Doomsday Survival Kit

Doomsday Survival Kit

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    These are seeds that David recommends for your doomsday survival kit.

    These are all open pollinated so you will be able to save seeds and eat great tasting food.

    Of course, in a survival scenario you will not care too much about taste but about nutrition and ease of growing.


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    Blue Lake 274 Bush Beans are plump, tender pods with white seeds. These plump, tender 6 ½ inch long pods have excellent flavor and texture, fresh or canned. Plants produce heavily and over a long season. Considered by many to be the best bush green bean next to the Contender. Harvest in about 60 days. Germination rate 80% or better.
    Bean Bush Blue Lake 274 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Tall Single. With huge flowers (often 10 to 12 inches across) these garden giants are developed for seed production (Sunflower oil, bird seed, etc.) Remember, these are the ones that grow from 8 to a whopping 12 feet tall, so unless you're planting them alone, scatter them throughout your meadow, or use them as a background screen. Kids love watching them grow so fast and so tall, and of course, they're magnets for songbirds.
    Sunflower Mammoth Grey Striped Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Cherokee Purple Beefsteak tomato seeds are an unusual variety with full flavor. Medium-large, flattened globe fruits. Color is dusky pink with dark shoulders. Tomato Cherokee Purple produces multi-ocular interior ranges from purple to brown to green. Relatively short vines. Harvest in about 70 days. Germination rate about 80% or better. Prepper favorite.
    Tomato Beefsteak Indeterminate Cherokee Purple - 25 Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    Comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) Herbaceous perennial native to Europe. There is a white/cream flowered type and a purple flowered type. This is the purple flowered type. The plant grows true from seed. The leaves are used to fertilize your soil and in compost to heat the compost pile to break it down quicker. Comfrey prefers a full to part sun position with rich, moist, but well-drained soil.
    Herb Comfrey True - 10 Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    18 to 24 inch tall vigorous bush produces 3 to 4 inch flat, green pods with light tan/brown speckled beans. Can be used as snap beans when young and tender but primarily grown to maturity and used as a dry bean. Most popular variety for dry shell bean for winter use.
    Bean Dry Pinto Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Use the leaves of the Stevia plant fresh, dried, powdered, or as a liquid to sweeten foods and drinks. You can encourage a bushy habit by pinching back the growing tips every few weeks for the first 1-2 months of growth. Stevia also grows well in containers as a houseplant or on the patio—choose a 14 inch diameter pot and use well-drained soil.
    Herb Stevia 25 Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    David's Garden Seeds Spring Seed Set (David's recommendations) now has 40 heirloom varieties, one is an herb, two are melons, and the rest are vegetable seeds. With heirloom seeds, you can save seeds from the plants you grow for the next season as long as there is no cross pollination with like varieties.
    Set Spring 40 Seed Varieties - 4000+ Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    This is the open-pollinated purple cauliflower variety, and is generally regarded to be the oldest variety. A great Italian heirloom that tastes better than the hybrids. Harvest in about 80 days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Cauliflower Purple of Sicily 25 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Our Fall Seed Set (David's recommendations)  has 34 Non-GMO, heirloom varieties In individual seed packs. With heirloom seeds, you can save seeds from the vegetables you grow in your garden for the next season. Heirloom seed varieties will grow the exact same vegetable year after year, unlike hybrid varieties.
    Set Fall 34 Seed Varieties 3600+ Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Purple Sprouting Broccoli is actually an English heirloom variety bred for overwintering. Tall and prolific, Purple Sprouting Broccoli grows slowly through the winter and sprouts in the spring. A wonderfully interesting addition to your garden that is just as flavorful. Harvest in about 70 days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Broccoli Purple Sprouting 25 Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    The best early green bean for gardeners who desire a combination of good flavor and high yields. Has excellent fresh eating quality. Bears slightly curved thick pods, approximately 5-1/2 inches long. Fairly hardy under adverse conditions and well suited to solar-greenhouse use because of its earliness and heat tolerance. Harvest in about 50 days. Germination rate is about 80% or better.
    Bean Bush Contender Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    High-yielding burgundy beans. 16 to 20 inch long beans are borne in clusters of up to four beans each. Healthy, vigorous plants. Sweet flavor compares to Gita. Burgundy color will fade when cooked. Red Noodle is a variety of cowpea (very heat tolerant). The plant itself is subtropical/tropical and most widely grown in the warmer parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and southern China.
