Also, just because you don't like the taste of a tomato right off the vine doesn't mean that you absolutely can't make something delicious with it! You said they were sour, but you can add a little sweetener, and make tomato sauce, salsa, chili sauce, pizza sauce, etc. out of them. If they are cherry tomatoes, I just run them through the food processor. You could even make ketchup, or something. Mix them with other tomatoes, and you probably won't even be able to tell. You could also use them to make a tomato pie. There are many great recipes with a cheddar crust, bacon crumbles and sliced tomatoes on top. Use a little honey for the tartness and maybe goat cheese. Caprese salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar is a great fix for tart tomatoes. Marinate it for a long time. You don't have to waste the tomatoes. Donate them to a food pantry. Thank you for the warning, though!
I’ve had 11 year old tomato seeds germinate just fine. I just stock up on my favorites and keep them properly stored. Seed prices will just continue to rise in price and I’ve noticed less gram per pack the last few years. It’s nice to have a seed “bank” and never have to worry.
I found sunflower seeds in a junk drawer of unknown age that I tried to germinate for fun and got 10 out of 10 seeds to germinate. Probably at least six years old.
Yeah, agreed on keeping the seed properly stored. We keep ours in the cellar, where it's cool and dry. And we have one mess of cantaloupe coming along in the garden right now, from seed packaged for the 2019 season!
I have heard and read about so many complaints about Etsy seeds that I do not buy any seeds from them. I will however, buy plants. 😅 Rare Seeds and MI gardener are my favorite!
MIG has been great. I used to use rare seeds but so expensive. Thankful I found MIG. $2 per pkg and the sales early summer are even cheaper! Over $20 is free shipping even to Canada too
@@sarahdean3945I agree, Rare Seeds/Bakers Creek have horrible germination. I bought a ton of seeds from them, vegetables, fruit & flowers. I had read up and they had good ratings. I literally had no veges & fruits that came up. A handful of flowers. I had to go buy more seeds here local & regrow my entire garden again. Thankfully I got it done early enough that everything is growing great now. I called them & they refunded my entire order. Sent pics & everything. I'll never buy from them again.
I bought strawberry runners from migardener and so did my friend. Shes in western pa and Im in eastern pa. We both purchased $50+. Neither of our starts germinated into anything. No refunds. But my issue is that the review we both left separately was deleted. Not cool at all. But my seeds I purchased from them have been fine.
I posted a review saying that one variety of tomato germinated well for me, but was consistently a week or more behind any other varieties. I just wanted others to know that theirs might just need a bit more time. It was deleted.
@@yanirisencarnacion04 Thank you for your comment. I have purchased from MI Gardener once before last year. My assessment is still TDB. That said, deleting ( in essence manipulating) reviews is not acceptable. Responding to unfavorable reviews is the appropriate way to handle things.
I'd recommend buying local live strawberry plants. I had bad luck with bareroot early this year. Luckily later I found a local store clearance live strawberry plants, $2 for 6 packs, some cells of the packs may have 2-3 strawberry plants. They are now happily in my garden now. 😊
Unfortunately, the risks are high. A lot of people are saving seed and re-selling them, but they don't have the procedures in place that real seed companies have to prevent cross-pollination. The result is you get volunteer seed, which can sometimes be inedible.
Well, did you not hear about "Peppergate" or "Jalapenogate" that went on last year, and is still going on this year, for some people? That involved some big well-known seed companies and suppliers, too. I bought reputable Jalapeno seeds, and got banana peppers. I also bought Jalapeno PLANTS from Lowe's and got banana peppers. I bought Ferry Morse Jalapeno seed packets from Walmart and got banana peppers!! This happened all over the country, as a giant seed supplier mislabeled their seeds, evidently! I accidentally planted one of those packs of Ferry Morse seeds from last year. Yep, we have banana peppers this year again! I heard another very well known gardener on YT state that she is still having problems with getting too many banana peppers this year, too. So, it is not just me, LOL! PS We don't even like banana peppers!
The same thing has happened to me with the Walmart jalapeno seeds. Got banana peppers instead of jalapenos & some kind of long type of bell pepper instead of mild jalapenos. This was my first time growing peppers & was looking forward to making salsas & such. Very disappointed.
I have a good idea for a video for everybody who goes to the supermarket and brings home fruits and vegetables those seeds can be planted people don't realize that I'm growing a cherry tree right now that I got from cherries at the stop & shop that came all the way from Turkey it's possible and fun
There are a lot of great companies out there. I've never had a single packet of seed mislabeled from a real online seed company. I've only gotten bad seed from "third party seller" type operations and occasionally on the big seed stands in big box stores.
