Which seed company where the seeds from, that were being sold by dollar general.

I've grown theirs, also low cost seeds from other dollar/discount stores and Walgreens. Some have 10 for $1 specials at times.

The seeds are generally common open pollinated older varieties and packets do not contain a ton of seeds. They have all grown well. Large seeds that I would plant alot of like corn, beans, and peas require several packets. Large seeds like pumkin, squash, and zucchini usually come with 10 or more seeds in a packet. One pack of each is plenty for my small backyard. There can be lots of the smaller seeds such as lettuce, radishes, and cabbage. They grew just fine for me even after being saved for a year or two. I try to buy early in the season since some I figure I know more about proper seed storage than they do. However, they are generally inside climate controlled stores and will be fine. I've seen plenty of high priced seeds sold in moist, sunny outdoor garden centers that suffer alot more from conditions than many of the cheap seeds ever will.

If you are looking for hybrids with specific documented disease resistance you probably will not find the seeds in these places. But for alot of what I grow, they work fine.

This year I am working on documenting a garden plot grown with only 10 for $1 seeds so I have a tested response to those who claim garden seeds are all expensive. Yup, they can be and many of them are well worth the price. But many of the older tried and true OPs are great, also, at a tiny price.

Here's a bit of data gathered so far.

Number of seeds in packet:

Tendergreen Improved Bean: 14, 13
Calabrese Broccol: 130
Early Golden Acre Cabbage: 275
Hale's Best Cantaloupe: 29
Alaska Peas: 23, 23, 22
Early Golden Bantam Sweet Corn 15, 15, 16
Hungarian Wax Pepper:28
Snapdragon: way more than I'll count! ??1000??

I've grown the Dollar General seeds and my experience is like Nature Girl described above. I grew their yellow squash, detroit beets, zucchini, turnips, cow peas, and chives. Great stuff, no problems; all "old fashioned" open pollinated style plants. I got my seeds for 10 to 25 cents per package. What's not to like! I don't need 100 squash plants growing simultaneously, my package had 35 zucchini seeds in it and that was plenty; I put in 5 seeds per hill for 7 hills of squash. The first time I got Dollar tree seeds was Mother's Day 2001. My son was upset because he only had a dollar and he had wanted to get me a hanging basket for Mother's Day (he was 10). I took him into the Dollar General and persuaded him that planting a few packages of seeds for flowers into my veggie garden was even better. He bought Mammoth Sunflowers, Bachelor's Buttons, and Calendula and planted them into the veggie garden. They performed beautifully. I still have volunteers from that Mother's day gift coming up in my garden.

I buy and grow as many diff kinds of DG seeds as i can get my hands on for my veggie garden! They All come up and yield many veggies for me! I can pickles! I make diff flavors of relishes, salsa’s,etc. i can there tomatoes, etc. i freeze there corn, beans, peas, and squashes! Heck i even buy all the lettuce blends and it all comes up!! I have to give tons away! Eventhe diff lettuces!! I couldnt be happier with the DG seeds!!

Oh! I freeze the Onions and all diff kinds of Peppers to save for Deer Hunting Season because we used to buy them frozen at the store for the Italian Sausage Venison that we make! Now i use My Garden Fresh Frozen Veggies for our Venison Sausage!! So Much Better knowing its from your Own Organic Garden that I proudly processed Myself! Along with the Deer that my Hubby processes himself!!!;) Now we raise, and butcher, and process our own pig meat!! And soon our own Black Angus Beef too!!;);) Couldn’t be any Happier!!!!

The brand of seeds at dollar stores is usually Page Seeds or American Seeds. I've never had germination problems using these seeds.

I've bought them and they seemed to grow alright.

I don't think anyone has been asking this question for ten years. Is this an ad for DG?

I doubt it's an ad considering that the seeds are American Seed brand. The same you can find at Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Walmart, and elsewhere.

Rodney

Sorry, but I guess I just find a forum answer to a question that has already been answered, and in favor of a particular store, and by a poster who has never appeared here before, to be a little suspicious. If I worked at DG, and I wanted people to come in and buy my seeds, that's what I might do. But making it pertain to a broader variety of establishments, as you now do, makes it less offensive.

Having said that, I will say that I too have bought these seeds, at such stores, and they've worked very well.

I don't know about DG seeds, but I've had seeds from at least one other dollar store (Dollar Tree) with good to mixed results. A pack of Delicious tomatoes ended up with two leaf types. That's the only strange thing that comes to mind. Germination seems great on dollar store seeds, though, even old ones. The brands seem to be such as Ferry Morse, American Seed, and Lilly Miller.

Awww daninthedirt... it might just be that the person is too much of a newbie to realize they were necroposting too. I've seen this happen on other forums I wander around on.

But back to DG seeds.. yep, I buy them sometimes too. DG's around here almost always have American Seed, but once in a while might have some Ferry Morse. There's a couple other dollar stores in the area, they typically carry American Seed too. The local farm/feed big box stores tend not to carry American Seed, but usually carry either Ferry Morse or Lilly Miller.

They sprout and grow reliably, and I've not had a mislabel yet. I like picking up some of the basic seed like parsley or lettuce this way.