diff --git a/app/views/seeds/_form.html.haml b/app/views/seeds/_form.html.haml
index 169463bc7..89ad5366f 100644
--- a/app/views/seeds/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/seeds/_form.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
   .control-group
     = f.label 'Will trade:', :class => 'control-label'
     .controls
-      = f.select(:tradable_to, options_for_select(Seed::TRADABLE_TO_VALUES, 'nowhere'))
+      = f.select(:tradable_to,
+          options_for_select(Seed::TRADABLE_TO_VALUES, :selected => @seed.tradable_to || 'nowhere'))
       %span.help_inline
         - if current_member.location.blank?
           Don't forget to
diff --git a/spec/views/seeds/edit.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/seeds/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
index f4193d0ef..f338dc46c 100644
--- a/spec/views/seeds/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/seeds/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@ describe "seeds/edit" do
       assert_select "select#seed_tradable_to", :name => "seed[tradable_to]"
     end
   end
+
+  it "doesn't revert tradable_to to nowhere" do
+    @seed = FactoryGirl.create(:tradable_seed, :owner => @member)
+    @seed.tradable_to.should_not eq "nowhere"
+    render
+    assert_select "option[selected=selected]", :text => @seed.tradable_to
+  end
 end