Vegetable Seedlings, Where To Buy

[drfang]

A friend is looking for vegetable seedlings. I have scoured the Kamthieng plant market, to no avail, any clues anyone??

Thanks Tim

[garyh]

Try the Buffalo market at San Pa Tong, but you need to be there early, before 5 am.

[drfang]

Try the Buffalo market at San Pa Tong, but you need to be there early, before 5 am.

Will do, and thanks for the info.

[Ajarn]

A friend is looking for vegetable seedlings. I have scoured the Kamthieng plant market, to no avail, any clues anyone??

Thanks Tim

At the old fish/dogs/garden market located at the end of Arak road (west side of moat), there are some garden supply shops (past the fish stores) that have stocks of vegetables and flower seeds..

[WinnieTheKhwai]

What sort of quantities? I've been thinking of things to grow myself, and came to the conclusion that most common local vegetables are so cheap that it's hardly worth the effort. (Other than being able to control pesticide use of course, but then you can get pesticide controlled vegetables commercially as well, for example from the Doi Kham stores)

So I'm now looking to grow things that aren't commonly available, or at least not for 5 baht and less. I'm open to suggestions actually on what people grow around Chiang Mai; we're coming up to the cool season, so that's sort of prime time for some non-Thai veggies I suppose.

The Doi Kham vegetables and fruits tend to be Open Pollinated as well (not hybrids or otherwise engineered), so you can just plant the seeds of whatever you buy. Works just fine with the Japapenos for example, just let the things mature until red and then collect the seed.

[uptoyoumyfriend]

of course as always ,wororot market has it ,seeds ,fertilizer ,chemicals etc. but you might also interested in the following:

http://www.punpunthailand.org/seed-saving.html

[Ajarn]

of course as always ,wororot market has it ,seeds ,fertilizer ,chemicals etc. but you might also interested in the following:

http://www.punpunthailand.org/seed-saving.html

Where at Wororot market do they sell seeds, fertilizer, chemicals ???

[drfang]

of course as always ,wororot market has it ,seeds ,fertilizer ,chemicals etc. but you might also interested in the following:

http://www.punpunthailand.org/seed-saving.html

Where at Wororot market do they sell seeds, fertilizer, chemicals ???

I have seen seeds for sale near where they sell fishing tackle, nets, and toads in buckets if you get there on toad day. Its at the "back "of the market coming through from the ping entrance.

[cmfarmer]

of course as always ,wororot market has it ,seeds ,fertilizer ,chemicals etc. but you might also interested in the following:

http://www.punpunthailand.org/seed-saving.html

Where at Wororot market do they sell seeds, fertilizer, chemicals ???

I have seen seeds for sale near where they sell fishing tackle, nets, and toads in buckets if you get there on toad day. Its at the "back "of the market coming through from the ping entrance.

Ajarn,

Give this shop at Wororot Market a call. Used to buy seeds and agrichemicals from them. SaUa, 053-234378. I think they are still there. The shop usually opened after about 9:30 am, Thai speaking.

[drfang]

of course as always ,wororot market has it ,seeds ,fertilizer ,chemicals etc. but you might also interested in the following:

http://www.punpunthailand.org/seed-saving.html

Where at Wororot market do they sell seeds, fertilizer, chemicals ???

I have seen seeds for sale near where they sell fishing tackle, nets, and toads in buckets if you get there on toad day. Its at the "back "of the market coming through from the ping entrance.

Ajarn,

Give this shop at Wororot Market a call. Used to buy seeds and agrichemicals from them. SaUa, 053-234378. I think they are still there. The shop usually opened after about 9:30 am, Thai speaking.

Just for the record, I have found the vegetable seedlings at kamthiem plant market, they tend to have a very short shelf life, not suprising in this climate. Hence the choice may be a bit limited. They had tomatoes, the little egg plant (aubourgine) for green curry. Leafy things like bok choy, lettuce etc are IMO better growen from seeds, dosent take long here.

[jaideeguy]

I've searched all over CM and finally found the source [or main wholesaler/supplier] of seeds in the area. it's a small shop in the warowat market, 2 alley's over from main road to worowat mkt. can't remember their name, but they have best selection, newest stock, best prices in Thai seeds and some Chinese seeds. The only place that I've found carrot and asparagus seed in CM.

What they don't have is falang 'sweet basil'....does anyone know of any shops that have real falang 'sweet basil'?? Rimping used to, but out of stock now.

[bunta71]

Try the Buffalo market at San Pa Tong, but you need to be there early, before 5 am.