I have been germinating the Hanover style tomatoes (outside Richmond VA) for over 5 years. They always grow big as softballs, fleshy delicious tomatoes. I'm too old to experiment any more. I know what I like lol.
Sorry you got nasty cherry tomatoes and no sauce tomatoes. I saved seeds from my best tasting Cherokee Purple tomatoes and used these seeds for 8 plants. They turned out to be the best of all the tomatoes I am growing this year. The plants are more robust than the original plant the seeds came from. I think next year it will be only these seeds and just keep doing that using best tasting only going forward. They should acclimate to my climate and do better every time. I hope.
Amen brother. I bought seeds on Amazon and the third party didn’t send me seeds. I messaged them because they changed me $6 but no seeds no replacement and they so stubborn. I now remember not to buy seeds from certain people, rather i would pay a dollar extra but order from known companies
I purchased a pound of bush bean seeds from a well known company this year. I ended up growing every bean under the sun except what I had wanted. I called and that said it was cross pollination. They stood behind it and a couple days later I got replacement seeds from them. Hope this batch is better.
I think that's the problem. These seed companies are collecting and saving their own seed, so they need to have procedures in place to isolate them and prevent cross pollination. Well, some of these smaller operations may not have such strong procedures in place. I think that's what happened to me. I got F1 voluneer seed, and it was totally inedible.
Good luck because something similar happened to me. I wanted coral geraniums-they were scarlet. Told them and they resent and again scarlet. Either someone is colorblind or I’m getting the brush off.
@@2MinuteGardenTips where do the varieties of figs now come from seedwise or how did they cross to begin with? Btw could you sell some staples in seeds? Thanks Anth!
I have had great luck buying herbal seeds from a seller on etsy, but also one horror story. I like queen Anne's lace and wanted to add it to my garden, the seller sent me poison hemlock seeds and was in complete denial of it. Buyer beware if you're buying from an independent seller, I've also read several awful reviews on amazon seed listings for seeds not germinating.
I learned this lesson back during covid/lockdown and ordered seeds off amazon. I knew the moment they arrived that something was off due to packaging and set aside. Remember the mystery seeds from China…. I got 2 separate batches and mailed them to a designated US agency. I now only buy from organic reputable companies but I still try to support the smaller brands.
I too had a bad experience with seeds bought on Etsy. I bought some "Blue White Chrysanthemum" seeds. I did 4 different plantings, not a single seed terminated. When I wrote and asked for a replacement packet of seeds, the supplier replied that they did not guarantee the seeds they sell because they buy from many different growers and have no control over the growing/harvesting process. Say what? My lesson learned.
I've been hearing more and more about mislabeled seeds this year. I've had issues with reputable seed companies - Hubbard squash that turns out to be some random acorn squash and this year bell peppers that turned out to be hot banana peppers (and that was a painful discovery!). I've only ordered a couple of seeds from Etsy and have had good luck, so far. I'm wondering if the proliferation of cross pollination and mislabeled seeds is a result of the influx of new gardeners and the scrambling of seed companies trying to keep up and not checking on their growers.
I have gotten scammed twice buying seeds on Ebay and once buying asparagus roots on Amazon. It is sad to think a few people ruin it for honest sellers because I will no longer order any seeds or starts from either of them.
Johnny's and Hoss have not let me down. I think I got a cross pollinated tomato from baker creek. I grew 4 Isis candy plants. 3 were normal. One was a standard red cherry. Between that and the purple tomato fiasco, I am not ordering from them anymore. I've also had problems with ferry Morse. Heirlooms don't grow that well where I live so I do not order from MI Gardner that much. I'm in Tucson, AZ. Hybrids just do better here.
Two of the past four years, Johnny's has given US butterNUT squash seeds in packets labeled butterCUP squash. This has been irksome, since we also order butterNUT squash seed - though the butterCUP is our favorite. Most of the butternut we normally grow to give away to family or the local food pantry. But to expect equal amounts of each, and get ALL butternut, is not a fun experience. If we get the same experience this year, I'll be complaining more than subtly.
That sucks! All that time, space and water! I bought Ferrymorse grand bell mix seeds but got a hot banana pepper plant instead! Luckily, I used 2 other seed packs that were bell peppers.
It might also be grazon if you used contaminated straw or mulch, and mushroom compost is notorious for being salty, which will inhibit germination. I just burned some green beans by adding too much ashes to the bed.
