1.) Commenters have mentioned that the deal posted doesn't ship to Washington State - and possibly other states -
2.) There's at least one better deal mentioned in comments below. Will try to move the details up here. Please edit them if I get anything wrong - and also, please feel free to add others, y'all
ALTERNATIVE DEALS:
Set of 43 vegetable and herb packets for $15 (50% off) from PokerKhiana - Amazon https://urlhasbeenblock
Black Duck Brand 50 Packs Assorted Heirloom Vegetable Seeds 20+ Varieties for $13 from
nyospe - Amazon https://a.co/d/1k3xeEC
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I've got a few Aerogardens going right now (2 Harvests - one slim, one regular, neither "elite" - a Sprout, and a Farm 12XL.) They're wonderful, but I need more slots than the Farm 12XL has to accommodate the larger/taller fruits and vegetables I eat most often. The Aerogardens with the right height/light capacities - i.e., the Farms and Bounty Elites - are just so expensive, even second hand. (Also, there was a Reddit post in the Aerogarden channel a week or so ago that that seems to indicate that the 24XL's been discontinued, which will likely make scoring one second-hand even more spendy.)
The only larger capacity alternatives to Aerogarden with consistently positive reviews that I've been able to find so far - like the Rise, Gardyn iHarvest - are even more expensive. As much as I want to be the kind of person who can DIY their own system and make it look ok in their living room, I don't see this happening in the near future.
So yeah, whatever you've got time to share would be amazing. Thanks for replying, too, btw!
50 seed packets for $13 is an incredible deal - especially if you've got the space to experiment/can deal if the seeds don't germinate or produce something you didn't expect. (I also suspect that seed packets from any of these budget kits are likely to have similar issues.)
50 seed packets for $13 is an incredible deal - especially if you've got the space to experiment/can deal if the seeds don't germinate or produce something you didn't expect. (I also suspect that seed packets from any of these budget kits are likely to have similar issues.)
1. Tomato Beef Steak ≈ 180 seeds
2. Eggplant Black Beauty ≈ 80 seeds
3. Bean Tendergreen Green Bean ≈ 20 seeds
4. Zucchini Black Beauty ≈ 25 seeds
5. Lettuce Buttercrunch Butterhead ≈ 2280 seeds
6. Lettuce Ruby Leaf ≈ 2280 seeds
7. Lettuce Oakleaf ≈ 2280 seeds
8. Brussels Sprouts Long Island ≈ 230 seeds
9. Bell Pepper California Wonder ≈ 40 seeds
10. Radish Cherry Belle ≈ 180 seeds
11. Okra Clemson Spineless ≈ 50 seeds
12. Beet Detroit Dark Red ≈ 180 seeds
13. Onion Evergreen Bunching ≈ 200 seeds
14. Cabbage Golden Acre ≈ 280 seeds
15. Corn Golden Bantam ≈ 45 seeds
16. Cantaloupe Hales Best Jumbo ≈ 20 seeds
17. Watermelon Sugar Baby ≈ 30 seeds
18. Kale Premier ≈ 280 seeds
19. Lima Henderson ≈ 15 seeds
20. Swiss Chard Giant Fordhook ≈ 90 seeds
21. Cucumber Marketmore ≈ 40 seeds
22. Spinach Bloomsdale ≈ 130 seeds
23. Carrot Scarlet Nantes ≈ 1750 seeds
24. Turnip Purple Top ≈ 430 seeds
25. Pumpkin Sugar Pie ≈ 15 seeds
26. Cauliflower Snowball Y ≈ 280 seeds
27. Pea Sugar Daddy ≈ 25 seeds
28. Broccoli Waltham ≈ 330 seeds
29. Winter Squash Waltham Butternut ≈ 25 seeds
30. Sunflower Mammoth ≈ 20 seeds
31. Parsnips All American ≈ 250 seeds
32. Celery Tall Utah Improved ≈ 3000 seeds"
So if you look, most of your seeds are actually celery, carrot, and butterhead lettuce. And for anyone who hasn't planted those, you need like....50-100 seeds for more celery, lettuce, and carrots than you can reasonably eat before they go bad.