Out of curiosity,what do they do with the seedlings after 5AM? Or is it just a better selection the earlier you arrive? Way too early for me cause I smashed my alarm clock one minute after retiring....

[uptoyoumyfriend]

wororot....coming from chiang moi rd turning into the road before the river the same side(left) as the 7/11,turn left into little alley with live fish,first right into the market on both sides before as mentioned fishing tackle seeds and stuff and knowledgeable people..also some stores along the moat near the sundok hospital have seeds and pots and soil etc.pets also before you turn the corner where the park is.

check out pun puns site though ,that guy is really something!

there was an article in the post by erika frey....

some of it here:

Life is Easy. Why do we make it so hard?

by Jon Jandai 29.08.2005

To be given life is the ultimate gift. When we are first born we have the right to cry or laugh. When we grow up we have the freedom to choose the way we want to be. Humans were born with rights equal to every other living thing but because of our unlimited desire human life is often of less quality than most other animals.

A small bird wakes up early in the morning singing a song waking the other birds, merrily looking for food, spending a short time to get all the bugs and grain she needs to fill her small stomach, then spending the rest of her time playing, singing, and courting. She spends a few days to build her beautiful nest. She doesn?t work too much to get the food she needs everyday. Her life is easy. She has a lot of time to play and enjoy living together with the other birds.

Humans have small stomachs as birds do. Just to have enough to eat we too do not have to work a lot in one day. If we want to build a house, we can build one in a few weeks. We can then have a lot of free-time in our life to play and enjoy life together as well. Now days people choose to work very hard, at least 8 hours per day. They work like machines just to have some food to eat even though the food they eat is not good quality. They eat the old plants and animals that have been dead many months in a can or in frozen packages. They have to live in a crowded house like a termite. If they want their own house they have to spend at least one half of their life or maybe all of their life to work for that house. Life is busy and hectic all the time.

We can see only complications with no space for beauty and freedom. We create suffering for ourselves because we don?t know the purpose of life. We are blinded and our soul turns to darkness. We can?t see beauty. We can?t enjoy living. We have only fear growing in our minds everyday. We begin to distrust other people. We cannot be friends with others around us, even relatives or family members. Our lives are lonely, even though the world is full of people. Even though we have a lot of material goods and wealth we still feel like it?s not enough. Even thought other people give us love, we still don?t trust them. We are even disturbed by the rooster?s morning call and we?re proud to say in the middle of this confusion and suffering that this is development and we are civilized.

Why do humans choose to live their life in a difficult and complicated life like this? What do we receive from our hard work all our life? Why is the simple and peaceful way not attractive to people? Life is easy, why do we make it hard?

If we think we are the most clever animal in the world, why do we make our life full of bitterness and suffering more than any other animal? Why do we have to work harder than other animals? Why do we make our lives so boring? Why don?t we have time for our kids and family or even time for ourselves? These are the instincts of all life. In 24 hours we spend more than 10 hours struggling with what we call work or said nicely, ?making a living?. We spend on average less than 8 hours sleeping and 2.5 hours a day eating, maybe .5-1 hour bathing/dressing. This leaves 3 hours left for ourselves and our family in our day. Mostly we spend this time intoxicating ourselves with entertainment such as drinking, going to parties, shopping, watching movies or watching TV. Even on our day off we love to spend the time on entertainment. We don?t see the importance of spending time with family or ourselves because we think we don?t have time. So we are not different from machines or robots because we have lost our heart and soul.

Our kids are like our pets. We take care of them enough to feed them and keep them safe but we neglect to think about their mind and soul. Kids want to be loved and cared for and to feel close to their parents but we think it?s a burden so we push them away by sending them to pre-school. Then we appease ourselves by telling ourselves we?ve done the best by them by giving them good food and expensive schooling so we can have more time to give to working and we can tell ourselves that we work for our kids. But we don?t know if the kids want what we give them or not. We assume we have given the best to them. If the kids know how to compare, they must be jealous of other animals like ducks seeing their whole family playing and looking for food together. But to be born as a human kid is so lonely. They become orphaned even though they have parents. They spend more time with strangers than their parents.