Even Burpee had a problem last year. I ordered Marachi peppers and what grew was without a doubt serrano. After sending a pic of the plant and the seed pack, they acknowledged they were experiencing a problem with their packer that year and they refunded my money and gave me a 20 dollar gift code for this year. Exactly the right way to handle it.
I have received mislabeled seed off the shelf before at Home Depot. I bought a small, pointed orange pepper called, I think, Tequila Sunrise, and I got some bell pepper instead. Once, I bought Black Krim seeds off the shelf and got a gross small orange tomato that wasn't worth eating. Probably another bad F1 that cross-pollinated wrongly. It can happen from anywhere at any time, but it's definitely a much higher risk from random 3rd party sellers.
I had the exact same experience last year. I really wanted to try a couple of varieties of tomatoes and found them on Amazon and another on eBay with free shipping. The seeds were obviously incorrect and likely some random cross-pollinated junk. I was able to use some of the tomatoes but they were not at all what I was looking for. Lesson learned! I will only buy from reputable sources from now on!
Actually those seeds were probably more likely to have been saved from the fruit of a hybrid plant, which you should not do because hybrids are unstable by definition.
even Dale won't go near them. I bought a mislabeled kumquat tree- beautiful, pest-free leaves, it reliably flowers with a multitude of bright orange fruit, but I have to say, the peel is sweeter than the fruit- more sour than a lemon. It's a dwarf tree, so I leave it as a reminder- if it's too good to be true, it probably isn't.
Sorry you were scammed. I think you are very kind to share this info. I wanted to buy crookneck squash seeds. However, the shipping charge put me off. Seeing your video has changed my mind. So thank you again for sharing Maggie UK
You should try Totally Tomatoes for tomato and chili pepper seeds. Totally Tomatoes will have varieties that Tomato Growers does not carry and Tomato Growers will have varieties that Totally Tomatoes does not carry.
I just went out and found two strange things in my green beans that I bought seed for. One wasn’t totally different variety of green bean in the other was a morning glory. Thanks for the information of where to buy from now on!
@@sassyherbgardener7154I had bad luck with MI Gardener also, some of the seeds I got did fine but the milk thistle seeds I got from them had some of the worst germination I've ever seen. Based on the color of the seed I believe they sold me immature seed.
What a timely post! I was just looking online for complaints about peas. For 3 seasons now I have ordered snap peas from different very reputable companies and have received mixed snap, snow and garden pea seeds in one packet. If I am not very careful I end up with inedible pods in my stir fry dishes. Very frustrating. Baker Creek offered a replacement pack but how can I be sure. 3 or 4 companies over 3 years seems to be a trend. Also I like to grow dwarf varieties but have not received any dwarf sugar snaps over the years either.
One of the gardeners I watch regularly ordered wax beans from a top seed company. When he opened the packet he has every size, shape and color bean you can imagine. They weren't even all the same wrong bean. When he asked for a replacement they sent another packet and again it was the wrong bean.
Well everyone is feeling the need to reduce cost where they can but now going to have to order packet of seed & see if can get crop in before frost. Blessings NC has longer growing season. Good luck!!
Last fall I bought 30 Egyptian walking onion bulbils on eBay for a very reasonable price, less than $10 shipping included. I was very surprised when it arrived in just a couple days and it wasn’t what I expected. There were 75 viable bulbils and they had also included 25 perpetual garlic bulbils and hand written instructions on how to care for both. All are growing well except I forgot about the “perpetual” part of the garlic and harvested some scapes before I realized and left the rest to make more bulbils. I have plenty of cloves to replant in the fall though.
I was scammed buying barefoot from Lowe’s. I bought strawberries and a pack of mixed raspberry blackberries - they were just sticks (no root whatsoever) but I still took a chance and tried to start them all in a variety of modalities.
When I got my dormant raspberry plant from MIGardener, it was just a "stick" (cane) as well. It took *weeks* to grow some side shoots and I had thought it was a dud! It's doing great now, although I won't get berries until next year.
Yeah just avoid lowes and home Depot. Find a local nursery instead. Particularly try to find one that specializes in native and permaculture plants if possible. You'll have the most success and easier time with plants that are naturalized. Also the people who run them tend to have more knowledge about what they are selling and can give you advice.
Next time you forget to order a variety, I’m sure one of your RU-vid friends here would happily do a seed exchange with you for the price of postage. Enjoying your channel, thanks for sharing.