    Bean Pole Yard Long Red Noodle Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    White Icicle Radish has crisp white flesh has a tantalizing, mild pungency. Cylindrical white roots to 5 inch long. Fast and easy to grow. Radishes are best when grown in cool weather. Great eating and great insect deterrent, especially squash vine borer. Plant with squash. Harvest in about 22 days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Radish White Icicle 200 Non-GMO, Heirlooms Seeds
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    Lemon Drop Spilanthes have bright, solid-yellow flower heads the shape of gum drops. Commonly known as toothache plant. Contains a natural analgesic which numbs the tongue and gums, relieving toothache pain. This numbing sensation arises from chewing either the flowers or leaves. The full, mounding habit is perfect for containers and bed plantings. Heat tolerant. Edible Flowers: Flowers, which have a spicy and citrus-like flavor, can be used as a garnish on ice cream and drinks.
    Herb Spilanthes Lemon Drop 50 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Bean Dow's Purple Pod bean is a vigorous climber with 7-8 inch long pods. The interior of the pod is bright green, while its exterior is a deep purple. The seeds are white with a delightful flavor, with incredible tenderness. Harvest in 75 days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Bean Pole Dow Purple Podded Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Lemon Pickling Cucumber produces small, rounded, pale yellow cucumbers. This versatile cucumber is sweet and flavorful, and doesn't have much of the chemical that makes other cucumbers bitter and hard to digest. Though it's often served raw, it's also a good pickling cucumber. Specialty market salad item. Pick at 1 and 1/2 to 2 and 1/2 inch diameter.
    Cucumber Pickling Lemon 25 Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    Asparagus Purple Passion grows purple spears. Sweeter and more tender than green varieties, and a colorful option for raw eating in salads. Color fades when cooked, but excellent flavor is retained. Tighter spacing (6 to 8 feet) is recommended for best market size. Harvest in 2 to 3 years when growing from seed. From then on, harvest every spring for the next 15 to 20 years.
    Asparagus Purple Passion 25 Non-GMO, Hybrid Seeds
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    The Sweet Chocolate Bell is a brown pepper with remarkable earliness, heavy set; it is tolerant of cool nights. It has a smooth, medium-small, tapered, "snub nose" (blunt end) bells with long fruit stems, very mild flavor, and medium thick flesh. The flesh under the skin is brick red. The earliest maturing "chocolate variety," developed by the late E.M. Meader, Univ. of New Hampshire. Harvest in 60 days for green and 80 days for a ripe brown. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Pepper Bell Sweet Chocolate 25 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Cherokee Wax Bean produces beautifully yellow, 5 to 6 inches long round pod. Completely string-less at all stages. Cherokee Wax Beans are delicious fresh, canned or frozen. Harvest in about 58 days. Germination rate is 80% or better.
    Bean Bush Cherokee Wax Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    The plant can grow to be 8 feet tall with 15 to 18 inch heads. Black Oil is gorgeous in the garden but also has multiple uses. Grow your own bird feed with this one. Produces a good crop of black seed heads. The leaves can be cattle food and the stem fiber can be used to make paper. The seeds are edible. They can be pressed for the oil which can be used for a variety of things to include frying. The dried stems can also be a substitute for firewood.
    Sunflower Black Oil 3 Sizes Non-GMO, Organic, Heirloom Seeds
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    Bright yellow 4 to 5 inches long, round, stringless, straight, tender and meaty pods produce white seeds with purple-brown eyes. Delicious buttery flavor! Early, dependable, erect 15-20 inch tall bushes. Let dry at maturity for shelled beans. Good for northern and southern climates.
    Bean Bush Topnotch Wax 3 Sizes Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Beautiful slender purple pods. Much nicer than older purple pole bean varieties. Harvest pods at 8 to 9 inches. Excellent, rich, and slightly sweet flavor. Suitable for fresh use in salads or cooked. Beans turn green when cooked. Tan seeds. Harvest in about 62 days. Germination rate is about 80% or better.
    Bean Pole Carminat Purple 25 Non-GMO, Open Pollinated Seeds
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    Special Black Spanish type. This elite strain is much more uniform and resistant to bolting than the ordinary Black Spanish variety. Large 2 to 4 inches (depending on harvest date) black-skinned, round roots with crisp, hot, white flesh. Suitable for sowing mid-spring (soil temperature 60°F or higher to prevent bolting) through fall. Thin to 4 inches apart. Medium-long storage. Harvest in about 50 days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Radish Nero Tondo 100 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    The Royalty Bush Bean grows bright purple, stringless, slightly curved 5" pods that turn green when cooked. Distinctive purple foliage and purple flowers. Very ornamental and tasty! Germinates well even in cold wet soil. Harvest in about 55 days. Germination rate is about 80% or better.
