buying seeds

[Guest guest]

I will be buying seeds for sprouting at the health food store. If

the package reads 'organic' does this mean that they are not

iradiated (sp?) or should I always ask? I went to an organic store

and on some of the packages it said, not iradiated. TIa

 

val

[Guest guest]

I can't emagine iradiated seeds sprouting. To me that would be like

putting them in a microwave then trying to sprout them. But who knows.

Organic food growers are usually certified by a government agency. It

means that no pesticide or herbicide has been intoduced into the

growing field or on the plant for a certain amount of time, (probably

other things at present time too). It used to be 5 years. I would

prefer something from California myself since they were formost in

organic certification long, long ago and there are very few bugs and

weeds to worry about. I saw more spraying over a city in CA with

malathyon for fruit flys than I ever saw in an orchard or field in the

countryside. My own orchard was never sprayed with anything and my

biggest problem were the birds and ground squirls. I now live in

Missouri where there are nothing but insects, molds and weeds and

organic certification is extreme hard for a small garden much less a

farm.