Oh my God oh my God that happened to me twice and I want to cry. I am on a fixed income social security and had a series of bad events happen from 2020 to 2023. So financially I look for the best buy. And I got scammed twice I know with certain seeds should look like and when I was sent the seeds it was wrong I don't know even know what they sent me for all I know I was sent poison. But it definitely wasn't what I ordered when I contacted the company it was like they didn't even exist. And then it happened to me on all places Amazon and I was told okay send them back and I'll get my money back but it was going to cost me even more money to send them back. All in all I'm out about $30 between these two scams. Not a lot of money you may say but for someone on a fixed income it is and for what I thought I was buying it would have provided a lot of food for me. How can people be so cruel oh my god. I'm telling you you really have to stick with a very good reputable company
That really stinks. This is why I always plant many varieties of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers every year. If I get bad seed, I only lose a few plants. I would recommend checking for marked down seed at the end of the summer at garden centers. Usually, you can pick up packets pretty cheap. If you store them in a cool, dry, dark place, they keep for about 3 years. I keep mine in a cardboard box inside my closet on top of my stacks of shorts and jeans. That's the coolest, darkest part of the house. The more varieties you start, the more you guarantee something will do well.
@@2MinuteGardenTips thank you that's wonderful advice. I received so much from you I am so grateful. And I was thinking of you this 4th of July. Last year you recommended CBD dog treats for my dog. I had mentioned how afraid she gets. Oh my god they worked wonderfully she slept like a baby
If you're looking for basic varieties (and I mean, REALLY basic), my local dollar store usually carries seeds in February and March. Limited varieties and a very limited time, but for 20 cents a pack, I can get most of the basics for $2 or less. If any of them don't work out, I've only lost some time. The money I save goes to the few special varieties I don't want to do without.
SO SORRY YOU GOT SCAMMED! We've managed to avoid this, by always buying our seeds from (as you do) reputable companies, but almost always from a local firm that has a national following. When we've needed need backups, we go to the local farm supply (AGWAY) - which carries seeds from multiple national companies (including Burpee). The only times we've been disappointed was the two times we bought butterCUP squash seed from Johnny's here in Maine, and got butterNUT squash as a result. It was disappointing, but not disastrous as your tomato experience turned out.
I had had trouble germinating hot peppers this year so, i bought a jalapeño start from W-mart. It ain't a jalapeño. Little peppers growing straight up. Got only 3 out of 100 hatch seeds to grow. Seeds i been saving year after year.
Oh no! Thats really bad. Well I went to Meijer and bought two fall gold raspberry plants for 17 dollars, well only one of them is Fall Gold the other one is a Red Berry of which I have no idea what it is. It was a good berry at least it tastes good.😅
That could possibly be a happy accident. This tomatoes were so awful, you couldn't even eat them. I've never had a tomato taste like this. They were nasty.
Great reminder. Definitely make sure you get Plum Regal next year. I am hugely impressed with the size and quantity of fruit. I commented a couple weeks ago about my package of Beit Alpha claiming to produce only female flowers and not need pollinating. So far, all three plants have only produced male flowers. Go figure.
I recieved mislabeled seeds from Harris seeds and Baker seeds. So this year I planted 13 year old tomato seeds from a seed exchange. Every single one germinated and I'll have tomatoes running out my ears once things start ripening. I've also had plants from local reputable greenhouses be miss labeled. Last year was especially bad with peppers. From the different places. I bought bell peppers and everything was a type of hot pepper.
Too funny. I asked you yesterday on your live feed if you had ever planted seed that turned out wrong. I didnt want to spam the feed so I didnt keep asking, but I got obviously wrong seed this year, and this was from a really good seller that I will order from again. Seems like this is happening way to often now. Even though I really like to grow hybrids for their disease resistance, I am going thru heirloom varieties to see what does well for me, so I can save the seed. That way Ill know for sure what they are.
Wow sorry to hear you were scammed. It happens so don't be so tough on yourself. There are always can tomato sales. Could you do a video on when the best time to buy seeds at the end of the year from trusted sites?
same thing happened to me but only got a couple plants growing from the company, were after thought varieties i wanted to try and not put a big order in ..were like #$2 bucks shipped free ..deal too good to be real and was. I think the vendor was called "house seeds" ..seeds germinated but obviously not what i ordered
Coincidentally, I bought the 25cent seeds from Dollar Tree this year. I had great success with carrots, but when I planted spinach in two trays, I got a jungle of something that I'm pretty sure is a tomato of some sort. I'm thinking of replanting the best of them into a 5 gallon bucket to see how it comes out..
