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* [[McMurray's Purple]] ''temporary name for some seed found with Dan & Val McMurray's collection''
 
* [[McMurray's Purple]] ''temporary name for some seed found with Dan & Val McMurray's collection''
 
* [[Moskvich]]
 
* [[Moskvich]]
* [[Northern Delight]]
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* <s>[[Northern Delight]]</s> - all seed failed to germinate
 
* [[Russian Saskatchewan]]
 
* [[Russian Saskatchewan]]
 
* [[Scoresby Dwarf]]
 
* [[Scoresby Dwarf]]

Revision as of 07:48, 14 April 2020

Tomato patches, Edmonton, AB. July 2014. ©Kelly
Garden plots, Edmonton, AB, May 2014. ©Kelly
TARDIS Garden, Victoria, BC May 2011. © Kelly

Operator of the Populuxe Seed Bank.

While I've always had a place with a garden since a kid, I really grew crazy for gardening when I moved out to my own place and my landlord gave me a plot in his yard. That first year I grew a few herbs and zucchini, as well as a few tomatoes. When I learned the tomatoes I had picked up wouldn't give me seed for next year, that's when I fell down the rabbit hold of heirloom and OP varieties and seed saving.

In 2007 I started the Populuxe Seed Bank, after I had amassed a large collection of tomatoes and thought to myself "well, now what?". What could I do with some of these varieties I had acquired? What's the good of me just growing them? So I decided to make a concerted effort with the varieties I had in stock to grow out, and share as many of these varieties as I could.

Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Zone: 4a (approx. 130-140 frost free days)

Land type: Urban

Soil: Clay/Sand. Amended with sheep/cow manure.

Elevation above sea level: 2200ft

2020 Grow Out

2020 will be a bit atypical in terms of grow outs. You can read more about that on this blog post here.

This list is still under construction (March 2020)

Tomatoes

Beans

Other