Helping a needy family start a garden-cheap seeds

[SAHMinHawaii]

I am going to help a family in need start a garden. At our garden store they sell american seed company seeds normally marked .59 for .6. Will these produce enough vegetables. The seeds are all sprouting but I'm worried about the quality. In my own garden I try to use local heirloom seeds. But since i am trying to do this with as little money as possible I used what I could find for a good price. Any thoughts?

[JamieCatheryn]

Sounds great to me, so long as they're germinating. Some varieties aren't the most productive, but the price doesn't determine that. It's worth a shot. I think soil and sun and moisture matter most. They won't want to save seeds from these plants though of course.

[SAHMinHawaii]

I wish I had seeds to give them, but I don't. Next year I will save more seeds.

[PinkinPA]

try wintersown for free tomato seeds.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

American is fine. I've used them before & carried them at my market stand. Mostly now I use them as a coupon holder for advertisements for my stands, but honestly, beggers can't be choosers & free seeds are free seeds. They're fine. Not everyone is so picky about heirloom & organic. I've even started carrying some big boys & early girls at my stand because that's what the people want.

Gotta give the peeps what they want.

[Indigo73]

Have you looked into http://dinnergarden.org?

I know you can get seeds from them.

[kriket]

If the family gets food stamps I know in Ohio you can buy seeds with your food stamps. Maybe take the family to pick out veggies?

[TheGirls]

I have a neighbor who is a huge fan of the 10 cent & cheaper seeds she finds at dollar stores, aldi, etc. The germination rate is not always great, but if you can get them to sprout, they seem to do very well. I do heirloom seeds for the most part because I can afford to and it is something I believe in, but if I couldn't afford it I'd do the cheapies in a heartbeat. I firmly beleive that conventional/hybrid home-grown produce is better than none (or even store-bought).

[Jenn_M]

Originally Posted by TheGirls

I have a neighbor who is a huge fan of the 10 cent & cheaper seeds she finds at dollar stores, aldi, etc. The germination rate is not always great, but if you can get them to sprout, they seem to do very well. I do heirloom seeds for the most part because I can afford to and it is something I believe in, but if I couldn't afford it I'd do the cheapies in a heartbeat. I firmly beleive that conventional/hybrid home-grown produce is better than none (or even store-bought).

I buy these seeds.. at the Dollar Tree I can get them 10/$1 and at Dollar General they are usually 3/$1. At the end of last season I got a TON of seed packets from Pamida and they were like $.05 each. I just had to dig though a huge bin to find what I wanted.

A lot of these seeds are heirloom varieties even though they may not be organic.

[anewmama]

try http://www.cherrygal.com/garden-c-12.html

i am using her seeds. love the varieties. open pollinated and heirloom!