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Re: Prairie seed For Sale

I am surprised that no one has mentioned that some Stock Seed Farms "wildflower mix /
prairie seedings" contain (or at least used to contain as of a 1999 seeding the owner of
which claimed was Stock's) Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket) a Eurasian exotic biennial
that can be invasive in at least some settings.  The planting further contained large
amounts of the southwestern annual Monarda citriodora (lemon balm) of unknown invasive
potential as well as many other *taxa* neither advertised as local ecotype by Stock nor
remotely approaching local ecotype material.

Sandy Rhodes
Iowa City

PS  Nothing against Stock Seed Farms -- we've planted 23 acres of their 'Pete' eastern
gama grass (hard seed) in our grass filter strip CRP.  And their advertising & catalog
seem to accurately describe their direct offerings.

John Foust wrote:

> At 09:59 AM 10/18/00 -0500, Carl Kurtz wrote:
> >Those of you who have prairie seed to sell, consider the following:
> >Where was the origin of the seed?  Are you trying to sell seed from
> >Connecticut or Indiana to anyone who will buy it or do you want it to be
> >planted near its origin.
>
> I couldn't afford the local ecotype seed.  We have some very nice
> dealers in Wisconsin but I bought at much lower prices from
> Stock Seed in Nebraska.  I'd heard the "50 mile rule" but I'm
> not sure even these "local" dealers are within that limit for
> me, and the terrain varies considerably even within 50 miles of here.
>
> Is there some method, apart from trusting a seemingly reputable
> dealer's word, to assure the geographic origin of prairie seed?
> Who's to say that someone's stand of a species wasn't generated
> from seed they or someone else imported?
>
> - John
>
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