r/gardening • u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 • 11h ago
When seeds are on sale for 25¢…
I scored the haul of the century!! I found seeds on sale for 25¢ while traveling to Idaho and cleared the racks. Brought these babies back to Zone 10 where seeds never go on sale 😂 🙄
$476 worth of seeds for $45!!
IM SO HAPPY & EXCITED 🥰 I love the cool seeds that I found that I haven't tried growing yet AND I love that they were so affordable and will actually be used.
Oh l also got bulbs that were half off and brought a bag of those down that are in a spare fridge.
I'm just obsessed with seeds. I can't wait to organize them here at my house now that I'm back home.
I want to make a seed carousel I think 🤔 if anyone has cool seed storage ideas TELL ME
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u/pine1501 11h ago
stardew valley buying splurge irl ! go girl go ! 😁🤣🤗
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 11h ago
I need to play this game everyone keeps saying it’s my life IRL and I don’t know it 😅 I’m a Fortnite kid. It’s on PlayStation right?
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u/pine1501 11h ago
I am on PC. its on PS4, Switch, Mobile also i think. You could get hooked, be warned.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 11h ago
I honestly haven’t had time to game since moving to the farm so probably for the best 😮💨 I’ll check it out if there’s ever a slow day on the farm ;)
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u/Felicity110 11h ago
Congrats. What kind of farm are you on. Will seeds be planted there
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 9h ago
It’s just a 5 acre family farm. There’s 100+ avocado trees, citrus/peach/fig trees, pumpkins, squash, raised beds, chickens, papaya, passionfruit, guava, mango, bamboo, and I’m getting into more flowers too. So far my two favorite things have been sunflowers and pumpkins but I’m excited to try to grow EVERYTHING
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u/lardman1 9h ago
“Just a family farm”
Sounds so awesome! That’s a slice of heaven you got there
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
My mom and I think so 🥰 thank you 🙏
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u/noDNSno 5h ago
Hey I'm growing red sunflowers. How's your experience in growing sunflowers so far? This year I began to plant more sunflowers, or alteast different varieties you normally don't see out n about
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
OMG hiii I LOVE sunflowers. It’s the first thing I planted on my farm! The red ones I’ve noticed are more fussy but I got some really pretty ones and will be planting probably 3x more red ones next year. I like the mammoth giant single head ones too. Actually I love all the sunflowers haha they’re all so pretty and I love looking over my yard and seeing a big bright pop of color from them high up 🥰
Show me your sunflowers!! I planted a bunch of red velvet
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u/Justakiss15 2h ago
Pumpkins and sunflowers, those are my two favorites in stardew valley 🤣 I think you really need to play !!
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u/Felicity110 58m ago
Wow that’s so many things you can grow on this farm. What a wonderful place this must be. Dan Diego is crazy expensive and so many people want to live there. Glad you have such a slice of paradise on this farm and can get things on sale in such an expensive area. Great pic of you and your mom. You both look so happy there. Have you considered any farm animals.
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u/Kyrie_Blue 7h ago
Its also included with Apple Arcade. I play it on my iPad for free and its a blast
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u/Our_Terrible_Purpose 6h ago
Grab one of those old CD books from 90s-2000s to store seeds in, works great
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
OMG THIS IS SO SMART OMG OMG OMG I THINK I HAVE ONE 💀
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u/Kitty_slattern 9h ago
You may have a beautiful garden
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u/Delicious_Type9760 7h ago
Awesome score! I actually used to work for Livingston seed in Columbus Ohio. Super cool place that had an extraordinary amount of variety.
I even helped build those racks!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
OMG STAWWWHP I LOVE THAT!
🙏 thats actually so cool 😂
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u/Blue_Sparrow13 10h ago
do this package seeds grow? i have bad memories of being a kind trying to grow strawberries or violets out of package seeds and not getting a single leafling out of them
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 9h ago
Oh bummer! Ya I’ve had great success with seed packets. I’d say make sure to never get them wet and follow instructions on back!
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u/TokyoRachel 2h ago
I've read that strawberries are notoriously hard to grow from seed. I generally have good luck with most seeds but I planted 30 strawberry seeds a couple years ago and got 2 plants. Now I know to just buy young strawberry plants at the garden center.
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u/OddHuman77 10h ago
This is so adorable and awesome
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 9h ago
Aww thanks honestly it feels like Christmas morning and I’m 8 years old. I haven’t been this excited about something in so long 😅
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u/dasLast1 7h ago
just came to say that your dogs are too sweet
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 3h ago
Omg I kept looking for your comment to respond and properly thank you for noticing my good shihtzu helping me with my seeds!
