Seeds

[tlcwaterfall]

Has anyone bought seeds in their own country and been successfull in growing them in Isaan?

Just wondering what seeds you have brought over and which ones have grown easily here?.

I was thinking of asking a friend to bring over some fig and lemon seeds.

Any helpful replies are appreciated.

Thank you.

[DILLIGAD]

Lemons grow here, as do more commonly limes. Tomato's have been successful too and I'dguess figs might be OK, due to hot clime.

Good luck Mark

[rice555]

Hello All. check the farming forum with the "search function" and

it will turn up figa and lemons, or a search in google with thailand

in the search, will turn up some old TV threads.

rice555

[dinger]

Have brought in hybred tomato seeds that work fine. They are hybred as they are designed to take high heat

[khwaibah]

Spanish Lemons. First tree came from Chiang Mai 4 years ago. Have grafted 8 more from the original. Have brought down 15 more and are up to 24 YELLOW LEMON Trees. Location Kap Choeng.

Edited May 6, 2014 by khwaibah

[NeverSure]

I don't know about other countries, but the USDA publishes a map divided into growing zones. The higher the number, the warmer the weather.

Anything less than zone 10 is subject to freezing. Seed packets and usually ads for seed will tell which zones they are hardy in. Of course if you're just growing a 90 day crop in hot weather, you won't worry about frost but the zone 10 plant will like the hot weather better.

I wouldn't buy anything less than zone 8 for Thailand, but then I'm sure some varieties would fool me because the zoning is about freezing. But then the tropical plants that can't take frost will like hot weather.

I always bought seeds for the zone I was in and did great, and Thailand has to be about 10. Here's the map. LINK

[cdmtdm]

Have brought in hybred tomato seeds that work fine. They are hybred as they are designed to take high heat

how did they perform ? what country did u bring them from if i may ask ?...

[dinger]

They came from U S a seed producer in Florida, can't remember but if you look seeds up on the internet I am sure you will find them. I think they were in Fort Meyers Fl. They worked out quite well but they are not cheap but they do produce some nice

size fruit and do well in the heat.

[rice555]

They came from U S a seed producer in Florida, can't remember but if you look seeds up on the internet I am sure you will find them. I think they were in Fort Meyers Fl. They worked out quite well but they are not cheap but they do produce some nice

size fruit and do well in the heat.

BHN?

rice555

[dinger]

Not up on all of the acronyms, what does BHN? mean

[rice555]

BHN is the name of a seed Co. in FL, they breed "HIGH" end tom seeds.

Some of their top line cherry tom seed go for $350. for 1K seed.

I've grown their 189's which do well in high heat, also their 640's and a couple

of others. Tom Seed that were bred at UF of UNC all do well here.

If you want to know what grows well here, check the farming forum, in the OG

section at the top of the page and the regular section below the Pinned Threads.

You can grow beefstake's here, but not like you could back home, unless you

lived in a northern area with a short growing window.

A Black from Tula, grown on my driveway.

rice555

[dinger]

Thanks for the clarification. not sure if that is the same company. Interesting photo, but there is something about a purple tomato, I am sure it tastes great it's just a visual thing. I live in Issan and have grown beef steaks and they came out pretty good

[dinger]

I used tomato Growers Supply in Florida. Looks like they are just a supplier as they sell BHN seeds. But had a pretty good selection.

Anyone know any thing about peppers. Was thinking Jalapeno and pepperoncini

[rice555]

Hello All, I also use TGS for seed as they will mail them to you here in LOS.

Some of my tom/chili seed I'm growing or will start them in a few months.

On the Jal preference, TGS sales Jalor, a yellow jal from Texas, on OP so

you can save seed, grown them about 4 times, they do go from pale green/

yellow and finally red. Compact plant and a lot of fruit. see pics 2-4.

Pic 5 is what I like better than jals and grow more as the wife also likes to

use them in her dips/sauces.

Pic 6 is my favorite chili for Mex food, and they grew well here in Korat,

If you look at the top R/H side of TGS home page, you see their TOP SELLERS,

# 1 is Black Cherry, a lot of people enjoy the taste.

Also, beefstake is a type of tom and they come yellow, red, pink, orange, zebra

and black.

BLACK FROM TULA

Black From Tula #6325 (30 seeds) Deep reddish-brown beefsteak tomato has a rich, sweet

flavor that is delicious. Fruit is smooth in texture and weighs from 8 to 12 ozs.

This outstanding variety is very productive and seems to set well even when weather

turns hot. Russian heirloom. Indeterminate. 75-80 days.

TGS little info blurbs are about 95% dead on, have had good service from them form 2000.

rice555

[dinger]

Thanks for the info. Your plants look great. TGS mails direct here, no problems with customs? I have always brought them back myself

[GinBoy2]

I thought figs and tomato's were a no brainer to grow here. Maybe it's my, less than green finger' but I failed miserably with both. i was going to try lemons, but since Tops now stocks them episodically, I gave up. I thought that since the climate wasn't totally dissimilar to California I'd be OK, maybe its the soil that has an effect

[rice555]

Thanks for the info. Your plants look great. TGS mails direct here, no problems with customs? I have always brought them back myself

Hello All, look at TGS shipping info, order O/L and in about 10 day

you get a envelope in the mail. There is a possibility that your pack

may not make it.

For my other seed needs, I order and have sent to my X's and she

repacks and remail's (Priority Mail) care packages back to me of

things I can't get here.

rice555

PS try a Brandywine OTV, Ind., one of the BW's that does ok in the

heat. It's 104 now with thunder clouds here in Korat

[rice555]

Hello All, GinBoy2, there are several threads on figs and lemons on the farming forum,

why grow from seed?

rice555

http://www.weloveshopping.com/shop/s_product.php?groupproduct=1542747&shopid=274646

[dinger]

I thought figs and tomato's were a no brainer to grow here. Maybe it's my, less than green finger' but I failed miserably with both. i was going to try lemons, but since Tops now stocks them episodically, I gave up. I thought that since the climate wasn't totally dissimilar to California I'd be OK, maybe its the soil that has an effect

Gin Boy where do you live now? and what part of California were you referring to. I am in Maha Sarakham and don't ever remember it getting this hot in Calif.

I think part of the problem here is the sustained heat for months at a time. Seems lots of plants can withstand short runs of heat but most seem to struggle with the several months in a row of high heat and humidity.

[GinBoy2]

Lived in San Diego, Marin & Sonoma counties where it's generally pretty hot & dry, especially San Diego. I live mid way between Chaiyaphum & Khon Kaen. Similar heat, much wetter though

[dinger]

Lived my entire life in San Diego (north county) until coming here. I think it is that sustained heat and humidity here. It got pretty hot in both places you mentioned but always cooled down at night. Think that's why the Avos in Fallbrook did so well and the grapes in
Napa. Plus we never had the constant high humidity like here which seems to be good for something's and bad for others

I also saw today on BBC the annual fire season is in full swing in S D

[GinBoy2]

Without wanted to get too much off topic, my youngest daughter still lives in La Mesa and told me yesterday that you can smell the smoke from the fires that far south. Darn early in the year for this. Watch Evening Edition on KPBS, they have pretty good coverage.

On the topic, yeah I'm kinda with you on the sustained heat/humidity thing. I thing thats why the fella's over in Chiang Mai have more success in growing some of these things, due to cooler nights, like California. That being said, I'm also attributing some blame to my own lack of gardening prowess.....now back to mowing the grass, I'm good at that!