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 Thank you
for visiting our web site in your search for seed or
information about seed, primarily reclamation, pasture,
and native wildflower seeds. For over twenty five years
Southwest Seed has been continually growing along with
the environmental and reclamation movements in order to
give our customers the very best in products, information
and full service. What
does full service mean? We begin by producing as much of
our own seed as possible on our 700 acre farm in
Montezuma County, Colorado, where we grow over 40
different grass and forb species. Next, we have a state of the art conditioning plant where field run seed is made ready for customer use. Conditioned seed is tested at either a state seed lab or a private AOSCA certified lab. All seed sold is tested. We make no in house guesses. Many of our customers are not familiar with the multitude of species and varieties available today. Our friendly, expert advice is always a phone call away to answer questions such as: "What would be native in my area?" or, "What is available this year and is also cost effective?". Our service begins in the production fields and continues on to include advice on how to prepare a seedbed and when and how to plant the seed. Making it rain is perhaps the only service we do not offer. |
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When a
released variety is produced, like Arriba western
wheatgrass or Redondo Arizona fescue, the field is
certified by the Colorado Certified Seed Growers
Association. Non varietal fields are generally source
identified and sold with a yellow certified tag giving
the location and elevation of the collected starter seed.