Welcome to our seed selection
A few vegetables are better grown from seed rather than transplants. These include tap-rooted crops such as parsnip and carrot. True spinach (as opposed to perpetual spinach or leaf beet) also grows better from seed. Organic or untreated seed? Organic standards for commercial growers and propagators are as follows:- No treated seeds may be used (i.e. seed that has been treated with pesticide).
- Organic seed must be used where a suitable variety is available. This means that the crop that produced the seed was grown to organic standards.
- If there is no suitable variety available as organic seed, we can apply for a derogation (permission) to use untreated seed. This means that the seed crop was not grown to organic standards but the seed has not been treated with any pesticides after harvest.
For seed sold via our website we have tried to give an organic alternative where available, but all our varieties have been selected as suitable and reliable under garden conditions. We have particularly chosen disease-resistant varieties where available. Our supplier does not offer organic seed of parsnip, sunflower or spring varieties of broad beans. This year they have introduced an organic pea variety for the first time, which we have included (Progress No.9). | 
