Not All Garden Seeds are Created Equal
Seed packet displays seem to have popped up everywhere,
but you need to give them a wide berth. Most of those seeds are going to
give you more disappointment than anything else.
After all, what is a seed packet? It's a promise. A
promise of a great garden.
The bright blossoms and plump vegetables on most seed
packets are little more than marketing lies. You want to believe that if
you pick up some seeds at the supermarket and throw them in the ground
you'll have a fabulous garden. But the truth is that not all garden
seeds are created equal.
To have a great garden, you have to start with good
seeds. You need seeds that are ready for your soil conditions and the
climate where you live. You need seeds that have been picked for their
ability to germinate and produce for you.
What you don't need is a bunch of marketing hype wrapped
up in a skinny little seed packet.
The Mass Market Seed Swindle
Seed displays at your local supermarket and big-box
garden supercenter sell lots of seeds - but they're not necessarily
selling the best seeds, or even the right seeds for your area.
In January 2012, the US Department of Agriculture
released a new planting zone chart to reflect the fact that North
American climates are heating up. The response from mass market seed
distributors was to update the picture on the back of their seed
packets. They didn't change the seeds or make a big push to re-educate
the public about planting recommendations.
Of course, given the kind of seeds in those little paper
packets, it may not matter. Many mass market seeds come from industrial
farm and greenhouse operations. Those seeds come from plants that have
never been grown in real-world conditions or been a part of a
mixed-plant garden in the open air. Those poor sprouts are never going
to know what hit them when they have to compete for soil nutrients and
live in the actual outdoors... if they even come up from the soil at
all!
Large-scale farm and garden producers are using more and
more hybrid seeds and seed stocks that have been "engineered" to do
different things. The seeds from hybrid plants can be a little funky.
Sometimes they grow great, but they can also come up as something
totally different from their parent plant or fail to germinate entirely.
What you do get from these mass market seeds - if you're
lucky and they sprout - tends to be a little bland. The children of
greenhouse tomatoes and carrot farms taste like their mass-produced
parents. They may be large and colorful, but inside there's just not
much going on.
It's all one big broken promise. You come home from the
store hoping you've got good, useful seeds that will feed your family
delicious garden produce all season long... but you end up with a so-so
garden spitting out so-so goods.
The Heirloom Seed Advantage
Heirloom seeds are a night-and-day difference from mass
market seeds. It's all in the name, really. These are seeds that have
been passed down from generation to generation with care and pride - the
duds have died out so only the quality remains.
These are seeds bred to thrive in the real world. They
don't get a cushy greenhouse start. Each heirloom seed parent plant
lives outside in the elements, cultivated by independent farmers who
care about germination rates, hardiness, and flavor.
It's a critical difference when you're looking for a
garden that will make a dent in your grocery bill. Heirloom seeds sprout
and fight to be the best they can be so that they will continue to exist
as a species. They know there's no break for bad seeds in the heirloom
world. You sprout or that's it, so they get a move on growing!
Once sprouted, heirloom seeds grow up into hardy plants
that can take real-world weather. The independent farmers who grow
heirlooms live where there are heavy rains, harsh winds, and sudden
frosts - sometimes in the same week! These are plants who can recover
from dry spells, Tornado Alley adventures, and nibbles from the local
wildlife, because that's exactly what their parent plants had to do to
survive.
Last but not least, heirloom plants are packed with
bunches of nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables. Heirlooms are bred for
yield and taste, not just greenhouse sizes. Our ancestors wanted enough
food to can and food worth canning. Thus, heirlooms
don't always look as pretty as the stuff in the supermarket, but they
taste a whole lot better! Your kids will actually eat this stuff, and
you can trust that what you put on their plates is good for them, too.
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These plants aren't greenhouse wussies - they are the real deal for
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dinner night after night.
It's not an offer that will last forever. If you want
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Sincerely,
Jen
Solutions From Science Team member
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