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Are seeds of Italy and the taste of Italy seeds one and the same?
I was in a garden centre this afternoon and in the Thomson and Morgan section they had those seeds called The Taste of Italy, and across the packet was written Authentic Italian Seed. I asked a couple of the floor staff but they weren't sure, the price on the packets were reasonable and plenty of seeds in a packet.
Bren

No Bren

Seeds of Italy are the Italian firm Franchi Sementi
T&M are marketing Vita Sementi

Both these are genuine Italian seed companies and like all other Italian seed merchants, they do very generous seed quantities at a reasonable price.

I've had a look at T&M's website and I'm impressed with the range of Vita Sementi. The prices are generally a little higher than SofI, but the choice and quality seem identical.

If you like them, give them a try.

Alan

Alan
Thanks for reply, I only bought A plum type of tomato as I liked the look of them, will see what they taste like.
We used to buy Kings seeds, from another allotment shop (our allotment don't sell seed its a private site) we always had good results with Kings, now we are using shanks pony its a bit too far to go and collect them (had to give the car up )
Bren

Hi Bren,

I bought 3 different varieties of toms from the T&M Vita Sementi range and planted about 50 of each in 9cm square pots and put in a heated propagator on 6th March. I now have a very healthy pot of seedling from all three varieties, plus plenty more in the packets to start some more later if these failed. I should be able to make a healthy profit by selling the excess in late April and May.

Good luck with yours.

Hi vivie veg
Tomato Roma is the one I bought, I sowed some of the seed on Monday 12th and like you I have a good healty pot of seedlings, hope they taste as good, the packet says grown outdoor for a fuller flavour.
Bren

I'm using both brans of seeds this year and early results look promising. Good value, lots of seeds per packet and excellent germination rates.