Who can participate?

Everyone! This includes small-scale growers and backyard gardeners. This includes senior citizens and youth.

Selecting trials

Seeds are no longer available for 2008.

Our agreement

This project is a research program, not a seed store. Gardeners must agree to manage their seeds in a responsible manner and report their results to NDSU-Extension. For our part, we have made the trials simple, educational and fun.

Is it hard to evaluate varieties?

NDSU-Extension is not looking for complicated data. For each trial, we simply wish to know which of the two varieties germinated best, was most healthy, produced higher yields, and produced the best tasting vegetables (or in the case of flowers, most abundant and most attractive blooms). We wish to know which of the two varieties is preferred and which do you recommend to other gardeners in North Dakota (perhaps one, both or neither of the varieties). 

What will we do with the results?

Upon receiving the results of gardeners (typically soon after the frost), NDSU-Extension will compile the results and send a final report to all gardeners along with a certificate to recognize their valued participation.

The results will be used to develop recommendations for gardeners in North Dakota and distributed via University publications and broadcasts.