Hiya, long time no speak(type) here to ask a favour :)

[lynda66]

Helloooo
if anyone has any spare seeds they might like to donate they would be most welcomed, it's to help African children to grow veg/flowers, the last lot went down very well, so we're sending some more and thought I'd ask if anyone had any
you can send them to me and we will send them all together.
Please send a PM for my address
Thanks xx

[Miss Mousetrousers]

What a fantastic idea! I will have a rootle through my seed container and see what I can contribute. What sort of flower and veg seeds would be suitable for that climate as I could pop into Wilko's, see what they have, and get a few more packets. I will PM you afterwards.

[veggiechicken]

Lynda, could you tell us more about this charity - a link to a FB page isn't much to go on.
What is your connection with it?
There's no point sending you surplus seeds if they're not suitable for growing in Uganda - that would be a waste of seeds that could be usefully donated to charities closer to home - as many of us do now!!
Need more information. I'm sure we'd all like to know more!

In the 5 years since you last visited the Vine, the SeedSwap/request rules have changed.
Basically, its open to active members who have made 50 posts in the last 3 months. They're at https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...nce_76437.html

[Squingy]

Hi, I'm from a country with about that temp, from personal experience it's not merely an inconvenience, it's frustrating, disappointing and a waste of resources to try to grow seeds that aren't suited.
It's great to help, but in addition to being a waste, we don't want to disappoint kids either.

[Greenleaves]

I have closed this thread as we need understand what seeds are suited to the climate.

Miss Mousetrousers has made a very kind offer of adding new seeds to her surplus ones, so it needs to be clarified what are suitable.

If the original poster would care to pm one of the Mods with the information, we will of course open tis thread again.

[veggiechicken]

Thread reopened.

Hiya, sorry for not getting back sooner changed internet suppliers and they buggered it up lol

so revive a rural african child is A non-profit organization aiming at bringing about a better tomorrow to vulnerable rural societies through
SUPPORTING EDUCATION & BASIC NEEDS DELIVERY
basically providing basic things such as school supplies, food, beds, even reusable sanitary protection for the girls. some of which can be bought locally and they buy with donations.

https://m.facebook.com/rrachild/

My friend gill is a member of our allotment, and she sends them when she's collected enough, we just figured a lot if people on our site chuck out any unused seeds at the end of the year, (strange people lol) and get magazines with seeds on that they will never use, so they are donating their seeds to us.

weve also been seed saving, to increase the amount we can send. ie potato seeds as obviously sending potatoes isn't an option.
The schools are happy to receive seeds as they can start a garden and teach the kids to grow good healthy food, skills which they can take home, and teach their families and neighbours how to grow other food than the staplesto improve their diets. I decided to get behind gill with this as i thought it was such a good idea, and said I'd ask about.

Had quite a few packages from friends on facebook, so far, just figured a lot of people donate money, we just wanted to do something more practical, and they are so grateful and excited for the seeds.

they are based just north of Kampala,
weather is hot but they do have rainy seasons, https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...kampala,Uganda

I asked about what they grow, and eddy kaliisa, who helps run it, said it's a fairly new thing for them, growing food in the schools and they are trying whatever they are sent.

so I googled what grows there, if they can get seeds, which are very expensive and hard to get hold of, and came up with Broccoli, Chinese cabbage, pumpkin, Squash, Butternut, Pak choi, Radish, Cucumber, bitter melon and straw berry, sweet pepper, eggplant and tomatoes*
spinach, cabbage, spring onions, beans, peas, onions, leeks, corn, potatoes etc. pretty much any fruit and of course flowers to encourage bees etc. even better if they are edible.
so it appears pretty much anything really, hope that helps to explain a bit more?
Lynda xx
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[lynda66]

cheers vc xx

[lynda66]

Also if anyone has any school age children they are also looking for penpals to write to the kids

https://m.facebook.com/groups/489245667902726

[rary]

Hi, I'm from a country with about that temp, from personal experience it's not merely an inconvenience, it's frustrating, disappointing and a waste of resources to try to grow seeds that aren't suited.
It's great to help, but in addition to being a waste, we don't want to disappoint kids either.

When I read this thread I thought it a good idea but when reading Squingy's post I made some enquiries with a former missionary who had spent 25years in Malaway, and she also says seeds that are for growing here do not do well or fail to grow in a hot country, so though I have a number of seed packets that I would happily give away to charity, I have my doubts about them growing in an African country

[lynda66]

I've done lots of googling and seems that as there are good rainy seasons they do ok for water, and temperatures are usually under 30deg
and having had 4 months of up to 30deg most days and no rain here, and only watering every few weeks, the only things I had a real problem with this year once planted out have been lettuces bolting,
did you check out the weather there?
https://weather-and-climate.com/aver...kampala,Uganda

maybe as Kampala is around 4000 ft above sea level, it is why it is cooler and with more rain than other African countries, cos the list I added above are what people who grow veg are actually growing there around kampala. I've looked at a fair few sites and pages of people growing on small scale in their gardens, and other schools etc.
so if other places are growing these things then why would these schools be any different?

[rary]

Are you accepting seeds past their sow by date or do they have to be within their sow by date?

[lynda66]

Are you accepting seeds past their sow by date or do they have to be within their sow by date?

Yeah past date will be fine, most of them grow for years x

[lynda66]

thanks for all the seeds received so far, ���� in case there's any more, the next parcel will be going off at the end of September, so would appreciate if they can be here before then, thanks so much xx