Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 So you obviously know the ones I've been looking at right? Know what's odd? I can't seem to find a website that sells soil less mediums. Do you have any luck in that department? Melody > > > > Charlotte: > > > > I'm going to find you a UK sprout website if it kills me. > > > > Melody > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I gave up . They have hydroponics websites selling soil-less mediums but there's nothing like coir matting (just blocks) or baby blanket..I found something that I suspect is similar but I haven't gotten around to asking the company if they'd be kind enough to give me a sample to try. I'm in an unknown territory with the hydroponics even though we use hydroponic principles, because those sites are for true serious hydroponic growers, not us little sprouters lol I really need to go and do some research. Charlotte > > So you obviously know the ones I've been looking at right? Know what's odd? I can't seem to find a website that sells soil less mediums. > > Do you have any luck in that department? > > Melody > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 No not dumb at all... we have all the US films and tv to educate us on American culture, but you don't get much of ours to view, so we have a one-way culture barrier sometimes! We use pounds (£) and pence (p). Oh, rocket is arugula. I think we call it rocket because it's roquette/rucola... I think the US took the name arugula from rucola... lol Charlotte > > get for the three dollar and change price? > > > > > > And the 500 gram container? How big is 500 gram. I'm not good at math. lol, > > > > > > Melody > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 What differences are there ? What do we miss and what do the Americans miss?!!!! Charlotte > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 My friends there miss (and were shocked to learn of) yard long beans, many of the types of peas and beans we have, various summer squashes (you have courgettes, and marrow, which we don't have) I MUCH prefer English beets, swedes, currants, parsnips, salsify, parsley root, etc. The veggies we get here grow much bigger, and the ones there are usually faster growing and more of the " baby " type veggies I so love. I have friends in Cornwall, and family scattered all over the UK, and we do lovely seed exchanges every year. I found out years ago it is " illegal " to be growing the quince and currants I grow here, but I'm not telling, lol. I have several lovely varieties of berries growing up the back of my hill that I am sure won't be found elsewhere in this part of the states, lol. Much of the things are similar, but the size of the end product is quite different. My friend in Yorkshire was astounded at the dinner plate sized patty pan squash he grew from seeds I sent him-says they were the talk of the town on Market day, lol. > > > > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 LOL Melody, I do hear you on the $$$, I balked for a while on them. But at least for me, the onions and garlic aren't " bulk " sprouts like the sunflowers, wheat, alfalfa, radish, etc. That's why I've still got some of each in the freezer after a couple of years. They're so flavorful that I use them as toppings rather than salad filler, and I grow them sparingly. Molly > > Molly, I just went to sproutpeople.com to check out the onion and garlic sprouts. At almost $20 for 1/2 lb, it would cost $40 for a pound and that doesn't even include the shipping. Holy Moly! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thank you Lee!!! Melody > > > I just went to gourmetseed.com. Nice website. I wonder how many seeds you get for the three dollar and change price? > > > > And the 500 gram container? How big is 500 gram. I'm not good at math. lol, > > > > Melody > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 You actually found a UK hydroponic website that sells soil less mediums?? You are better than I am!!! lol Melody > > > > So you obviously know the ones I've been looking at right? Know what's odd? I can't seem to find a website that sells soil less mediums. > > > > Do you have any luck in that department? > > > > Melody > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 What happened to Shillings?? No more Shillings??? lol I used to watch english films years ago and they said things like 2 pounds sterling, Tuppence etc. I always found it fascinating. We have boring stuff like pennies and nickels. lol lol Melody > > > get for the three dollar and change price? > > > > > > > > And the 500 gram container? How big is 500 gram. I'm not good at math. lol, > > > > > > > > Melody > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Do you have any idea how lovely it is to hear someone say: 'My friend in Yorkshire " . Oh, I just realized you and Charlotte must have an English accent? And I'm from Brooklyn. And I know I sound like I'm from Brooklyn. How fascinating. lol, Melody > > > > > > > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Sounds like a plan. Enjoy!!! Melody > > > > Molly, I just went to sproutpeople.com to check out the onion and garlic sprouts. At almost $20 for 1/2 lb, it would cost $40 for a pound and that doesn't even include the shipping. Holy Moly! lol > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Oohh, onions and garlic mixes. Sounds divine. Let us know how they turn out. Melody > > > >  I bought some exotic seeds from sprout house or whatever it is. Had onions and garlic and 2 other kinds of sprouts and was about $19.95. Problem is that the shipping was cose to the same. Looking forward to the packages. Packed separately and not all together so can choose which one to use. >  > Carolyn Wilkerson > > >  > > > To: sproutpeople > Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:32 PM > Subject: Re: Onion sprouts > > >  > I bought two tiny packets of organic sprouting garlic chives. Each packet has just six grammes weight, and cost me £3 each (yes, that expensive). I've grown about half of one packet, they took 14 days but they tasted amazing. Onion sprouts are definately on my list from sprout people. I'll be ordering the more exotic seeds that are either extortionately expensive here or are hard to find. > > Charlotte > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I always say " I have LOTS of sprouting friends " . lol Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 LOL, sadly, I have been away from the UK for so long that my accent is long gone, but my mother's is still very pronounced. I went to school in Germany as a young girl, and the headmistress would whack my hand with a ruler if I spoke German with a British accent, so I lost it quickly, lol. When I get tired, it sneaks out, but mostly I sound just like a Carolinian. When I spend a good bit of time in the UK, it comes back too. > > > > > > > > > > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Quince bushes are hard to find here these days let alone be growing them there! Oh, how I used to love Quince jelly, my Grandparents had a quince in their garden. Haven't seen Quince in years! I bet that's a real talking point . Laughing at the bigger veggies as well. That's fascinating... I can just imagine your Yorkshire friend and his giant squash! Charlotte > > > > > > > > > > > > > Being from the UK, I try to stock up on various seeds when I visit there, but each year I do a seed exchange with several people-they can't get what I have, and I can't get what they have, so it works well for all of us! I NEED my English veggies! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Addendum, that should read > Thanks for all your help Melody AND EW it's really appreciated! I was getting excited about buying unhulled buckwheat again, I'm so desperate to try out the buckwheat lettuce. I think I might put an order in for that can of 1.1lbs buckwheat and hope it's not me that's doing something wrong when I try to grow it... Charlotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 You can get onion or onion & garlic mixed, from Sprouthouse through amazon.com. 1/2 lb of Onion/garlic is $26, including shipping. Onion seeds are 1/2 lb for $18 including shipping. LOL Melody, I do hear you on the $$$, I balked for a while on them. But at least for me, the onions and garlic aren't " bulk " sprouts like the sunflowers, wheat, alfalfa, radish, etc. That's why I've still got some of each in the freezer after a couple of years. They're so flavorful that I use them as toppings rather than salad filler, and I grow them sparingly. Molly > > Molly, I just went to sproutpeople.com to check out the onion and garlic sprouts. At almost $20 for 1/2 lb, it would cost $40 for a pound and that doesn't even include the shipping. Holy Moly! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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