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spinbaby

(15,198 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 12:26 PM Jun 2014

So where do I buy reliable seeds?

I only start a few plants from seed, usually because I want something very specific. In the last couple of years I've had more than my share of dud seeds--either seeds that refused to sprout or that didn't grow into what was advertised on the seed packet. Last year we had baseball-sized "cherry" tomatoes. This year my "French vanilla" white marigolds turned out to be a motley assortment of orange and yellow marigolds. I had bought them at a hardware store and they were Burpee seeds, which I had always thought of as reliable, but which apparently aren't. My husband speculates that the Chinese are in the counterfeit seed business.

Where does one buy reliable seeds?

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So where do I buy reliable seeds? (Original Post) spinbaby Jun 2014 OP
Johnny's or Territorial. Elad Jun 2014 #1
The last batch I got were from Johnny's Major Nikon Jun 2014 #5
Besides territorial, I'd also recommend Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2
Thanks spinbaby Jun 2014 #3
You are better off buying them mail order Major Nikon Jun 2014 #4
Johnny's is great but not inexpensive - Pine Tree has a nice selection at great prices NRaleighLiberal Jun 2014 #6

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
4. You are better off buying them mail order
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 03:13 PM
Jun 2014

When you buy them in the store you don't always know how long they have been there and some, if not most seeds definitely have a limited shelf life, particularly so if they aren't stored in cold storage. The bigger mail order houses are going to rotate their stock more often since they deal in larger volumes and are more likely to store their seeds under ideal conditions.

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