    Bean Bush Royalty Purple 100 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Pumpkin White Abominable is a bigger white jack with great color retention. Pumpkin White Abominable is a pure white jack that resist fading to pale yellow in the sun better than many other white pumpkins. Nice medium-large pumpkins with round to blocky shape and a strong handle.
    Pumpkin White Abominable 10 Non-GMO, Hybrid Seeds
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    A delicious, vibrantly yellow, colorful, Romano bean, an Italian flat bean, approximately 6 inches long and very uniform on vigorous, heavy-producing plants. Tender and very tasty. Great for canning. Harvest in about 58 days. Germination rate is about 80% or better.
    Bean Bush Capitano Non-GMO, Open Pollinated Seeds
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    Vibrant green color that turns white and makes this a must for any farmer's market. Medium-large bells are mostly 3-lobed and slightly elongated. Harvest in about 67 (green), 85 (white) days. Germination rate about 80% or better.
    Pepper Bell White Diamond 25 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Large fruit remain green when ripe! Indeterminate. A hint of yellow and pink blush on blossom end tells you these delicious, sweet, spicy tomatoes are ready to pick. Ripens green. Good for Doomsday kit. Harvest in about 67 days. Germination rate about 80% or better. Our Non-GMO seeds are sustainable. Our packaging is environmentally friendly, climate friendly, reusable, and recyclable.
    Tomato Beefsteak Indeterminate Aunt Ruby's German Green 25 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Sunflower Seeds are the most popular seed for bird feed, and Peredovik Sunflower seed might be the most popular (from the bird's perspective). Its black oil seeds are meatier and have higher oil content than other varieties, which attracts both songbirds and game birds. Blooms in about 100 days. Germination rate is about 80% or better.
    Sunflower Peredovik 3 Sizes Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records on August 11, 2017 (it has fallen to 3 or 4 as of 2024). It's a serious scorcher! The pepper is red and gnarled, often with a bumpy texture and small, pointed scythe-shaped tail at the base of each fruit, hence the name 'reaper'.
    Pepper Chili Carolina Reaper 10 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Beets are high in fiber and have a high mineral content. Many uses for it's leaves and root for salads or eaten cooked. Harvest in about 60 days, 35 baby leaf; 58 roots. Germination rate about 80% or better. Great to stop pillaging during a doomsday environment since most people think a beet has to be purple.
    Beet White Albino 200 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    This Doomsday Survival Set is made up of off color fruits and vegetables. You should take these and grow them and start saving your own seeds. If you have never grow a garden or some of these, then you to learn before a doomsday event happens. David’s Choice for Doomsday Gardening. What makes these seeds great for survival? They are the off colors of vegetables. The colors you do not find in the grocery stores.  Therefore, scavengers will think that there is something wrong with them and bypass the
    Set Doomsday Survival Pack 24 Varieties 1400 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Bean Bush Amethyst Purple 100 Non-GMO, Open Pollinated Seeds
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    Bean Bush Bamako Yellow 100 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Bean Bush Celine is a gorgeous lavender wax filet bean. Very vigorous at the seedling stage. Pods are lavender on the outside (yellow on the inside) and easy to locate on the open-habit plant. Pods average 3 1/2–4 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch in diameter. Slightly sweet and nutty flavor. 
    Bean Bush Celine Purple 100 Non-GMO, Organic, Open Pollinated Seeds
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    We have put together a smaller (seed count) Spring Set. There are 43 packets but not as many seeds in the set. There are about 1200+ seeds.  Our Spring Seed Set (David's recommendations) has Non-GMO, heirloom varieties In individual seed packs. With heirloom seeds, you can save seeds from the vegetables you grow in your garden for the next season. Heirloom seed varieties will grow the exact same vegetable year after year, unlike hybrid varieties.
    Set Spring 42 Seed Varieties - 1200+ Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
    David's Garden Seeds®
    We have put together a smaller Fall Set. There are 55 packets but not as many seeds in the set. There are about 700 seeds.  Our Fall Seed Set (David's recommendations)  has Non-GMO, heirloom varieties In individual seed packs. With heirloom seeds, you can save seeds from the vegetables you grow in your garden for the next season.
    Set Fall 55 Seed Varieties 700+ Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Pumpkin White Flat Stacker pumpkin offers a unique shape for specialty markets and fall displays. Pumpkin White Flat Stacker's vigorous vines produce 10 to 17 pound pumpkins that are flat in shape and scalloped. The fruit has a good white color and the color does not bleach out or yellow over time. White Flat pumpkin has bright orange flesh that has a sweet taste. Stores well for winter sales. Harvest in about 110 days. Germination rate about 80% and better.
    Pumpkin White Flat Stacker 10 Non-GMO, Hybrid Seeds
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