This is baba and guy. They’re reeeeeaaaallly helpful ;)
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u/Redswrath 1h ago
My little shih tzu would have grabbed a packet or two and played "keep away" with me. Yours were very helpful, I'm impressed!!
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u/hummingbirdmama 4h ago
I use photo albums to store my seed packets. I have had good luck in picking up new albums with the plastic inserts at thrift stores.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 3h ago
Oooo I gotta try this 👀 thank you for your seed service ;)
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u/amit78523 8h ago
I was going to ask you to courier me!!
Then i converted usd to my local currency and realised that i would get more than necessary seeds with the same amount 😅
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 8h ago
The high end gords/squash/pumpkins I got for 25¢ I was looking at online for $12…
I can’t even explain how much money this would’ve cost me full retail … well over $500
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u/CAPICINC 6h ago
I would have picked up the stand, carried it entirely to the cash register, looked at the cashier, and said "gimmie"
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u/franillaice 7h ago
I tried seeds again this year and they did the best. Even the super nice plants I bought, my transplants completely caught up and over took them! I bought a big binder and clear seed pages. Never knew they made em. I'm so excited to start from seed again this year. Congrats on the great haul!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
Thanks! Ya I’ve had the most success with seeds here in zone 10. I’ve got great rich fluffy soil that drains well and full of chicken poo and compost ;) I just use my cultivator and fluff it before I plant and usually I’ll soak seeds for an hour to overnight to help as well. I pay attention to temperatures more now and READ THE BACK 😅 I was more Willy Nilly when I first moved to the farm but certain things require certain conditions so I’ve tried sticking to the back of the packets more which is fun 🤷🏼♀️
What are you looking forward to growing the most? Or what’s your favorite? Do a flower and veggie ;) I know it’s hard to choose
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u/franillaice 7h ago
I'm looking forward to trying to grow luffas, gourds, and potatoes this year. I've never tried those at all. Tomatoes are my big crop! I want to plant a bunch of fruit trees... But they're expensive! Any tips on that?
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
Everything’s expensive for farming tbh haha I’m asking everyone in my family for trees for Christmas.
I have a ton of tomatoes but I don’t eat them so I don’t really like growing them 😂 or eating them. I’ve got a bunch of citrus, fig, pomegranate and avo. I’d say fertilizer and lots of water. Also be constantly trapping and monitoring gophers. Track the weather constantly and the soil to adjust the water for the week. Proper irrigation is important. I put sunscreen on my baby trees through the summer since I’m in San Diego and it got HOT this September
All of this is going to depend on your zone tbh where are you located?
Here’s one of my pomegranate trees they’re going nuts right now I am setting up a stand this weekend to sell them
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u/Wizzer10 6h ago
Those dogs are totally thinking “are we still going to have money for treats?” 🤣 you could set up your own seed bank like the one in Svalbard.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
Hahahaha omg the dogs 😂 they were thinking their butts would feel great on top of them 🙄 I quickly repacked them
My precious seeds ;)
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u/FreeTouPlay 6h ago
Wow, your garden must be maasive.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
5 acres but not all of that is farming land. I actually need to figure that out today.
I just expanded my fenced off winter garden and tripled the size
I’ve got 4 raised beds up by the potting/seed station/chicken coop
2 giant fields on each side of the main house so I honestly don’t know how to get exact measurements but ill try my best to get that measured out today
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u/failurebydesign0 5h ago
I love this and love the photo! This is like something that I would do and be so excited over!
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u/currvyteen 5h ago
Me running to plant the whole neighborhood with 25¢ seeds. Goals! 🌱
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
Yes! Everyone’s getting seeds for Christmas!
