now is the time to start to grow a few for your self and see what all the fuss is about?
Tomato selection All our tomato seed, including heirloom an...
Medbury Gardens
Richard-Paul Watson started growing seed when he was given what was later to be renamed the Benhorn carrot.This was in the late 1980's and two years later he joined up with Kay Baxter who had only just set up Koanga Gardens, as a volunteer heirloom seed grower.
Through the 1990's he leased land in around Rangiora area which helped build his knowledge and understanding of the complexities of growing seed but it wasn't until he and his family bought 5.1 hectares in the Amuri basin that he was able to increase both the number and the volume of seed lines. In more resent years Richards interest has shifted more to developing landrace cultivars and working towards enabling clone grown cultivars to reproduce from true seed such as garlic and sweet potatoes.
Red Ruffled Kale - Medbury Gardens & Neville Sinclair
Onion - Medbury Red Longkeeper - 35RW
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