I know how you feel. I ordered sunsugar tomato seeds from an eBay seller and they turned out to be Roma tomatoes. I didn't start any Roma's this year so I know it wasn't my own mix up. Ordered geranium seeds from an Etsy seller and didn't get geranium plants.
I've had very good success with True Leaf Market. My worst experience was with Southern Seed this year: Over a dozen types of vegetables with close-to-zero germination. Those that sprouted failed to mature or had very poor yield. Also three types of wildflowers with zero germination.
I have grow of the best varieties of heirloom tomato seeds which i used to sell on etsy. I no longer do as etsy is full of resellers with fake pictures selling crappy seed. The amount of people sucked into buying pink or blue sunflowers in hilarious.
This is why I plant many varieties of tomatoes each year. Imagine if I only planted one variety. I would've lost everything. Always plant many varieties of your "core" garden vegetables to help ensure something does well.
It's alright. Luckily, I plant ~25 varieties a year, so something always does well. This is why I recommend everyone plant many varieties of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other core vegetables.
I have gotten mislabeled seeds from Baker Creek- what was supposed to be petite marigolds grew to almost hip height and overpowered their neighboring tomato plants. I bought some of the most amazing strawberry plants from Etsy. I make the most educated purchases I can but understand sometimes it is a gamble.
This happened to me. One was for a variety of Okra called Bull Dog Okra. Bull Dog does not get tall (maybe 3 feet) and the Okra and stems are red. I had received seeds for regular green Okra, I discovered this when I planted them the following summer, I ordered them in the fall. I didn't even know the variety and gave the small plants away. I stick to one variety because bees will cause cross-pollination. I bought trombone squash seeds from a small company on Etsy, the squash grew a butternut-shaped squash, and one trombone squash that grew to a length of 16 inches and stopped growing. This was on the same plant so, I knew that cross-pollination had occurred with the vendor. I have never raised butternut squash. I ordered Harbernero pepper seeds and they grew long Cayenne peppers. I had to take pictures to prove my point and the vendor refunded me. The same thing happened to me at my local nursery, they refunded me. It happens!
You're welcome! I'm glad I got to them. It's very difficult to read the questions in the chat, because it moves so quickly and it's easy to lose sight. I'm sure I missed many questions, so I hope to have another session again in a few weeks.
This year I got Ferry Morse beefsteak tomato seeds, SO BAD. This is my first year gardening and I learned it the hard way. Among 25 tomato plants, I only got probably 10 beefsteak tomato plants. The others are just pathetic small tomatoes but larger than cherry. I WILL NEVER BUY FERRY MORSE EVER AGAIN. And I will take notes of the brands mentioned in the video.
Wow!! That is strange that you couldn’t even eat them!! Very interesting. I have gotten 2 seeds from Baker Creek that had the wrong seeds, but I buy too many seeds. I’m sure I buy 10 X what most people buy.
Jung Seeds is another to avoid. Big flashy catalogs like theirs have become a warning sign for me to be cautious. Standard size seed packets with maybe 5-6 seeds (and I’m talking tiny herb seeds, not bean seeds or melon seeds), with poor germination. When I contacted them to complain, they were rude about it. They still send me catalogs which promptly get trashed.
I’m growing orange hat tomatoes and they might be a foot tall if I stake them and they are really producing, a small handful every couple days off 3 tiny plants.
I keep it simple for myself and stick with Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, MIgardner, and Territorial Seeds. I only buy seeds. I have heard of others having issues, but I am fortunate not to have had any.
I have ordered seeds from Amazon, and it's a mixed bag, some good, some not. As I learn more, I pay attention to what works and what doesn't instead of just ordering randomly. I've had Burpee Seeds not do that great, but I could chalk some of that up to my own inexperience. I'm in California. I order a lot of my seeds from either CaliKim or Botanical Interests. Thanks for the tips. I'll try them. I have also organized my seeds into a storage case to store them correctly. But that absolutely sucks what happened in this situation. Sorry that you got burned.
This year we bought corn seeds from a store and the first batch only had four out of a hundred corn sprouts, bought different type and only 3/4 of them sprouted and they were expensive. That will never happen again.
These were supposed to be plum tomatoes, though. I have so many good cherry varieties. I've been searching for a good determinate plum tomato for 7 years now, and the search continues.
