11 Review (s)

  1. Raisa Evdunova, Likino-Dulyovo, Moscow region

    Seed traders act cunningly, so it is difficult to track price increases. The price may remain the same or rise by a few rubles, but the number of seeds inside may be less. For example, 10 years ago one packet of parsley seeds was enough for a large bed about two meters long, but last year it was barely enough for 70 cm of the same bed.
    In December I bought Betalux tomato seeds. In the store they cost 28 rubles, and on the Internet the same bag was sold for 80 rubles.

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  2. Tatyana Marchenkova, Smolensk

    Last year, in Smolensk specialized stores, five seeds of the ultra-early tomato Jack were priced at 160 rubles, this year - from 200 rubles and above. However, in online stores you can find much cooler offers for a similar bag of seeds - up to 319 rubles.
    According to sellers, each bag from the Partner company has increased in price by an average of 40-50 rubles, Semko - by 20-30 rubles, Siberian Garden - by 10 rubles. The most affordable seeds in white bags have become more expensive by about 3 rubles.
    But sellers say that they still take the seeds, although the flow of buyers was stronger in February last year.

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  3. Irina, St. Petersburg

    Prices for new items have increased very noticeably, but this is understandable. The main thing is to set yourself up before going to the store to “lighten your wallet” and be sure that at the end of the summer season the costs will be repaid a hundredfold - with a rich, tasty and healthy harvest. Therefore, I don’t particularly monitor prices; I feel free to buy the seeds I need.

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  4. Yuri Shelaev, Balashikha

    Summer residents usually purchase seeds from chain stores. And it is right. The assortment is smaller than on the Internet, but a rather funny situation often arises when buyers, having visited the sites of online trading platforms, are amazed to see prices in stores that are sometimes two orders of magnitude lower. In addition, in specialized stores, each buyer can receive advice on growing crops. And this is a big plus. What is characteristic: every year the number of expensive seeds in bags is steadily falling, it is no longer uncommon to find five and
    even three seeds. But this applies, fortunately, only to certain, newest, scarce and in-demand positions. They are subject to aggressive and expensive advertising. Some agricultural firms are also guilty of inflating prices, paying for the services of talented bloggers and sometimes selling not their achievements, but purchased imported hybrids.

    It is profitable to buy expensive goods on online trading platforms, then the delivery price included in the purchase price (which is 300-500 rubles) has practically no effect on the total cost of the goods.

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  5. Svetlana Yudina, Nizhny Novgorod

    Recently, quite often when buying seeds, you come across non-germinating ones, and mis-grading is not uncommon. How can you insure yourself?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      You should pay attention to the quality of the package, how it is glued together, how the drawing and text are applied, and whether the integrity of the packaging has been compromised. The manufacturer must provide the following information on the package: name of the crop and variety (in Russian and Latin) if it is a hybrid - designation F1; brief information about the variety and its agricultural technology; full address and telephone number of the manufacturer; batch number; expiration date or shelf life (must be printed); GOST number, which determines the sowing qualities of seeds; number of seeds in the package; if additional processing was carried out, this should also be reflected (for example, plasma seeds).

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  6. Vera Tarabarina, Staraya Russa, Novgorod region

    From experience, I know that the earlier you start routine checks of seed counters, the greater the chance of entering the new season with some interesting new products. Therefore, I start doing this in December.
    I understand that most retail outlets bring new seeds in January, but sometimes you can spot something interesting among the old stock.
    Walking into a store alone is not so bad; it’s much worse to miss the short period of the greatest selection of varieties and crops: in February, all the most valuable and rare items will already be sold out!

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  7. Irina Zdankevich, Izhevsk, Udmurtia

    For me, buying seeds for the garden is the same “silent hunt”, only not for mushrooms, but for rare varieties and crops. We have a lot of shops where you can “hunt”. There are even more opportunities on the Internet, but, knowing my appetites, I avoid looking there.
    I stopped watching cucumbers a long time ago - all these hybrids are similar to each other. I buy cucumbers German, Kurazh, Tryukach and a couple of other varieties that I grow between hybrids - for better pollination.

    Every year I buy a couple of new varieties of tomatoes. This is my weakness. I have about a dozen favorites, the seeds of which I collect myself and always grow, but I also want to plant something new. I read about the Afrocherry variety, now I grow it too, I really liked it. I like the varieties Krasnomordin, African brown, Barrel of honey.
    In the fall I collect my seeds of many flowers, sweet and bitter peppers, melon and watermelon. The main thing is not to get confused and accidentally take seeds from hybrids. I have parsley and dill that self-sow, and also calendula. But you have to stock up on marigold seeds every year; self-sowing is very rare. And I never take seeds from zucchini and pumpkin, they easily cross-pollinate with each other, and the result is “who knows what.”

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  8. Sofia Taeva, Tyumen

    In the age of the Internet, this question seems irrelevant. Go to any social network, visit bloggers, or go to any marketplace - and here’s happiness in boundless quantities. But let's remember how they were bought 20-30 years ago. My friends and I studied gardening magazines. And there people shared information on varieties and crops, left their address and offered those wishing to purchase their seeds. So I ordered apricot kernels from Khakassia: they sent me a shoe box containing paper bags with the kernels of the ordered varieties, and the rest of the space was occupied by different varieties of apricot kernels. For free. There was no end to the joy. But most of all I like to look for seeds at exhibitions. Some gardeners bring unusual varieties of vegetables and flowers to exhibitions, others bring cuttings, and others bring seedlings or seedlings. I have never left a single exhibition empty-handed. I also communicate with “products” at mini-markets. There I buy the vegetables I like individually. So, in my collection for ten years now I have kept orange tomatoes with a spout and several varieties of sweet peppers.

    Where to buy seeds? The more you communicate with each other, the more likely you are to become the owner of a unique variety.

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  9. Yuri Shelaev, Balashikha

    Those who need a lot of seeds can purchase seeds by weight in specialized stores. They will cost much less. It can be dill, parsley or flax, they are often bought for culinary and health purposes. Sunflower seeds are used to feed birds in winter.
    There are also packaged seeds for sprouting, the so-called microgreens. Their germination is good, it is a pity that the variety is not indicated.
    You can also buy green manure seeds there: mustard, oats, millet, phacelia and others.

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  10. Olga

    April bought a kilogram of beans at the grocery store. Undoubtedly, this is a tasty and healthy vegetable, but I want to tell you about the savings when buying seeds.
    I tried to soak 4 things and see. Photo result: three beans hatched. And now for the prices. The cost of a bag of seeds in a garden store is in the range of 21-30 rubles. for five to six pieces of seeds. At the grocery store, I bought a kilo of beans for 75 rubles. A similar picture is with soybeans, which I bought as green manure: 40 rubles in a garden store. for 100 g, in the grocery 110 rubles. for 1 kg.

    The savings are obvious, and the soybeans hatch by 100%. It's a pity I didn't take a picture of her - I bought 100 g for the experiment. But after three days I bought 2 kg, planted it, let's see what happens.

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