Hi! I've updated my trade lists after some trading activity, so check it out. I'm looking for: Tomato, Orange Russian 117 Tomato, Goldman's Italian American Cucumber, Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber, Sikkim Zucchini, Raven Eggplant, Fairytale I have: (Many of my seeds are organic, heirloom, non-GMO. If we make a trade, I can include growing instructions. Any questions, just ask.) Cabbage, Red Acre, Brassica oleracea Tomato, San Marzano Lampadina Spinach, Viroflay Cabbage, Danish Ballhead Pole Bean, Blue Lake, Phaseolus vulgaris Pole Lima Bean, King of the Garden Winter Squash, Waltham Butternut Greens, Rainbow Baby, Brassicaceae Beet, Harrier, beta vulgaris Swiss Chard/Container Chard, Pot of Gold Corn, Mirai (Mini Yellow) Snapdragon Radish, French Breakfast, Raphanus sativus Carrot, Scarlet Nantes Tomato, Park's Razzleberry Hybrid Lavender, lavendula officinalis Thyme, thymus vulgaris Parsley, Plain leaved, Petroselinum crispum Sweet Basil, ocimum basilicum Lettuce, Buttercrunch, Lactuca sativa Morning Glory, Heavenly Blue

Well, Unfortunately, This is not my plant. :( I have a business inside a theme park here in Orlando, Florida and it's planted around one of the attractions. I have no idea how many years the plants have been there. I know there were seeds last year that had just dropped to the ground before I discovered the plants. Since they could have been there for several years, Who knows how many years seeds have been dropping!? So, I do not know if that is this plants first year or not :( As for the Pollen... I think it may be too late as it was about a week and a half to two weeks ago that I took those pics... I just haven't had the time to post them :( I will try to stop by tomorrow to see if there's any open blooms. The pollen needs to be stored in the refridgerator, correct? And is good for up to 6 years? Wow! Fingers crossed. If there are any, I'm taking every Anther! :) Also, How long does it take for seeds to mature? If the first few flowers were the first week of March, When should I start looking to get them?

Wild Garden seeds has lots of interesting lettuces: some ancient heirlooms, some brand new selections from recent crosses, and some recently dropped commercial varieties. Do you like a pure intense red? Then Merlot may be for you. They have lots of intense red tipped leaves with green bases: Mascara (oak), Oscarde (oak), Outredgous (romain). Cardinale is a batavian (a "loose leaf iceberg") with purple tips and green bases. I'm not into speckled, but they also have several red speckled over green leaf types as well. Some of these are ancient heirlooms. I remember shopping in the 70's or 80's; when supermarket "red" lettuce was what I would call "bronze". I guess that the first intense red cultivars emerged about 1980 or so. Some Wild Garden Seeds are resold by Johnny's, Territorial, Fedco & others. While Wild Garden Seeds mostly selects the most disease resistant heirlooms, discontinued modern cultivars, and their new crosses... ...Johnny's has many brand new cultivars from Europe where breeders have been crossing wild lettuces with modern lines for disease resistance. An example is the red oakleaf "Aruba" and the green romaine "Comanche". I personally embrace both the old and the new. Here is a link that might be useful: Wild Garden Seeds

The tennis ball sized lettuce sounds really neat as an edging plant. It sounds like each one is a single serving salad. I'm also trying some edible containers. I grew a lot of extra tomatoes and peppers including a supposedly very colorful chinese 5-pepper and some mini-tomato varieties. . I found 4 new containers without holes in the bottom and turned them into self-watering or SIPs with a water reservoir in the bottom. I finally got to planting them out this week. The poor tomatoes and peppers were pretty root bound and will hopefully start perking up soon. My goal is to not buy any plant packs for my containers this season.