Project Grow Plant Sale

**Heirloom tomatoes, peppers, basil and flowers**

### **2024 Project Grow Plant Sale**

The 2024 Project Grow Plant Sale will be held on May 11th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the hoophouse at Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Rd., Ypsilanti, 48197. Shoppers can advance order and pay for plants online or shop in person.

### **...and Dahlia Sale!**

For a second year, a sale of dahlia plants and tubers, along with Siberian Iris plants and canna lily bulbs, will be joining Project Grow’s Plant Sale on May 11th in the pavilion at Dawn Farm. Join us there to see the greatly expanded range of dahlia forms, colors and sizes that will be on sale, for planting in your garden or assembling in bouquets. Experienced growers of dahlias will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about this family of outstanding blooms.





#### **Using This Catalog**

* This catalog can be used for deciding what plants you want to get at the sale and also for placing advance orders to be picked up at the sale.

#### **Advance Ordering**

* There is a $5 processing fee on each advance order. We do this because a significant amount of work is involved pulling orders. This fee is added automatically to your total.
* To make filling orders easier, orders must be in multiples of half a flat (9 plants). You can order 9, 18, 27, 36 etc. plants. This does not mean you need to order 9 of each variety you want, only that the total number of plants ordered needs to be a multiple of 9.
* Advance orders must be placed online directly from the [catalog](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001JcZ30_NcCfHriq88AAqYG8_WjhEFB3Qog2lggFZu8PF3vI3oxfgsxdUHNM0Vuo7gP1-fLEkkErQ0ShITc6RnPZ6a27HWInB9C4abz-qbdBl2Phb9d01NrQscPoHpVCYT-O4kxMdz9-Yz7_HyV-v9PTkD_f7Nh4wm&c=efug8X7QitE_5kQ7ua_CkueeM4pxRFpkD3N46_G7224eOMu3j1pbgQ==&ch=DFapqwr0JjS_mUBLuvvGG745gm2kuqtUTRJHTlZSEvmhTOyoDnG_JA==).
* We will accept up to 100 advance orders. Once we reach 100 orders, we will close down the ability to place orders but you can still use the catalog as a resource for what will be offered.
* Pick up your order on Saturday May 11th between 10am and 12 noon at Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Road in Ypsilanti, 48197. This is the only day and time orders may be picked up. If you cannot pick up your order by noon, please do not place an advance order!

#### **Shopping the Sale**

* Plants are arranged in the same order as the catalog.
* To facilitate you shopping, we recommend that you print this [shopping list](https://projectgrowgardens.org/uploads/media_items/2024-shopping-list.original.pdf) and mark it with the items you want.
* **Crowding** Last year we ended COVID restrictions and did not limit the number of people allowed in the hoophouse at the same time. The result was the hoophouse got unpleasantly crowded with shoppers. This year we will again limit the number of people allowed inside at one time as we did in 2020-2022. This should make the sale less hectic than last year.

#### **New, Discontinued and Replaced Items**

Every year Project Grow strives to replace the least popular items with new varieties we have not offered before or think should be grown more often. Changes this year:

#### **New Tomatoes**

* Fox Nose (oxheart)
* Orange Peach (saladette)
* Stony Brook Heart (patio)

#### **New Flowers**

* Lisianthus Doublini Blue
* King Arthur Delphinium (dark purple)
* Bluebird Delphinium (medium blue)
* Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' (white swamp milkweed)
* Asclepias incarnata 'Soul Mate' (rose swamp milkweed)

#### **Discontinued Tomatoes**

* Herman's Yellow
* Garden Peach

#### **Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes**

* Determinate tomatoes are varieties that grow to a fixed mature size and ripen all their fruit in a short period (usually about two weeks). Once this first flush of fruit has ripened, the plant will begin to diminish in vigor and will set little to no new fruit.
* Indeterminate tomato varieties also continue to set and ripen fruit throughout the growing season until frost kills the plants. They will give you a slow and steady supply of tomatoes, rather than one large harvest.
* Most of the varieties we sell are indeterminate unless stated otherwise.

#### **Navigating the Catalog**

* **Categories** All items for sale have been grouped into one of the 10 categories presented below. Click on any category to see what items are included in it.
* **Back Button** This button appears at the end of each section and will allow you to return to the category you had just visited.
* **Next Button** You may advance to the next group of plants by clicking on this button.
* **Grid** In the right corner of the same screen is a grid icon. Clicking the grid will return you to the full selection of categories as are pictured below. From there you may skip to any section you wish to see.
* **Shopping Cart** Each sale item has a shopping cart into which your choices are placed. Clicking it allows you to choose how many you wish to order of that cultivar. There is a limit of 9 plants per cultivar. To review your purchases, click on the cart symbol located in the top right corner of the page.
* **Magnifying Glass** Located at the top right corner of the page. Clicking it allows you another way to see and select one of the categories or search for a specific variety.
* **Project Grow Logo** Located at the top left corner of the page, clicking it will return you to the start of the catalog.

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