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seeds of Italy
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:49 pm
by nemo
this might be a silly question but will vegetable seed from Italian varieties grow happily in south west ireland .will the constant rain be too much for them .
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:23 am
by alan refail
Hi Nemo
The short answer is yes. You know what grows in your climate, so "Italian" varieties will do just as well (or badly) as other varieties. They should love your mild weather.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:48 am
by Chantal
Hi Nemo
I've been growing Seeds of Italy for years, beans, courgettes, carrots, cabbaged, onions, tomatoes, radishes, beetroot etc etc and they've done better than "UK" varieties, despite the wet and the cold. Go for it!
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:28 pm
by Colin_M
I'd echo Chantal's comments. The only thing to be aware of is that (fairly obviously) the varieties will be different. For example some SOI Swedes I grew last year were very vigorous but looked (and tasted) slightly different. For things like Beans & Tomatoes, the alternative choice may be more welcome.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:51 pm
by nemo
thanks everyone
Seeds of Italy
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:53 pm
by Gerry
Hi Nemo,
I grew SOI cutting lettuce, Carrot Calde, Parsnip Bugi Bijeli, Melon and Onion Texas Grande in West Cork this year and all were successful. Though I obviously don't know how the onions will keep.
Go for it.
Regards, Gerry.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:52 am
by Johnboy
Unlike most of you I have never grown SOI that is probably because on three successive years they have failed to send me their catalogue when it had been requested.
However good people find SOI they obviously do not get to make proper comparisons. If you grow SOI and nothing else that's fine with me but there are many seed companies that sell wonderful seeds and all seed merchants deal on a global basis and SOI are no
exception.
Good they may be but so are a lot of other seed companies.
Yesterday I pulled my first Swede, at damn near 3lbs, and that came from common old Kings and if anything they are going to be too big.
JB.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:00 pm
by Tony Hague
For those with a computer (
) The seeds of Italy catalogue is available as a very pretty pdf on their web site. I have had good luck with their tomatoes - Rio Grande and Red Pear were great, and you certainly get a LOT of seed in a pack. Not such great luck with peppers though; their Romanian yellow pepper came out red ! But it was still nice, and they sent me a free replacement packet.