SEEDLINGS
*** UPDATE May 15, 2024 ***
Seedlings were dropped off in Grantsville and Millcreek on May 4th.
Drop-offs are planned at the following locations in Utah and Salt Lake Counties on Saturday, May 18th. Exact times still TBD, likely before noon at all locations.
Utah County, South
365 East Center, Salem
Note: This is a new location. Pick up seedlings on the east side of the driveway only during daylight hours.
Utah County, North
143 S 300 W, American Fork
Note: this is a new pick-up location in American Fork; the primary drop-off/pick-up location for nearly a decade was my sister's place, but she recently passed away from cancer.
Pick up seedlings out front only during daylight hours.
Salt Lake County, Mid-Valley
602 East Malibu Drive (around 4230 South), Millcreek
Pickup only on Saturdays (most of the day) and Sundays (afternoons)
Salt Lake County, South
12629 S 2295 W, Riverton
Note: This is a new location in south Utah County. Pick up seedlings out front only during daylight hours.
Grantsville
Tooele County
70 W. Middle Circle, Grantsville
Seedlings were dropped off on May 4th and are placed on the brick fence. Pick up during daylight hours. More seedlings likely to follow before May 23rd
Carbon County - Base of operations and by far the best selection - up to 500 varieties of tomatoes, 25 peppers, and 10 eggplant:
170 W Geneva Road, East Carbon. After May 19th. Seedlings are in the low tunnel on the east side of the house. A self-serve table will be set up. Email dale@gianttomatoseeds.com for more information.
Southern Utah
Garfield County, Boulder
Pre-ordered seedlings will be dropped off and distributed between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. during the Farmers Market on Saturday, May 25th at Hills & Hollows Market at the West end of Boulder on Highway 12. There will be a few extra trays of seedlings available for those who did not place advance orders. There will be a couple of extra trays dropped off in Torrey and Hanksville as well. Email dale@gianttomatoseeds.com for more info.
Tentative:
Grand County - Moab
Moonflower Cooperative Market
39 East 100 North, Moab
As of this writing (May 15th), I have not had time to prepare a seedling Catalog for 2024.
Following are lists of varieties of tomato, pepper, and eggplant seedlings that are likely to be available at each location. By "likely", I mean at least a 50% that there will be one or more seedling of each variety available at each location, at least at the moment that I unload seedlings.
This is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE: please don't ask me to set aside or reserve seedlings. The pre-order deadline was April 1st, which was more than 6 weeks ago.
For some insight into what I'm up against, consider that every year since 2012 I have been burdened with hundreds, sometimes thousands of seedlings that I end up having to give away or throw away. The losses are staggering, both financially and in terms of my time and energy. I simply cannot continue with this scattershot approach anymore.
Here's how I just responded, indirectly, to someone who requested six seedlings each of several varieties -- but the request was not made until May 13th!
"I have very close to 500 pepper varieties in my inventory and 3,200 tomato varieties. You can well imagine how impractical (I think "insane" and "impossible" would be better adjectives) it is for me to plant, say, 100 seedlings of each variety, just in case somebody wants them in May. Remote mind-reading from hundreds of miles away and two months in advance - oh what a valuable skill that would be! "😁🤣🤪😵
So my list of available seedlings is greatly reduced from previous years, and primarily includes extra seedlings of varieties that were requested by dozens of gardeners who planned in advance and placed their requests before the April 1st deadline.
Lists of Varieties Likely to be Available in 2024:
Eggplant
Black Moon
Casper
Diamond
Dusky
Little Prince
Orient Express
Ping Tung
Round Green
Thai Purple Egg
Turkish Orange
Pepper
Aji Chinchi Amarillo
Anaheim
Big Jim
California Wonder 300 TMR
Giant Aconcagua
Habanero
Hatch Chili
Jalapeño Temprana
Jalapeño, Early
Lesya Necsi
Poblano
Sari Tatli Sivri
Serrano Tampequeno
Shishito
Super Shephard
Tomato
Canestrino di Luca
Cherokee Purple
Chocolate Beefsteak
Giant Italian Paste
Girl Girl's Wild Thing
Hungarian italian
Jasper
Mrs Benson
Paul Robeson
Peacevine
Pineapple
Queen Aliquippa
Rebel Yell
Rosalie's Large Paste
San Francisco Fog
San Marzano Redorta
Sibirski Skorospelyi
Sunrise Bumblebee
Sunsugar
Super San Marzano
Teschchin Yazyk
Work Release Paste
Yellow Pear
Again, I will not have the time or resources to set aside seedlings unless you ordered in advance before April 1st (many thanks to those who did!). Descriptions for the majority of these varieties, at least tomatoes, are available in the online published catalog from 2023:
Delectation of Tomatoes Seedling Catalog, 2023
Related files, such as "Extra Early Varieties" are available here: DT Shared Files
Local Pickup Only - no mail ordering of seedlings is available. Seeds of >3,000 tomato varieties can be ordered from the Store Tab above.
Please note - these are mostly private residences of other avid gardeners, but there is no need to contact them. This is self-serve; help yourself, with electronic payment; or contact dale@gianttomatoseeds.com for other arrangements.
Payment expected only upon pickup or delivery. Mistakes or accidents could happen between now and then (deer, frost, dogs, hailstorm, etc.).
Prices for seedlings picked up in person:
$3.00 - individual seedlings if you purchase between 1 and 17 seedlings
$2.50 - per seedling if you purchase a full tray (18 seedlings) or more ($45 per tray)
$2.00 - per seedling ($36 per tray) if you purchase at least four full trays (72 seedlings)
Payment options will include:
PayPal: paypalme/DaleTomatoes or dale@gianttomatoseeds.com
Venmo to: @Dale-Thurber last 4 digits of phone number: 5953
Website: Seedlings under the Store Tab
Invoice: for credit card purchases - email to dale@gianttomatoseeds.com for invoice
Personal check: mail to: Delectation of Tomatoes, P.O. Box 655, East Carbon, UT 84520
Regrettably, cash option will likely not be available, as most of the hosting sites prefer no-contact. But you're welcome to mail cash - I've never had an issue with checks or cash being "lost" in the mail.
Special delivery options for larger orders (at least 4 trays, or 72 seedlings) may also be available within a reasonable distance of East Carbon.
For special ordering in 2025, please submit your request for specific varieties of seedlings via email before April 1st, 2025 to: dale@gianttomatoseeds.com
*** NO MAIL-ORDER SHIPPING OF SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE IN 2024 ***
I simply do not have the time, manpower, or resources to ship seedlings.
** Thank you for supporting preservation of rare and wonderful varieties of garden vegetables from around the world! **