"Bill R" wrote in message
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OhioGuy wrote:
brooklyn1 wrote:
"OhioGuy" wrote in message
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Anybody have some chive seeds they would be willing to trade?
Chive seeds are common and cheap... would cost at least five times the
price of a seed packet than two people would pay postage to accomplish
the swap.

Wow - what country do you live in? Seed packets around here are $2 and
up for herbs and the like, and if I add a trip to the store, that costs
me another buck in gas at least - so $3 minimum.

First class stamp is under 50c.

But anyway, saving a little $ is probably not nearly as important as
sharing. That is a lot more fun.

I live in the same area that you do and it sounds like you are doing your
seed shopping in the wrong stores. The "dollar stores" like Dollar Tree
and Dollar General sell quite a variety of seeds for less than what
postage would cost. Just yesterday I notice that Dollar Tree had their
"10 for $1" seeds out already (and yes, they did have chives) and Dollar
General had their large pack of seeds for "4 for $1". Wal*Mart also has
seeds at less than $1 a pack (and they sell the more expensive seeds too).
Walgreens always has their "10 for $1" seed coupons in the weekend ad
insert.

I have never had any problem with "cheap seeds". They germinate just as
well as the expensive seeds and have been true to the what is listed on
the pack.

I agree with you that sharing is important but, even in this newsgroup,
you need to be careful giving someone your address. You just never know
who you are dealing with.
--
Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A)

Exactly.

I can understand if it's some rare plant, but chives?!?!?

And for home gardens most folks simply buy a farm pack of chive plants for
$2... most all herbs are sold as plants rather than seeds. Chives are a
perennial herb, they propagate and grow back year after year, they're pretty
much maintenance free and are not bothered by disease but they tend to clump
and need occasional dividing.

I can see swapping seeds with neighbor gardeners (I've done that on
occasion, but usually we just offer them to each other gratis) but packaging
and mailing a dollar packet of seed that can be purchased anywhere is just
silly. Burpee packages seeds for Walmart... it's the same Burpee packaging
but is imprinted with "Packaged For Walmart", they are marked at a greatly
reduced price... last spring they were priced at 88¢ each... by mid summer
they're marked down to 50% off, by September the left overs were 10¢ each.

I also buy some vegetable seeds in bulk (Agway) scooped from a large burlap
sack and sold by weight... the price drops substantially as weight
increases, so for seeds like beans and corn I've shopped in partnership with
a couple of neighbors. But it's still not enough money saved on a pound of
beans to jump through hoops getting folks all together.