We are losing our instincts. We are destroying the system of life which our ancestors developed and lived successfully with for many thousands of years. Now we become the only animals that work this hard. Even in the past people didn?t work as hard or long as they do now except slaves and prisoners. What made people see slavery as progress or development? What is the reason people choose to live like this? Life is easy, why do we choose to make it so hard and complicated...

sorry i lost the rest---uptymfrnd---

[drfang]

wororot....coming from chiang moi rd turning into the road before the river the same side(left) as the 7/11,turn left into little alley with live fish,first right into the market on both sides before as mentioned fishing tackle seeds and stuff and knowledgeable people..also some stores along the moat near the sundok hospital have seeds and pots and soil etc.pets also before you turn the corner where the park is.

check out pun puns site though ,that guy is really something!

there was an article in the post by erika frey....

some of it here:

Life is Easy. Why do we make it so hard?

by Jon Jandai 29.08.2005

To be given life is the ultimate gift. When we are first born we have the right to cry or laugh. When we grow up we have the freedom to choose the way we want to be. Humans were born with rights equal to every other living thing but because of our unlimited desire human life is often of less quality than most other animals.

A small bird wakes up early in the morning singing a song waking the other birds, merrily looking for food, spending a short time to get all the bugs and grain she needs to fill her small stomach, then spending the rest of her time playing, singing, and courting. She spends a few days to build her beautiful nest. She doesn?t work too much to get the food she needs everyday. Her life is easy. She has a lot of time to play and enjoy living together with the other birds.

Humans have small stomachs as birds do. Just to have enough to eat we too do not have to work a lot in one day. If we want to build a house, we can build one in a few weeks. We can then have a lot of free-time in our life to play and enjoy life together as well. Now days people choose to work very hard, at least 8 hours per day. They work like machines just to have some food to eat even though the food they eat is not good quality. They eat the old plants and animals that have been dead many months in a can or in frozen packages. They have to live in a crowded house like a termite. If they want their own house they have to spend at least one half of their life or maybe all of their life to work for that house. Life is busy and hectic all the time.

We can see only complications with no space for beauty and freedom. We create suffering for ourselves because we don?t know the purpose of life. We are blinded and our soul turns to darkness. We can?t see beauty. We can?t enjoy living. We have only fear growing in our minds everyday. We begin to distrust other people. We cannot be friends with others around us, even relatives or family members. Our lives are lonely, even though the world is full of people. Even though we have a lot of material goods and wealth we still feel like it?s not enough. Even thought other people give us love, we still don?t trust them. We are even disturbed by the rooster?s morning call and we?re proud to say in the middle of this confusion and suffering that this is development and we are civilized.

Why do humans choose to live their life in a difficult and complicated life like this? What do we receive from our hard work all our life? Why is the simple and peaceful way not attractive to people? Life is easy, why do we make it hard?

If we think we are the most clever animal in the world, why do we make our life full of bitterness and suffering more than any other animal? Why do we have to work harder than other animals? Why do we make our lives so boring? Why don?t we have time for our kids and family or even time for ourselves? These are the instincts of all life. In 24 hours we spend more than 10 hours struggling with what we call work or said nicely, ?making a living?. We spend on average less than 8 hours sleeping and 2.5 hours a day eating, maybe .5-1 hour bathing/dressing. This leaves 3 hours left for ourselves and our family in our day. Mostly we spend this time intoxicating ourselves with entertainment such as drinking, going to parties, shopping, watching movies or watching TV. Even on our day off we love to spend the time on entertainment. We don?t see the importance of spending time with family or ourselves because we think we don?t have time. So we are not different from machines or robots because we have lost our heart and soul.

Our kids are like our pets. We take care of them enough to feed them and keep them safe but we neglect to think about their mind and soul. Kids want to be loved and cared for and to feel close to their parents but we think it?s a burden so we push them away by sending them to pre-school. Then we appease ourselves by telling ourselves we?ve done the best by them by giving them good food and expensive schooling so we can have more time to give to working and we can tell ourselves that we work for our kids. But we don?t know if the kids want what we give them or not. We assume we have given the best to them. If the kids know how to compare, they must be jealous of other animals like ducks seeing their whole family playing and looking for food together. But to be born as a human kid is so lonely. They become orphaned even though they have parents. They spend more time with strangers than their parents.

We are losing our instincts. We are destroying the system of life which our ancestors developed and lived successfully with for many thousands of years. Now we become the only animals that work this hard. Even in the past people didn?t work as hard or long as they do now except slaves and prisoners. What made people see slavery as progress or development? What is the reason people choose to live like this? Life is easy, why do we choose to make it so hard and complicated...

sorry i lost the rest---uptymfrnd---

EXACTLY why i retired early, on not heaps of money, and moved here.......

[PFV]

What they don't have is falang 'sweet basil'....does anyone know of any shops that have real falang 'sweet basil'?? Rimping used to, but out of stock now.

When Rimping is out of basil plants, I order from the Doy Kham shop off Canal rd. The turn-around time is usually a couple of days, and the price, at 50 baht a pot, is higher than Rimping.