Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Ok...what the heck?..been all over...why is there a sudden lack of Hubbard squash and any kind of red cabbage seed available?.. I sourced all my heritage varieties needed locally and got everything except those two...nothing, nada, nix, zilch...heck, i even got strawberry seeds which i have never seen in the racks before. I hate ordering just a few packets and have to pay the stupid shipping charge which costs more than the seeds that I'm missing....ugh

Have you heard of butterkin squash? Cross between butternut and a pie pumpkin? Really orange flesh, and supposedly dense and sweet with small seed cavity. A friend in New Zealand is sending me some seeds. Along with a few others. Available here from WH Perron. I wonder if squash hybrid/cross seeds saved would grow true? Or are they like corn, that regresses to one parent or the other? Anyone know?

http://www.dominion-seed-house.com/en/1 ... erkin.html

http://www.damseeds.ca/productcart/pc/v ... tegory=217

http://www.damseeds.ca/productcart/pc/v ... tegory=129

Right next door to me. They ship too.

I think I'm going to try and cross a pie pumpkin and a butternut squash. And plant the seeds next year. Should be interesting! That is... if I can do it before the bugs/bees.

Here is a link for Ontario Seed Company (OSC) for Hubbard squash.

http://www.oscseeds.com/ecommerce/searc ... rd&x=0&y=0

and red cabbage
http://www.oscseeds.com/ecommerce/searc ... ge&x=0&y=0

http://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetabl ... er-squash/
they have golden hubbard and hubbard true green.
http://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/cabbage/
red cabbages here!

Thanks everyone...very kind...I was in Ottawa yesterday and found the hubbard green squash ( whew)..and coming home I stopped in on the folks at the Home Hardware in Westport and asked...well, low and behold the red cabbage seed was in the same OSC slot behind the green cabbage seed ...great marketing, lemme tell ya...anyway... It's all good...got the seeds in and started....

Oh now you make me feel bad, mine aren't started yet!

I always start way too much...might have to sell a few at the Crosby market come spring