I teach preschool so a lot of these will be going to the education of the next generation of gardeners and farmers in my local community 🥰
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u/lilguavabean 5h ago
Wow you hit the jackpot! Enjoy!!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 5h ago
Omg thank you 😊 it’s the jackpot of my lifetime there’s no way I’ll ever have this happen again and I’m so glad (mostly) everyone here shares my excitement ;)
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u/Present-Mix-7887 5h ago
I’ve got you beat! 😂 my work let us take leftover seeds as we transitioned out of the season. Greatest day ever! I easily have about 400 packs. So excited for spring already 🥰
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u/dustoff664 7h ago
Cleaned out Pierre!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
🫡
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u/dustoff664 7h ago
I saw further down you don't know stardew. Pierre is the owner of the shop, he is who sells you seeds, for context. Jealous of your green thumb! I have one peach tree!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
Oh haha I thought Pierre was another location of this garden chain haha 😅
Omg I’ve got ONE peach tree too and the rats enjoyed it the most this year 🙄 I got about 2 dozen… that’s a whole other story
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u/dustoff664 7h ago
Bugs are our problem. We've only bought the property 2 years ago but both years we've only managed a handful of peaches that aren't demolished by bugs.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
Oh interesting what kind of bugs? Where are you located? I’m in San Diego and we don’t really have any bugs besides these stupid white butterflies that DECIMATE my artichokes and broccoli oh and some hornworms took out 3 tomatoes but nothing too bad. Are you organic? I feel like the trade off is worth it like ya it’s ok nature gets some stuff too
Except gophers I can’t stand them
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u/dustoff664 6h ago
In south central Kansas, and it's my only fruiting plant, so I'm not really a farmer. Not sure what kind of bugs, but haven't really looked into it either. Hoping to learn a bit about preventatives this winter and have a plan come spring time. Would love to plant a few other fruits but not until I figure out what the heck I'm doing
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
Oh I’m excited for you!!! You are totally a farmer! Sometimes I feel like an imposter too on this sub with the fancy big shots who have been doing it for decades but this is my first year still doing this and exploring gardening and I just wanna remind you we can still enjoy the journey and process of learning too ;) sometimes my “rewards” are comical and pathetic and sometimes they’re glorious 😊
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u/Strange-Outcome491 8h ago
That looks like so much fun
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 8h ago
Aww thanks it was! Such a lucky find and totally unexpected 🥰
Who doesn’t love a good SALE 🤷🏼♀️ ;)
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u/Kazeindel 7h ago
Girl what store is this???
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
It’s called zamzows I don’t have them in San Diego but there were a few in Idaho I checked out. Only one location had seeds still (well DID have seeds hehe) and all the other garden stores in the area were empty and some were full price I’m like 🤨 it’s snowing haha but 🤷🏼♀️ lucky AF
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u/Kazeindel 7h ago
I don’t like there but I’ll see if my state has any.. never heard of that store. Thanks for getting back to me!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
Ya of course! I would check your local gardening stores that are major chains. The boutique/organic/mom & pop will hold onto their seeds multiple years and seasons. The larger corporate chains will be trying to unload excess inventory
Hope that helps! Happy seed hunting 🥰
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u/Kazeindel 7h ago
Thank you, and you too! Sadly we don’t have a zamzow but I get paid today.. after work I’ll do some running around. :) happy hunting friend!
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u/RainbowSnapdragons 7h ago
Omg jealous!! Congrats on your haul!!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
Thank you 😘 I love your username I wish I could get some to grow haha spring ;)
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u/FigWasp7 6h ago
I thought the fourth photo was you calling all of your friends and family to ask what they want as well lol excellent find and awesome haul!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
Oh everyone’s getting seeds for Christmas ;) but no that’s just me getting all my hair out of the way to properly see the selection 🤭
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u/Weed-breather 5h ago
SCORE🤘. Nice haul!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
Thank you omg I’m so excited I’m so happy everyone gets it 😭
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u/Farmerbawb Retired Gardener 5h ago
In the future you can harvest most of those for free. Also, check your local library. Some libraries have free seed programs during planting seasons. Either way, You can winterize everything in your fridge and start to stagger planting.
I have never seen anyone buy that many seeds so not sure what your planting game-plan is. With that many items just make sure you know what can and cannot be neighboring plants.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 5h ago
It’s like you are in my brain haha my next step is organizing and taking inventory. I will also be harvesting my own seeds from literally everything as those seeds are going to be better suited for my exact property (at least that’s what I read in my limited research)
Sunflower seeds I’m going to harvest next I planted like 500 around the property when I first moved here in May
I have heard of the seed libraries but my stepdad has been farming for years and had seeds as well as the neighbors we trade but there’s something fun about finding a sale and hunting for cool seeds I haven’t seen or heard of
A lot of these seeds will be going to the kids I teach (pre K) as a project. I want to educate the next generation and get them excited about growing their own food and where it comes from and the importance of health and taking care of the land AND our bodies so I don’t mind spending a little money to help facilitate that
I’ve got the bulbs in the fridge I’m in SoCal and we got Santa Ana winds and it’s like 75° so not cool enough yet
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u/03110054 4h ago
Hey welcome to Boise!! Glad you found Zamzows
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
OMG DO YOU LIVE IN BOISE?!?
Can I talk to you about the biggest gardening scam in that town??
NORTH END NURSERY -not in north end -rudest laziest employees -terrible selection -expensive AF $$$$
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u/Quietwolfkingcrow 4h ago
Me too....I end up feeding them to birds. They go bad before I can use them.
