I can highly recommend Sandhill Preservation Center and Victory Seed Co. I believe they fit your definition.

Jim

I'll second Victory Seeds. I've purchased from them in the past and will be getting an order ready for the fall real soon.

Greg

Here is a link that might be useful: Victory Seed Company

thanks for the replies & info will go now to check out their websites! Appreciate it :)

Some are good, some are bad. You can check them out on the Garden Watchdog. Victory and Sandhill are good,as is Baker Creek, but there are a lot out there that are dubious.

I bought some seeds from Amishland this year, and germination is good.

Yes, do check them out. I once ordered from an on-line nursery. They took my money and never delivered anything. When I did a web search (like in, closing the barn door after the horse got out) I discovered they were really bad news.

Sandhill Preservation has been great for me. I just tried Baker Creek this spring and was very impressed as well.

George

thanks again everyone.... Hey, can someone tell me some opinions on sterile seed starting material? I keep reading stuff on not to use soil, but some other material instead. I think I read some for "vermacullite" (is this spelled right?) But....I keep thinking I once read on a package of wildflower mix seeds at a Walmart that they were packaged in that stuff & it mentioned on the pkg that it was possibly "cancer causing"??????? I welcome all opinions! Thanks again everyone for quick replies!

There are many soiless mixes which will work. I used to mix my own. I started using Pro-Mix BX after so many here recommended it. It is an excellent product and worth the cost. I find it fool proof. Be careful not to start seed in a so-called "potting soil". Those work poorly for starting seeds. They are different from seed starting mixes.

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Pro-Mix BX

you can use a turkey bag. they take high temperature. fill with soil or compost and cook in the microwave to get it real hot. then remove and put into lots of towels so it cools down slowly. the soil will be sterile for seeds.

you really pasturize the soil and not sterilize it.

Farmerdilla, whe you say the Garden watchdog, is that on this site or on "Dave's garden"?? thanks

If you google Garden watchdog, it comes right up.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Watchdog

thanks for the link!

my favorite seed company is Fedco Seeds. Very low cost. and high quality.

I would deal with Baker's Creek but the owner mixes politics with business and I do not care to support his political positions.

Few seed companies, large or small, can match Sandhill Preservation's selection and quality of seed.

For a negative on Amishland, check link (pic heavy) and scroll down to Carolyn137's post. She's a highly respected poster on the tomato Forum.

For starting seeds indoors, I've had good luck with Hoffman brand soilless seed starting mix. However, somebody posted pics of an experiment: one tray of seeds had been started in soilless mix, another in compost. The plants in the compost were much larger, though the same age as the much smaller plants in the soilless mix. So there....many options are available....

Here is a link that might be useful: Carolyn can you identify if this is a Velvet Red?

Have to agree with Davidinct, I won't buy from Baker Creek because of too much politics interwoven with seed selling. I like SSE and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Good seed, good service and none of the political commentary.

I've ordered organic heirloom seeds from http://www.terraedibles.ca/ with great success. They have a HUGE selection of tomatoes, ship quickly, prices are reasonable and I've had near 100% germination with the seeds. It's just unfortunate that so many heirlooms are long season or I'd abandon hybrids in a heartbeat. These folks are based in Ontario; you'd have to check if they ship outside Canada.