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Old 10-11-2023, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
There is a nursery in Leesburg on a street kind of parallel to the main drag. I think this is it, though the name doesn't ring a bell: Central Florida Gardener: Simon Seed Farm & Garden Center I bought tomato plants there one year and grew them in the fall. I used a raised planter they sold and the soil they recommended. I agree that Florida tomatoes lack the je-ne-sais-quoi of those in the north.
Simon Seed was an excellent source for vegetable plants. Unfortunately they folded when the pandemic hit and never came back.