Anyone else with wrong seeds?

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Janeymiddlewife

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2009, 09:59 »
I've also had a couple of rogue non-cherry tomatoes which are now about 6 foot tall, and deffo not tumbling - well only if the main stem breaks  :(  so they're now all staked up while the rest happily tumble.

Also had a packet of free shirley poppy seeds, which were definately poppies (small & black)
Now have about 6 bush toms coming along nicely and 1 poppy in my flower bed  :unsure:

Can only think they're bird seeded or were in some compost,
I don't really want any more toms...........

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2009, 12:07 »
Out of 2 types of upright tomato's  I planted one variety seem to be bush types and are all over the place.

So I need to tie one variety up and cage the other ones up :lol: :lol: :lol:

Are tomato's female? :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: :wacko:

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2009, 12:28 »
They're hermaphrodite & self pollinating.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2009, 12:34 »
Zee eemposteurzs.  Any guesses what my "chantenay" might be? :lol:

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2009, 12:40 »
Seems to have happpened a lot this year, or is it because Ive only noticed because its happened to me....?

Im thinking they are the as yet untried 'Terence' species Ice  ;)
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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2009, 13:38 »
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Zee eemposteurzs.  Any guesses what my "chantenay" might be?
Nice red spring onions?

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2009, 16:54 »
I've had trouble as well, both with flowers that weren't the colour they were supposed to be (Fothergill's and T+m), and with some French beans that were described as pale yellow Kentucky Wonder Wax from Johnson's - er - I don't think so - they are medium green and not the shape depicted on the packet. Not had this trouble before and, in my book, it's not on.
I work very hard so don't expect me to think as well.

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2009, 23:30 »
I too seem to have tomatoes which were labelled as suitable for hanging baskets (think they were Tumbling Toms as well) which are now nearly 3ft and still growing, they look very strange!  ???
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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2009, 00:50 »
I planted sweet peppers in pots this year, transplanted into a raised bed and I am harvesting french beans from them :unsure:   I also planted six raspberry canes from a reputable garden centre last autumn...  goodness knows what they are >:(   they are not raspberries, that is for sure >:( >:( >:(

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2009, 08:07 »
Yes, I think some pumpkins got mixed into my squash seeds as I now have vines all over the place instead of courgettes.

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2009, 08:16 »
I occasionally get a packet of seed, which once germinated I find should have been marked "Emperor's new clothes seed".

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2009, 08:16 »
Yes, I think some pumpkins got mixed into my squash seeds as I now have vines all over the place instead of courgettes.

we have the same with ours, hubby asked why I didnt read the packet right  :mad:

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2009, 08:28 »
I can never rember what I put in half the time - one day I will learn to label properly  so I couldnt say if I've had any rogue species crop up  :D OH asked yesterday what these nice new potatoes were - ummmm they're just new I told him - I think they were swift but .. yes no label :D

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2009, 18:23 »
I also gave some seedlings from the same packet to a friend and they came out even different. Wonder if the seeds were from cross pollenated plants.   :wub:

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Re: Anyone else with wrong seeds?
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2009, 19:30 »
I think i have to take the blame for my summer squash - bang in the middle of the patch of course - being a cucumber.   :wub:

But how I got it mixed up defeats me!   :(  I write on the pot for heavens sake!!
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