Cheap seeds, where from?

Lifes_Grand_Plan

Hi folks, any recommendations on the best place to get cheap seeds from please? Thanks.

savemoney

Prices can vary but wilkos have 3 for 2 at mo on own and branded seeds (think its Johnsons), Cheapest one is free. I got some today. Aldi may be selling seeds cheap soon not huge stock but still things like carrots/spring opinions/herbs/some flowers around 50p ish. Boyes store also a cheap place mostly Northern based

forgotmyname

I get a lot of mine from the local market/carboot. There is a stall that does 4 packs for £1.

I even bought large packs of beans and peas for that price, Then a week or two later they put them upto 50p each.

Flowers and veg still 4 for £1 though. Still in date also, So not 10 years old stuff.

Also i lookout for end of the year bargains. Peas for 30p a pack. 300 - 500 in a pack.

In 2008 or 2009 (maybe later)? I planted some pea seeds with a best before 2006. I threw loads in because i thought they would not grow.
We were swamped with them. I think they all grew.

Ken68

Lidl 29p and 49p for the bigger seeds and also Boyes and the pound shops.

valk_scot

Lidl sell very reliable seeds. The packets aren't huge but there's normally plenty for the average vegetable plot. There's a good range of types too of the more commonly used varieties. 29p a packet for the small type of seeds, 49p for peas and beans.

Lifes_Grand_Plan

Hi folks, thanks for the replies so far... since I don't have a Lidl near my work, I popped down to Aldi on my lunch. They have loads of gardening stuff in at the moment, but better than that they had loads of seeds reduced to 10p a packet.

I came back with:

- spring onions
- mixed salad leaves
- purple sprouting brocoli
- beetroot
- 2 x varieties of carrots
- coriander
- aubergine
- radish
- leeks
- sunflower
- cosmos
- basil
- cornflower
- tomatoes

All of them were "packed in year ending nov/dec 2012" and sow by 2014... so should be ok. Might be worth checking your local branches.

They also had cauliflower, parsnips and a few others that I didn't want.

forgotmyname

The only thing i know not to buy old seeds of are parsnips.

Seems the seeds need to be fresh. Old ones just wont work.

Although my peas maybe off. I planted them at the weekend and they have not grown yet

I thought i would be eating fresh peas by the weekend but nothing, Not one shoot

I found a sachet of seeds Little black things. No idea what they are? Are radish seeds triangular and black?

May have to sow seeds and give the plants away. I only enjoy the sowing part.


Cannot wait for the its grown moment....

cjb02

if you want a lot of seeds which work out cheap then moles here

but if you want some thing that tastes great and grows well and is something a little different then realseeds here

but aldi at 10p surely cannot be beaten

ragecake

I got mine online from eBay, and have been pretty darn amazing.Premier seeds

Davesnave

ragecake wrote: »

I got mine online from eBay, and have been pretty darn amazing.Premier seeds

Another vote for Premier here, for the range one doesn't get in the supermarket displays.

EpsomOldie

I'm with Ragecake and Davesnave - Premier seeds are fab!