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Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 06-06-2019
Now available, nine new varieties:
https://www.hawaiiseedgrowersnetwork.com
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - kalianna - 06-06-2019
Once again this year, thanks for posting this. I grew the spider flowers last year and they were spectacular. Roselles didn't do so well but it was in a difficult part of the yard. I'll be a little nicer to them this year and see if it helps.
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - terracore - 06-07-2019
We ordered from them a few years ago and hope they have improved. They charged us like $4.00 shipping, however they sent the package with a single first-class stamp and I had to stand in line at the post office to pay the insufficient postage. We complained to them, not so much wanting a refund but to save other customers from suffering the same inconvenience. They sent us a postage refund by check.
Unfortunately, the germination rate was 0%.
So we've never re-ordered.
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 06-07-2019
Unfortunately, the germination rate was 0%.
So we've never re-ordered.
Did you order a variety of different seeds, or mostly one type?
The network is comprised of a number of different growers, so perhaps it’s possible the quality varies between the farms?
https://www.hawaiiseedgrowersnetwork.com/meet-our-seed-farmers
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - terracore - 06-07-2019
We ordered an orange bell pepper, roselles, a bush bean, nalo corn, and a winged bean. Not a single seed sprouted. This has literally never happened to us before. I guess they could have got cooked in transit or something.
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - kalianna - 06-07-2019
I'm surprised. I've had a good germination ratio with seeds from these folks.
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - bananahead - 06-09-2019
since they redirect you... here is a quick link to 'their' Native page(s) link
http://www.drylandforest.org/
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - dayna - 06-10-2019
Like terracore said our germination rate was 0%. I grow plants from seeds from many different places, Baker Creek, Trade Winds, Seed Savers, Experimental farm Network, etc etc. I had never seen a failure rate like this before and it just makes no sense to me.
I might consider trying them again in the future, but I'm a bit hesitant. lol
Dayna
www.E-Z-Caps.com
RE: Hawaii Seed Growers Network, Seeds For 2019 - kalianna - 07-06-2019
I had already placed my seed order before I read about the low germination rates posted here. I ordered six different seed varieties. Five of the six did great. One did nothing. I did find it interesting that of the six, five were packed for 2018 which I didn't like. The seeds are expensive and not many to a packet. I think I'll try something else next year.