REPRODUCIBLE FARM SEEDS
Seeds of Ornamental, Dye, Vegetable, Medicinal, Aromatic & Melliferous Plants
Non-hybrid & non-GMO seeds, botanical seeds
The vitality of La Paradisière's seeds is ensured by a coherent set of preserving practices :
- selecting the most beautiful & most vigorous plants
- manual harvest at the best maturity of the fruit
- manual cleaning, sorting and drying of small batches
- double checking seeds quality & pest free
- storage away from parasites, air, heat, light, and moisture
- manual counting & packaging - with validation of the sample's sanitary quality
- germination tests
- annual stock replenishment
Because we sell the same stock we use on our Farm, we know that germination rates are very high and significatively better than usually got with seeds from the market
Remarks
1. Quantity of Seeds per Lot
La Paradisière sells lots containing a Number of Seeds necessary and sufficient for the success of a cultivation project on a family scale
This Takes into account and compensates, the normal and irreducible rate of weak seeds, varying with species
(genetics causing insufficient vitality)
Producing Seeds requires a lot of work
(cultivation, harvesting, cleaning, drying, sorting, stock management, germination tests, counting, bagging)
Seeds have so a lot of Value: Please don't Waste them ;-)
(broad sowing in the garden without any soil preparation, sowing at the wrong time, no protection against pests, no care of the seedlings, storage for years, etc.)
2. Order as needed
The Seed is a Sleeping Living Organism
It is made up of an Embryo, a Food Reserve, and a Protective Shell
It will age no matter what: Its fatty substances become rancid, and fewer seeds will germinate
Finally, the Seed dies if it didn't find the conditions favorable to germination
(lifespan varying from 1 to 100 years depending on the species)
Sow the year of your order, or the following year if you have any stock left
3. Sow in a Protected Environment
Sowing outdoors exposes the seed and seedling to dangerous and adverse conditions which can destroy it
(birds, rodents, insect larvae, insects, slugs and snails, weather conditions like frost, drought, etc.)
Do like the enlightened Gardeners who always prefer to sow in Nurseries to guarantee their success