16,500 Non GMO Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Survival Garden 40 Variety Pack

2023 Update: Just ordered another pack and besides one packet being popped open all the varieties were there. Still a great affordable way to plant a varied garden. The local shops are selling seeds for $1.50-$5.00 per packet and I just don't need that quantity. Have had no issues with sprouting even after a year or two. This year it came with a nice little booklet that I like much better than the cards from my last pack. Original: This is how you plant a large, varied garden without spending a fortune on individual packets. I buy one of these packs every other year and also have seeds to share with friends and family. One pack is saved for an emergency and I rotate that one out every time I buy a new one to keep it fresh. I've never had a problem doing it this way, although this experience is over several different brands of survival seeds. This bag has the seeds in individual foil packets. I've had others with paper packets and one with tiny ziploc bags. The little bags in another kit were nice to reseal, but I had no problem using a snack size baggie or a homemade paper packet for the leftover seeds. I imagine that the foil packets do a better job of preserving the seeds long-term. The instruction cards only list the germination days, germination temperature, plant spacing, row spacing, planting depth, days to maturity, and brief notes such as: "full sun and fertile soil. Sow directly 3 weeks before last frost." So you better at least know your last frost dates. It also doesn't list fall planting dates, so any good gardening book could be used to drastically improve your ability to grow these seeds successfully if you are a new gardener or trying new plant varieties. I like the variety in this pack and the packets I have opened were true to the count listed in the description. I'm not going to count the lettuce seeds to see if there are 1600 though! The description lists all the types of seeds and their amounts and the total of 16,500 is mostly the smaller seeds. These are also the ones that I use the most of so the amounts work well for me. I plant a lot of lettuce for baby greens in between longer growing crops or after a plant is done producing but there's still some season left. This pack only includes 12 bean seeds of one variety and 24 peas of one variety, so if you are looking for more protein from your garden I would recommend supplementing with additional bean and pea varieties. I would prefer more varieties of carrots, beans, or peas in lieu of the cayenne, jalapeno, and sweet banana peppers. However, I find that I can usually trade the seeds I don't want with other gardeners. I'll update if there is any issue with germination. I usually pre-sprout my seeds so I don't waste seeds or seed starter mix but if I'm in a hurry I just use multiple seeds and thin by snipping them off with a pair of sharp scissors once one appears to be more vigorous.

I have bought the product a couple of times along with others. This seed bank is the best bang for the buck in my opinion. I left these on the shelf for two years and then rotated them out. When I pulled the old pack I went ahead and planted them. I had a great crop from these seeds. The packages are a little small but they are adequate. I will continue to buy this product as long as the cost is low. For an average household, this is a great product.

I purchased these last winter for my grandson's 4th birthday thinking the small packets and large variety would give him a great chance for a lot of different vegetables and we would try a few different ones each year. Only 1 packet was duplicate and we started our first selection of seeds indoors in February. Then we had a pandemic and he and I were quarantined at home so we went ahead and increased our choices. He was really excited about the pumpkins and melons so I cleaned up my old unused garden area, amended soil in the raised beds and he had a great time planting 'lots of food for us to eat' . Others he planted in various pots and tubs around the yard. Germination rate was great, very healthy, prolific plants and super flavor. His garden has become a 'little shop of horrors' and we have already eaten a lot of broccoli, kale, corn, turnips, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, beans, peas, lettuce, eggplant, spinach, and his first honeydew. He is excited about harvesting every day and watching that big max pumpkin get bigger and bigger. This would have been a great package for our original plan of teaching him gardening but I never would have imagined that there would be so much to harvest from 40 small seed packets and we still have lots left over. I am ordering another package because he was so excited going through all the packets choosing what he wanted but I will also be saving seed from this years crop. A great deal.

This allows a gardener to plant the seeds, crow the crop and harvest the seeds to regrow the next year, so essentially it is an endless supply of seeds. The seeds came quickly to my address in a compact Mylar sealed bag and contained 40 different varieties and over 15000 seeds! Each seed packet is clearly labeled,except 1. Also had detailed instruction cards - planting instructions and saving your seeds. This gives peace of mind that you are receiving high quality seeds. They are packaged individually in non resealable bags. A few of mine didn't have lables on them so I had to look up type of seed to determine what they were. The instructions did not include some planting basics for those with non-green thumbs. They would have to go online to look up which ones should be started as seeds indoors and then transplanted outside, how deep to plant the seeds, how far apart to plant them, how many seeds to plant in one hole, and how to thin the plants once they had grown some but that is not a deterrent from buying just a fyi. I started some of my seeds indoors to get things going quicker since we still need to wait a couple weeks before planting outside. and nearly all of them have already sprouted so I am very pleased. When these produce the actual veggies, I'm going to have everything I need to make some great meals. I know the description said on average but a few seed packs only had a couple seeds so if all of them don't germinate, I will have nothing to harvest new seeds from. I'm guessing that this is a quality manufacturer issue.

These are perfect for gardeners. The varitey is great. I am buying them again.

Was missing the Zucchini instead got an extra Butter Crunch Lettuce. I still decided to give them 5 stars. Aside from that, everything I have planted so far has germinated well. The Honeydew, Cantaloupe, and Watermelon had slow germination. I tested s few seeds in a ziploc and they germinated MUCH faster. The small trimmers although not amazing are nice if you don't already have some. I prefer my better trimmers but I tried these out when I thinned some seedlings and they worked nicely. I even used them to prune a few of my houseplants just to try them out. They started to struggle with things over 1/4" diameter. Did not even consider the trimmers when making this purchase but thought I'd review them for those that might consider it an important factor. Update: I was going to plant some Buttercrunch Lettuce and it had what looked like zucchini seeds. The other Buttercrunch packet had the correct seeds. So I received everything as stated just one seed packet was miss labeled.

I bought these last year and wasn't able to garden, I pulled them out this year to get ready for gardening and realized I didn't get all the varieties I was expecting. This was the main reason I had ordered this was because of the variety I was getting. I got about 6 kinds of lettuce, only one type of pepper which was a huge disappointment. Also I was expecting bigger packs with planting instructions (depth, maturity time, type of sun) If you get these you will need to look all that up on the computer. I did get 40 packs just not all of what was listed.

Can you ever go wrong with heirloom veggies? Good price, good variety.