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zendog · February 13, 2019

I see their seed packs in racks at Home Depot and other places, for $1.98 per pack, etc. They don't have all of their varieties, but it seems a bit ridiculous that if I bought Sweet basil online from them for instance it is $5.19 plus shipping, but so much cheaper at Home Depot. It might be a different seed count, but I'm not even sure about that. And how many basil seeds would I need?

I actually grew the Cimmaron lettuce from the Home Depot rack display one year, when I was worried the 2 older packs from other vendors I had wouldn't germinate. I planted rows of all three packs and the old ones came up fine, but the Burpee seed germination was around 25%. That was their last purchase from me.

February 13, 2019	#14
zendog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: VA-7a Posts: 121	I see their seed packs in racks at Home Depot and other places, for $1.98 per pack, etc. They don't have all of their varieties, but it seems a bit ridiculous that if I bought Sweet basil online from them for instance it is $5.19 plus shipping, but so much cheaper at Home Depot. It might be a different seed count, but I'm not even sure about that. And how many basil seeds would I need? I actually grew the Cimmaron lettuce from the Home Depot rack display one year, when I was worried the 2 older packs from other vendors I had wouldn't germinate. I planted rows of all three packs and the old ones came up fine, but the Burpee seed germination was around 25%. That was their last purchase from me.