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Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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Posted by kaitifer Arkansas (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 07 at 20:25
| I've been looking around online and have yet to find a good place to buy african violet or streptocarpus seeds. As of now, I'm getting rather desperate. I was wondering whether or not anyone in the hobby around here had any seeds for sale, or if anyone knew a good place to find them?
Please let me know! And thanks in advance! |
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RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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If you want commercial ones, I think someone said Thompson and Morgan sell them.
You can join the AGGS (gesneriad society) and they have a seed fund for members http://www.gesneriadsociety.org/ . You can also join the British Streptocarpus Society (it accepts members from all over the world) and they have a seed fund too. http://www.streptocarpussociety.org.uk . |
Here is a link that might be useful: Gesneriad Society
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| Kaitifer - hello there, You can buy AV seeds at parkseeds.com, they have fantasy and trailers Do not know about streps seeds. you can get streps seeds at the Gesneriad society - but most of their seeds are of species. Most of the hobbyists do not grow plants from seeds because they want named varieties. There is more than enough Nonames around - every big box store sells them. Usually hybridizers plan their crosses, sow the seeds - and than select may be one out of 200 to name and register. It usually takes quite a long time before your seeding blooms. Somewhere from 6 months to a year - and you do not know if it will be pretty or ugly. Good luck Irina |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| "Most of the hobbyists do not grow plants from seeds because they want named varieties...It usually takes quite a long time before your seeding blooms. Somewhere from 6 months to a year - and you do not know if it will be pretty or ugly." This is part of the fun of sowing seeds, whether from named varieties, mixes or crosses you make yourself. You never know what you'll end up with - it might just be something no one has seen before. While the Gesneriad Society has the most variety, some major seed houses (Park's, Chiltern's, Stokes etc.) sell gesneriad seeds. |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| Hi Eric - looks like you are more adventurous than I. Usually if I plant carrots, I want carrots, not a mistery mix :-)). I think usually the plant lover goes from "want them all" to "God - it is way to many" - "let's keep only special ones - like 500 of them" - " let's grow for the Show" - "let's try to hybridize my own". Last 2 stages - require named varieties and discipline. I got stuck between stage 2 and 3. Good Luck in Your Adventure. Irina |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| Funny! and too true, Irina! Guess that's where I'm stuck too--used to do the show thing, but there's no shows locally anymore. Maybe I'll travel to shows again someday, but I was always more interested in looking and learning (and of course getting new plants!) than in the major effort of packing up and transporting show plants. Locally I had to support the clubs! |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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Hey, thanks everyone for your help!
And yes, I love the idea of planting seeds and taking care of them, because I think it's a great surprise to see what comes up. Thanks again! |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| Kaitifer, I agree with you. I just received a $20 gift card from a client for a Christmas gift which is for amazon.com. I had to spend it, and ordered seed packets from parkseed through amazon of the 3 fantasy seed collections that they have. It will be fun to get them to grow up, and then to surpise me with the bloom colors. It's all the fun of it, and I can get my son in on this growing thing, too. I just like to keep them growing, and then see what color they turn out. I have no named varieties, just ones I rescued and resurrected from the bottom shelf at walmart for $1.98 each...... Good thing I am not too interested in dogs/cats. hahahahaha |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| You can also buy strep and AV seed from Ebay. Just go to ebay.com and write in streptocarpus seed or african violet seed and it should pop up. Nancy |
RE: Good place to buy Strep/AV seeds?
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| That's my favorite thing to do too, Stacy. That's where most of my babies came from-- and Lowes, too. And thanks, Nancy. |
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