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 July, August, & September Almanac Pages

Welcome to VictorySeeds.com™
and the Web home of the Victory Seed Company.

A Longer Introduction

We are working to save old plant varieties by keeping them available to home gardeners

Tomato Baskets

A common question that we receive is how do we keep tomatoes off of the ground.

If you have a lot of space and don't mind loosing some of your crop, allowing tomato vines to sprawl is a valid solution.

However, if you are gardening in a smaller area or otherwise prefer more order in your plantings, caging, staking or trellising is called for.

The methods are numerous and selecting to perfect one comes down to personal preference.

Click here for a link to an instruction page for making an inexpensive and sturdy wire basket.

Summer Schedule 

Because we are small, even the president is out keeping ahead of weeds, tending to plants and watering :)  We are still shipping orders with 1-2 business days.

During the summer months when our work is concentrated outside, email is the best means of getting in contact with us.

You are still welcome to give us a call, but you may get our message machine.

Thank you for your patience and patronage during this time of year.

Don't take our word for it. What others are saying about us.

Web site Notes

Although our schedule is harried this time of year, we still dedicate time to add information, feature articles, and other tools to help your gardening and seed saving efforts.

Let us know how we are doing.  Comments are always appreciated.

Past Issues

Spring 2001

Winter 2001

Fall 2000

Summer 2000

May 2000

April 2000

March 2000

Winter 2000

Fall 1999

Summer 1999

Time for Tomato Disease!

It is the time of year when tomato plants are in full gear and disease and deficiency problems start to show their ugly heads.  Here are a few of my favorite resources for helping to sort out exactly what it is you are dealing with.

• http://plantpath.unl.edu/peartree/homer/disease.skp/hort/tomato/

• http://ftsg.ifas.ufl.edu/DISMIK.HTM#Start

• http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/commodity/tomato/tomatodisease.html

• http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/ga/cobb/Horticulture/Plants/Tomato/Disease/tomdis.htm

• http://vegdis.cas.psu.edu/VegDiseases/garden/tomato.html

• http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Counties/Hillsborough/tomblite.htm

News About ListBot

Microsoft's free bCentral ListBot service is being discontinued.  We are in the process of moving our list to the service provided by Topica.

Click Here to join our new Topica List
Click Here to read about the shutdown of ListBot

Please be assured that we will not ever abuse your information.  We don't have time for a lot of newsletters and know that you probably get enough frivolous email.  Furthermore, we do not rent or sell our email list.  We believe in privacy and will do our part to protect yours.  Please read our privacy policy.

Thank You

We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. As a small family business, we appreciate each of your orders, your feedback, and all of the word of mouth recommendations.

Best of gardening success to you!