How many seeds do you really need?

"This might be a bit difficult and liable to change. I think I must give Rugosa Friulana a go. Then again, are we choosing to cope with Armageddon, or just choosing our favourites. The criteria might result in slightly different variety choices. Favourites might be the most flavourful, whereas Armageddon would require resilience and productivity."

I don't have a real reason for asking - are you surprised? Basically, I looked at all my seeds and thought "Most of these I will never attempt to grow! Each year, I go straight to my favourites with maybe a couple of other varieties for......variety!"

Every year, I could buy the same 10 packets of seed and grow enough to keep me happy. If they were not F1, and I could save seeds from, I would never need to buy any more seeds.......ever. Of course, I know that I would acquire more through swapping, but the principle is the same.

I love trying / growing new varieties. The list I’ve put up is favourites ( which I found very difficult, limiting myself to 10 ) . The reason for the 10 I’ve chosen are very simply in 3 categories. Either flavour, versatility, reliability. Armageddon would require more than 10 . I might be able to do it with 20.