I’m sowing more tomatoes, so far I have 3 different varieties on the grow. Despite the unseasonably cold weather I’m remaining positive warmer weather will arrive soon. Well, you just have to really! I bought Black Krim tomato seed after seeing a very tempting photo of the fruits via Seed Parade on Facebook. The weakling that I am.
Somehow lots of other seed ended up in my order too. I’ve no idea how that happened. Oops!
I love the clear resealable seed bags, I often find seeds rolling around in the bottom of my seed tubs so this should avoid that problem. The seed is really easy to see too, I find it annoying when small seed gets caught in the fold of paper packets. I managed to get seed I wanted a lot cheaper by snapping up some of the sale prices via the Seed Parade website http://seedparade.co.uk
I just hope our gardening neighbour has plenty of room in his greenhouse, plenty of tomato seedlings coming his way soon!
The Garden Smallholder 
Eek, feel way behind.
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Wish I was your neighbor. :)
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So behind here too… New to this garden grower but learned last year… No tomatoes outside in Northern Ireland as they dont turn red. Used to South Africa conditions and had to learn from scratch. Love your blog!!!
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Great link, I think I will be making a purchase :0)
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We grow Black Krim here, they are one of our favourites. Big, sweet and full of flavour.
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This year, we will try “Black Prince” tomatoes. It’s a black tomatoe wich don’t fear coldness, supposedly (!) It’s perhaps the french name for the same tomatoe? I’ll mahe a search on your black krim tomatoe.
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Wonderful! Let me know how you get on with yours :)
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I’m really looking forward to tasting these, fingers crossed!
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Ah ha!
http://www.seedparade.co.uk/products/Tomato_Black_Prince_25_seeds-15-1.html?gclid=CNyO-KmQoLYCFabLtAodqy0ArQ
“Black Prince Tomato is originally from Siberia, this is one of the most popular and favoured black tomatoes. Originally introduced from Irkutsk, Russia and is regarded as a “true Siberian tomato” that does very well in cooler climates”
They must be popular because they’re out of stock!
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I have sown black Russian toms in the green house and nothing happened for weeks now, they are getting the house treatment. My carrots only germinated after nearly two months! This cold is relentless.
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Oh dear, I just visited the website and it is incredibly cheap and tempting. I’m trying to resist as I just planted 6 varieties of tomatoes today and my polytunnel will be bursting at the seams as it is. Thanks for the link, I will be using Seed Parade in future – or growing stuff in my neighbours tunnel too ….
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I agree, the resealable bags are great. I used to get my seeds from Alan Romans before he was swallowed up by Thompson & Morgan, but seedparade have got their packaging right. I also seem to have more seeds in my brown parcel when it arrives than I initially planned. Funny that:)
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Love seed propogation. The veggie seed information was greatly appreciated.
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I’ve just noticed that Seed Parade have a 20% discount on until 31st March. Use code 20SEED :)
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Thanks, I’m going back for another browse…
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Thank you Karen – I’ve been shopping there today, it is such good value even without the 20% discount I’ve just seen in your message above damn it!
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I found Black Krim tomatoes on the net,. We call them “Tomates Noires de Crimée” in France. We had some of them last year. Fantastic tomatoes, very tasty. And this year we’ll have Black Krim and Black Prince tomatoes.
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Lovely French name for them, I keep hearing so many good things about black varieties of tomato, I have high hopes for a tasty crop – as long as the weather improves!
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I love the seedparade seeds too. They seem really good quality.
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Funny how seed orders expand without notice, isn’t it! I have excused mt “too many” tomato seedlings by promising some to one of my neighbors, it definitely lessens the guilt…
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