Today I’m staying warm inside and tackling one of my favorite winter chores—seed sorting day. I’m digging into my big, chaotic seed box, cleaning things out, and planning my 2026 garden here in zone 9A, where we start peppers in late December and tomatoes in early January. I’ll walk you through the varieties that performed best in my yard this year, the new seeds I’ve ordered, and how I’m organizing everything from peppers and tomatoes to brassicas and cool-weather crops. We’ll also chat about dealing with bacterial wilt, shifting some beds to hydroponics, and which seeds I’m definitely growing again. Grab a drink, grab a pen, and let’s plan next year’s garden together!
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro & Seed Box Organization
06:24 – Eggplant / Aubergine Varieties
07:40 – Hot & Sweet Pepper Seeds
20:42 – Tomato Seeds Overview
21:18 – Determinate Tomato Varieties
22:41 – Paste Tomato Varieties
27:16 – Cherry Tomato Varieties
31:44 – Large Slicing Tomatoes
41:38 – Cucumber Varieties
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Do you stick with your tried-and-true varieties, or do you get excited to try brand-new seeds each season? I’d love to hear what you’re growing!
Always trying a new tomato variety.
Best plant for12" grow bags… Peppers…
Black brandywine is my favorite for flavor, but the shelf life is pretty short. Only a couple days before they're getting to soft. Red snapper from Hoss is my favorite for production. Very meaty and great shelf life.
hi laid back homestead 🤗
great seed haul and video.
found your channel on a search for seed haul videos. subscribed because I grew up in southern/southeastern louisiana.
i live and garden year-round in southern california zone 10b/11a … and will never have enough seeds 😂
im recording a few seed haul videos this week and may have a few of your packets in my collection.
i grow a mix of tried-and-true and new plants/varieties every year. im a monstruos bell pepper searcher too. ive tried the keystone giant and have been told the chinese giant pepper is a good one to try.
i get seeds locally and online. tomato growers is on my list of companies to buy from but I haven't made a purchase yet. tfs
Did you try Ajvarskiy Pepper? It grows huge for me! 😊
By the way, Early girl tomato is for cold climates. That’s what I heard..
i have a big wooden box too but I find it very helpful to have created an actual spreadsheet on google sheets for free to help know what I have. Then I can quickly look to see what I have when I'm ordering new seeds, need to save seeds, need to plant out, etc.
yellow pear tomato has a tendency to split very easily. They are sweet and delicious, though.
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It’s ok you’re just as crazy as the rest of us seed hoarders! If someone says you don’t need more seeds you don’t need that negativity in your life! 😂
the yellow pear grows abundantly but has no taste
We've tried Tommy Toe for several years but are letting them go. Last year we put them against the German Lunchbox which was similar sized but tastier and super prolific. I hope you really like Tommy Toes. They are bigger than cherry tomatoes. Ha! I grew current tomatoes of all kinds one year–barely even harvested as too time consuming. Never again.
I grew Saucy Lady last year. It was a freebie packet I think. It did well and I'll grow it again this year. I'm in zone 5b, so it does get hot here but not as long. I like to try a few new varieties every year. I have a hard time restraining myself on tomato varieties. I grow large slicers, paste tomatoes, and cherries and have a use for all of them. The biggest tomatoes I ever had were Old German probably 15 years ago. I just picked up a plant from Lowe's and didn't think to save seeds from it. We got numerous 2 pound plus tomatoes from it. Well, this year I finally ordered some seeds of that variety to try again. One sauce tomato that has become a favorite is Burpee Supersauce, which I found at Menards here. Don't prune it and it produces the biggest sauce tomatoes I have ever had.
Nicely done! Cheers, Albert