Mix of Favourite Seeds and Saving Tips

Mix of Favourite Seeds and Saving Tips

Mixed bunch

This collection of 27 different packets of seeds for sowing from the start of February contains a fine mix of varieties. The cost is below £40 and that is good value when you realise 10 of the packets are F1 hybrids which are generally quite expensive and nearly worth the entrance price alone.

Customer favourite seeds at Thompson & Morgan

Flowers in the Mix

Amberboa muricata
Begonia x tuberhybrida illumination Apricot Shades F1 Hybrid
Californian Poppy Fruit Crush
Marigold patula x erecta Zenith Mixed F1 Hybrid
Papaver oriental Coral Reef
Digitalis purpurea Candy Mountain
Echinacea purpurea Pink Parasol
Nasturtium minus Princess of India
Petunia x hybrida Purple Velvet F1 Hybrid
Petunia x hybrida Salmon Velvet F1 Hybrid
Papaver paeoniflorum Ooh La La
Sweet Pea Sugar ‘n’ Spiceâ„¢
Sweet Pea Flying the Flag
Sweet Pea Fragrantissima
Scabiosa atropurpurea Beaujolais Bonnets
Silene laciniata Jack Flash

Courgette and Egg plant

Vegetable Seeds in the Mix

Beetroot Wodan F1 Hybrid (Globe)
Runner Bean White Lady
Tomato Sungold F1
Tomato Suncherry Premium F1 Hybrid
Lettuce Chartwell (Romaine)
Lettuce Ultimate Mixed
Pea Oregon Sugar Pod (Mangetout)
Carrot Flyaway F1 Hybrid
Brussels Sprout Trafalgar F1
Climbing Bean Cobra
Courgette Defender F1 Hybrid

Gardeners Tips for a Mix of Favourite Seeds

  • If you like to grow your own from scratch or are looking for some new inspiration try this wide ranging collection. Sorry if you were misled in to thinking you could grow fuchsias from this seed collection – blame T&M.
  • Why not share the packets and growing with friends and neighbors or your local allotmenteers. There should be plenty to go around.
  • Flowering and cropping period for this mix vary from May to September. Sowing Months are from February to June or July

    • Leucanthemum

    Storing Unused Seed for Future Years

  • Most seed will remain viable for several years in unopened packets.
  • A bit of care can help keep opened seeds for several seasons.
  • Seed deteriorates if badly stored particularly in hot and fluctuating temperatures.
  • Seed is ‘done for’ if it gets moist and can rot or germinate so store it in dry conditions. I use a Tupperware box and have some desiccant crystals I got free with some bought goods.
  • I fold over the edge of foil wrappers so air and moisture can’t get into packets when I am saving some of the seed for other seasons or later sowing.
  • Seeds that I have collected from my garden are kept in paper bags or envelopes and try to avoid excessive drying out.
  • Germination rates vary from plant to plant and will deteriorate over time but if in doubt save your seed and hope for the best. Beware Parsnips and some varieties of seed have a very short shelf life. Other seed is best sown as soon as it is collected.
  • Some gardeners recommend storing seed in a container in a refrigerator but I have never bothered.
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