Also, every one of these varieties is a very common/popular/old variety, so they're available nearly anywhere. I have bought probably half of the items on the list at Dollar Tree this week, and their packets are 4/$1 for similar amounts.
So this is a good deal if you want it to be, or are unable to source seeds anywhere else. But if you have any access to seeds locally at literally any store, you can probably find the exact varieties listed here for cheaper.
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Go agriculture policy!
I've got bad news for you, literally everything you eat is GMO. Unless you're eating the food originally cultivated by our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago, they've been genetically modified through cross/selective breeding. That's genetically modifying.
I've got bad news for you, literally everything you eat is GMO. Unless you're eating the food originally cultivated by our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago, they've been genetically modified through cross/selective breeding. That's genetically modifying.
GMO would be those fancy new purple tomatoes that are crossed with snapdragon DNA.
Selective Breeding is your Roma, Early Girl, Celebrity, etc tomatoes.
There is a difference. The GMO was given a desired trait from another species/organism NOT through breeding. Roma was selectively bred to be a more paste like tomato, cherry tomatoes were bred to be numerous and small, slicers like celebrity were bred to give you a nice firm slice of a tomato, etc.
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But from a non health perspective GMO plants often don't produce seeds that make a similar plant to the parent plants so for gardening non GMO/ heirloom means once planted you can harvest seeds from this crop to sew next years garden and next years crop will look like this years crop!
Selective breeding is more like if we you take a winning racehorse and breed it with another winning racehorse you are probably going to get a fast racehorse out of that union. GMO is more like taking some cheetah DNA and gene splicing it with race horse to make it faster! more like the Island of Dr. Moreau !
1. Tomato Beef Steak ≈ 180 seeds
2. Eggplant Black Beauty ≈ 80 seeds
3. Bean Tendergreen Green Bean ≈ 20 seeds
4. Zucchini Black Beauty ≈ 25 seeds
5. Lettuce Buttercrunch Butterhead ≈ 2280 seeds
6. Lettuce Ruby Leaf ≈ 2280 seeds
7. Lettuce Oakleaf ≈ 2280 seeds
8. Brussels Sprouts Long Island ≈ 230 seeds
9. Bell Pepper California Wonder ≈ 40 seeds
10. Radish Cherry Belle ≈ 180 seeds
11. Okra Clemson Spineless ≈ 50 seeds
12. Beet Detroit Dark Red ≈ 180 seeds
13. Onion Evergreen Bunching ≈ 200 seeds
14. Cabbage Golden Acre ≈ 280 seeds
15. Corn Golden Bantam ≈ 45 seeds
16. Cantaloupe Hales Best Jumbo ≈ 20 seeds
17. Watermelon Sugar Baby ≈ 30 seeds
18. Kale Premier ≈ 280 seeds
19. Lima Henderson ≈ 15 seeds
20. Swiss Chard Giant Fordhook ≈ 90 seeds
21. Cucumber Marketmore ≈ 40 seeds
22. Spinach Bloomsdale ≈ 130 seeds
23. Carrot Scarlet Nantes ≈ 1750 seeds
24. Turnip Purple Top ≈ 430 seeds
25. Pumpkin Sugar Pie ≈ 15 seeds
26. Cauliflower Snowball Y ≈ 280 seeds
27. Pea Sugar Daddy ≈ 25 seeds
28. Broccoli Waltham ≈ 330 seeds
29. Winter Squash Waltham Butternut ≈ 25 seeds
30. Sunflower Mammoth ≈ 20 seeds
31. Parsnips All American ≈ 250 seeds
32. Celery Tall Utah Improved ≈ 3000 seeds"
So if you look, most of your seeds are actually celery, carrot, and butterhead lettuce. And for anyone who hasn't planted those, you need like....50-100 seeds for more celery, lettuce, and carrots than you can reasonably eat before they go bad.
Also, every one of these varieties is a very common/popular/old variety, so they're available nearly anywhere. I have bought probably half of the items on the list at Dollar Tree this week, and their packets are 4/$1 for similar amounts.
So this is a good deal if you want it to be, or are unable to source seeds anywhere else. But if you have any access to seeds locally at literally any store, you can probably find the exact varieties listed here for cheaper.
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