[mjg000]

 I have just completed a spreadsheet of the seeds I have in 3 large-ish plastic boxes.  Total number of varieties is 250.  Some have 2, 3, or even 4 packets of a variety!  I have 15 varieties of Tomatoes, 14 of Courgette and Squash, 10 of beans (dwarf & climbing, runner and French, in various colours) 7 types of pea etc. etc.

I am waiting expectantly for the new varieties to arrive from the seed circle.......

[sunshineband]

Amazing how they build up, isn't it? lol

I didn't realise quite how many varieties of chilli or tomato I had, although I knew it was a fair few, but it is was Winter squashes that blew me away, with nineteen........  and yes, some were ones I bought recently.

I could cover both plots with those and still have seed left 😂😂🎃🎃

[oldgrunge]

You must have a really big plot mjg000 😄

[mjg000]

I have 2 separate plots of 5 & 6 Rods - so really not big enough for 1/4 of what I have in store!!  I have potatoes on the way too.

[whitehill1]

mjg,

10 types of tomato means ...cherry,bush,vine,egg shape,heart,stripy etc is it or just 10 varieties?

[New shoot]

mjg,

10 types of tomato means ...cherry,bush,vine,egg shape,heart,stripy etc is it or just 10 varieties?

Now that is just a seedaholic justifying their stash Whitehill    I need all these because they are all different shapes, colours and sizes.  Honestly I really, really do 

[mjg000]

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The tomatoes are:
SWEET MILLION (F1 HYBRID); BLACK CHERRY; SWEET BABY; GOLDEN QUEEN; YELLOW PEAR   ; SNOWBALL;   
PETIT MOINEAU; BLACK RUSSIAN;  CYRIL'S CHOICE;  STONOR'S MOST PROLIFIC; TUMBLING TOM;  KELLOGG'S BREAKFAST; MARMANDE; TIGERELLA; GARDENER'S DELIGHT.  So large, medium, small and tiny; striped and single colour; dark through to yellowy white; bush and cordon, oval and round.  My favourites are Petit Moineau and Cyril's Choice with Stonor's Most Prolific and Snowball new to me this year.
 

[Paul Plots]

Spreadsheet! Gosh you are organised. 

I have a carrier-bag on the back of the shed door with several packets, a box full in the porch alphabetically muddled (probably warmer than it need be), a tin full in the work-shop filed by sowing date/month and some recently bought packs hidden somewhere in the spare room.

Disorganised or what? 

Types? Why loads.... all the old reliable ones I like the taste of and a few "let's have a go" newer varieties.
Then there's the: reduced special offer packs I liked the look of.

All I need is my Word doc set up... a typed list and sow by dates and we're off.
                   Loads of time for dreaming/planning and thumbing through the seed catalogues first.

[mumofstig]

I was sorting out the seed box last night and found I had 39 different varieties of tomato OMG!
and that's not counting the half dozen that I have already put aside for the Seed Swap parcel 
7 types of beans, 5 types of peas, 6 types of onions, 11 types of Brassicas, 5 types of peppers, 4 corn, 3 carrots, 13 types squash, 2 courgettes, 4 cucumbers, 5 Leeks, 12 lettuce/salad mix and 9 herbs. Plus Shallots and 2 types of potatoes on order.

Finally 35 different pkts of flower seed ....

So why have I just ordered 8 more packets from Marshall's *scratches head*   

[Yorkie]

 

[crh75]

103 different veg and herb seed varieties and 39 different flower seed varieties.

I had a bit of a clear out in the autumn and must do it agin at the end of this sowing season.  For a lot of veg I have found the varieties that suit me and the rest get forgotten about.

[Christine]

I've just had a write down of the seeds on a spreadsheet to see what I have. Ignoring two or three packets that came free with things, it's not that I have 100 packets of seeds but that they are worth £155!

 

[AnneB]

Oh dear.   47 varieties of tomato,  17 types of winter squash.  I won't reveal all, too embarrassing.

[Paul Plots]

Is anyone on here old enough to remember the little rectangular cards that came free in things like packets of tea? (Right this moment I can't recall what they were called)

You could get a book and stick the cards in to make a collection. They did all sorts of subjects: wild flowers was one, butterflies was another. I think there was also a series about dogs.

I think us "seed packet collectors and hoarders" could do with something similar (and cheaper!!!). How about little cards (you could buy them for say 10 for a pound - profits to charity) and then stick them in a book.

It'd be cheaper than buying seed on impulse because we like the look of them, we could browse the cards more easily and still do swaps through the post until we had a full set. it might even be educational.... all the different varieties of tomatoes  or cabbage or....

This would leave us free to only buy the packets of seed we really do need to germinate and grow that season. We would still have the picture & information cards to shuffle, read, order and lose!! 

[Mr Dog]

Too many! I'm going to sort as I sow this year and give all the unwanted ones away......