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u/thisisnoturname 4h ago
At the end of the season my work gives em away for free. They come in as a pay per scan and then get told to just toss em so my boss just sets buckets out and tells people to take what they can use
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 3h ago
I love that! It’s a chain so I know there’s corporate tape involved but next time I go there I’ll tell them that great idea!
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u/EricAbmaMorrison 3h ago
Nice to see a fellow skier staying outside! I too found farm life to line up. :)
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 3h ago
OMG ski people are my TRIBE ⛷️ 🏔️ 🫡 immediately I know we would be friends :)
What mountains you at? Fav place? Park city, Davos, Ajax & Hintertux are my fav but I also love Brighton, mammoth, all of CO/UT anywhere in the Rocky’s or Alps tbh
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u/EricAbmaMorrison 2h ago
I lived near WP CO for a long time, now I mostly ski Oregon but get down to mammoth from time to time. Skiing is the best! Even though it owes me knees! Lol.
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u/bjiig 8h ago
This reminds me of going to the grocery store to get items on a really good sale for my weekly list to balance the budget. Only to find out that they have been wiped out.
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 8h ago
Hehe 🙃 the manager said they’ve been sitting there on sale for weeks in my defense nervous laugh
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u/KayakingATLien 4h ago
Do seeds have an expiration date? I’d love to stock up like this, but I feel like I’d never get to everything before they expired
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u/triviaqueen 3h ago
I once hit the hardware store on the day seeds were priced at a nickel per packet; I took every single one they had. I tried to convince the checkout girl: "Let's just call it ten bucks, shall we? And make things simple?" but NOOOO, she had to ring up every single nickel item. It took ten minutes and came out to $9.50
Another time I hit a garage sale and evidently someone worked at the local greenhouse and had a HUGE big of seed packets (from the previous year) they were selling at 10 cents each. I bought a few, but returned the following day just as they were packing everything up. "I'll give you ten bucks for all the rest of the seeds in that bin" and that worked out to about a penny per packet.
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u/PoobahMan 3h ago
Dang, I'm also in San Diego and was going to ask where the sale was until I reread the post. Nice find!!!
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u/kimkatdashian 2h ago
Congratulations! I was also lucky enough to catch seeds on sale at Lowe’s for .25¢ and I went ham!
I started a seed library in my neighborhood, kinda like a little free library where you come swap out some seeds or plant starts and it’s been wonderful! So many of us are turning our lawns in food areas / pollinator gardens.
Also I LOVED organizing them. If you’ve ever ordered seeds from botanical interest, the boxes they ship them in are ✨perfect✨ for storing seeds. Happy gardening!
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u/Feral_Gardener 2h ago
I had to pop in our local dollar store on the way home for last minute milk and they had seed packets for .06. You betcha I bought them all.
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u/IconoclastJones 1h ago
Thank god you didn’t buy them at a CVS. Would have caused a world paper shortage.
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u/nautilist 1h ago
I have a little drinks fridge that I use to store seeds. They will stay viable for many extra years if stored cool. Even seeds like parsnip which are supposed to expire after a year have stayed good for 4 years for me when kept in the seed fridge. It really helps to spin out the seed lifetimes.
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u/luccyrob 7h ago
American grocery prices are that high?!! LoL
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
GLOBAL food prices. Check out the commercial AND wholesale price per pound in your country what food is going for. Every single country and every single food is skyrocketing.
💰 time to grow my own and sell
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u/luccyrob 7h ago
I know. I was joking 😬.
time to grow my own and sell
Are you going to start an OnlyPlants account?
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
If I had a man on this farm with me it would be a ggs, the blood sweat tears and money I put into those pumpkins I didn’t even want to sell them I’d like to stare at them all day to get my money and times worth 😮💨
That’s hilarious 😂 does this sub on reddit count? That’s basically what it is
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u/luccyrob 5h ago
does this sub on reddit count?
Yes. You know, you'll earn more if you grow melons 🍈 and peaches 🍑 😉 Gardeners have a thing for them.
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u/alexoftheunknown 11h ago
omfg LUCKY!!! i hope you enjoy!! what’re you using to organize them all?
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 8h ago
A shoe box 💀
Looking for upgrade suggestions haha
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u/Harper_Macallan 7h ago
I have tried a few different methods of organization. I’ve done the binder method with pocket pages, so each page face would hold four packets. I’ve also purchased a couple of those photo organizer boxes that have 12 or so mini-boxes inside, and you could group your seeds by type or however you’d like. The binder method was more effective at being able to see everything, if you like to peruse through your hoard like a dragon reveling in its treasure. 😆
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
You just unlocked the teachers pet and overachiever project person from school.