I'm so grateful that I did not plant the seeds that I got because for some reason they looked wrong. I'm so sorry that happened to you they could be poisoned Don't eat them. I know I sound overly dramatic but still you don't know what they are
Were they coated seed? Some companies coat their seeds in clay to make them easy to see and handle. I love buying coated carrot seeds. Carrot seeds are really hard to see and handle, and when you buy the coated seed, they are easy to place in a trench.
@@2MinuteGardenTips The seeds I got were not coded they weren't the right seeds. When you plan for a couple of years you know what the seeds should look like these were totally not what they should have looked like I don't know what kind of seeds they were but I wasn't going to plant them and experiment. One of the seeds I got were the red Scarlet beans and I got three other packets. Not one of the four packets were red Scarlet beans I had bought them before so I know what they should look like I did try to communicate and email with the company hoping they would fix it and they just kept sending a fixed reply. After sending three emails I just figured I wasn't going to be reimbursed
I don't suppose you want to "out" that seed company. I ordered collard greens from someone selling on amazon and what I got was nothing like what I ordered.
I generally don't like to do that. They'd have to do something really bad for me to name names. It probably was just an accident and the seeds didn't grow true, and it didn't do any damage to my season since I have so many other tomato varieties growing. Thankfully, I always grow many different varieties, so bad seed will never wreck my entire season.
I remember the big pepper screw up last year. I bought a jalapeno and ended up with some bizarre yellow pepper (not a banana pepper btw). And my beefsteak tomatoes were definitely some kind of golfball-sized cherry tomato.
Luckily, I grew 25 other varieties, so I still got plenty of other tomatoes. This is a good reason why everyone should plant numerous varieties of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, etc. That way, if you get bad seed, it doesn't ruin your harvest. Imagine if this was the only variety of tomato I grew. I would have lost the entire year. Some people only plant one tomato variety, and that is extremely risky.
I agree with trying g to save the shipping. I have got took several times on different things . Thinking I was saving!! So sorry about this. And Luke you I wouldn't want them to sprout next year. I enjoy your videos a lot!
I no longer buy anything from Etsy. I bought sweet potato slips, lemon trees and a few other things. Nothing grew and all the sweet potato slips never produces roots. All venders had 5 star ratings. On vender replaced slips with others that had no roots!
I prefer Botanical Interests seeds, but wish they had a larger selection of seeds. I like that they are available at Calloway's too & not just through mail order. I just realized it's time for me to put in my garlic order for October planting.
That sucks. I had a similar situation with a sweet pea tomato. It ended up being a random paste size tomato. Like you I have had mostly good luck across the board.👍🏼
My dad and i only grow heirloom seeds from tomatoes that he has been growing for years! But that doesn't mean I'm going to get the plants I wanted. My dad is 86 and he is turning the seed saving over to me! I will also be doing the seedlings for us also! 😅
I had a oak of cherry tomatoes a few years ago and they were awful. Also bought 2 packs labeled bush beans at Lowes. One turned out to be back Eyed peas abs the other pole beans. In a waist high raised bed doesn't work. So I got more . Entire green bean crop delayed.
I too have gotten seeds appearing to be some hybrid or just not what i purchased. The past 3 seasons. Not naming names but being from 1 well known seed seller and 1 seed exchange. This experience has been with okra,peppers, tomatoes,radishes,summer squash, winter squash and cow peas. I can see the random mishap with something occasionally but ive had this issue multiple times in a season for 3 seasons running. its unfortunate they dont have a large selection of seed but none the less at least theres one four letter seed company that never lets me down.
Sorry that happened to you. I buy seeds from the same seed companies you do, but I also buy seeds from MIgardener, Botanical Interests and Hoss. Hoss has a paste tomato called Shelby that people rave about and a slicer tomato called Hossinator that is very good. Their seed quality is exceptional, and they stand behind their products. Watch Hoss' RU-vid video titled Top 5 Seed Companies that seed companies buy their seeds from. Very informative.
There is a very disappointing story about MIGardener above. I can't believe it, as I have bought seed from them, and had a good experience. I've watched his channel, and find it hard to believe that he would treat customers like that, and remove their ratings. Very sad, if true.
I got scammed buying expensive rare strawberry seeds from Etsy 😢 I planted them and they are just regular alpine strawberries, but the seller advertised them as rare Japanese strawberries 😡
I love Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE). They are my favorite seed company. I also like Trueleaf/Kitazawa and Botanical Interests. I'll check out your other recommendations. Thanks!
I tried a new site because I wanted new varieties of micro and dwarf tomatoes. I paid money and never received any seeds. I messaged and call and no response. It has been since November 23. Thank you for the tomato web page
