Thread: Price of seeds
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Old 27-03-2008, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by judith[_2_] View Post
I have grown Sungold tomatoes every year for about the last ten years.
I always bought seed from Thompson & Morgan - indeed, I was originally
told that they were the only people you could get them from as it was
"their" variety.

I now see that this is incorrect - and you can buy from any number of
sources - (too late from this year - already bought T&M)

I have noticed that there is great variation in the prices - eg ten
seeds for 3 pounds or thirty seeds for three pounds.

My question is : is it worth paying more for such seeds or are the
cheaper ones fine?
As long as it is a licensed seed supplier and they describe the variety the same (F1 etc) I would go for the cheaper ones as they are all bought from the same breeder in the first place. T&M do hold the license for Sungold so everyone gets it from them, this will give an idea of how expensive T&M actually are, through the catalogue, when Moles (a commercial seed supplier) lists Sungold at £5.10 for 50 seed or £36.40 for 500 seed. I use smaller independant seed suppliers like Simpson's or Robinson's for small quantities.