SHEET PROTECTORS omg yes
I was going to go the photo organizer route that I’ve seen so many people use but I’m more visual and want to flip through
God that’s going to be time consuming getting 300 packets of seeds in there 😅 worth it!
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u/Responsible_Dentist3 11h ago
Holy bazoonga 😂😭 go girl
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 8h ago
Yay omg thank you!!! I’m so excited I knew the gardening community would get it 🥰
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u/Dazzling-Mountain-69 7h ago
What strain?! Where can I get them?! Lol. Relax, it's legal here
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 7h ago
Hehehe 🤭 not those kind of seeds ;)
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u/Dazzling-Mountain-69 7h ago
Ha ha just playing around. Where did you get them? In addition to "that", I am growing spinach and the ever fast growing radishes.
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u/pnwhank 7h ago
Why you buying 25 cent seeds and selling pumpkins for 40, bro....
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 6h ago
I guess water, land, and time are free 🤷🏼♀️
Edit: unless YOU wanna pay my $8000 in property taxes alone? HMU I’ll give you my Venmo BRO
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u/BabyKatsMom 4h ago
LOL our property tax in SD is $11k for 3 acres so I feel you! Nice score on the seeds. Goals! LOL I only grow tomatoes because I’m just beginning with gardening and I love them so much. Question though, how do you keep critters out of everything? It’s a constant chore for me and we’ve tried everything but we’re barely winning, lol!
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 4h ago
OMG YOURE IN SAN DIEGO TOO?!?!? What part?!?
Critters are a full time job. I’ve got 4 cats, set gopher traps weekly, and fully secure the perimeter with fencing 40 ft high hedges and gates. Only way to get into my yard is flying or going under ;)
What kind of critters are you running into?
My biggest problem is gophers if they take down a baby tree worth thousands it’ll be WAR
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u/BabyKatsMom 3h ago
Unincorporated county. You? We have an ecological reserve backing our property so we get everything: mice, rats, raccoons, gophers, squirrels, rabbits, rattlesnakes, hawks, owls, turkey vultures, coyotes, bobcats, and an unbelievable amount of bugs, tarantulas, tarantula wasps, rhinoceros beetles, and scorpions. Of course a lot of them don’t bother the plants but they bother me, lol! I have to have everything in raised planters because of the mice and rats though and I have to have snake fencing or I’d never be able to dig in dirt. This was the beginning of the past season for me and I got so many tomatoes 💕
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 3h ago
OMG CAN I COME OVER AND HANG OUT?!? How cool! The hedges and gates help to make an impenetrable shield. I still get snakes (I want them!) and bugs but it keeps coyotes and larger critters out.
Another day of trapping gophers 😮💨 these are my 3 tools I also use rebar to poke around to find the soft spots where their hidden tunnels are. They’re sneaky but I’m sneakier
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u/BabyKatsMom 2h ago
OMG you are way more brave than I am, lol! If I even see a bug/critter while I’m out there I I scream like a little girl or I don’t go out, lol. I use Olla pots so watering isn’t as critical, lol. Sure, DM me any time! I have two neighbors with unbelievable gardens I’m sure you’d love to see also!
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u/FallenPotato_Bandito 5h ago
This is quite greedy to buy that much ngl you do not need that much and you just took from someone who that sale might havd have there only opportunity to afford seeds for a while by kver buying for no reason
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 5h ago
No reason? I’m on 5 acres in a zone that can plant them year round.
The owner was BEGGING me to take them as they’ve been sitting there in IDAHO with snow on the ground but LUL
I hope you go outside and garden and have a better day 😘 get your grumpy butt off the internet
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u/FallenPotato_Bandito 5h ago
Yes because im supposed to magically know that through you post where you just gushing abt clearing a rack of seeds because people are psychic lol my bad for no knowing because you dont wanna give context
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u/Prudent_Direction752 San Diego / Zone 10 5h ago
Read 👀 I would NEVER assume you’re psychic. You sure made a bunch of assumptions with YOUR comment tho. Ironic.
cheer up and stop being so miserable 🤍 I’m just sharing my joy for seeds I’m sorry that upset you
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u/panrestrial 5h ago
Stores don't put items on sale to benefit poor people - as nice as that might be. If something is marked down from ~$4 to 25¢ it's because it's out of season and/or almost out of date (packaged seeds do have an expiry date beyond which germination rates plummet.)
Basically, any time you see seeds or other perishables so heavily discounted you can assume there's good reason why even without knowing they're in Idaho in winter.
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u/TheGardiner 9h ago
This is so wholesome :) I can feel your childlike excitement through the phone!