Organo Republic 55 Vegetable Seeds Variety Pack - 11,500 Non-GMO, Heirloom in Individual Packets, Home Survival Garden Seeds for Hydroponic, Indoor/Outdoors Gardening

I am a beginner gardener in North Carolina (zone 8a). I started my first ever garden this year (2024) in April when temps were milder and currently today is August 1 and we regularly have had weeks with 90+ degree weather. I really wanted to experiment this year and see what I was good at growing before planning a bigger garden next year and beyond. While I didn’t attempt to grow all of the veggies in this pack (because some of the veggies my family doesn’t eat at all so it would have been a waste, unused seeds were donated to seed libraries and gifted to fellow gardeners), I would say 85% of what I did grow was a success! The other 15% was definitely grower (aka me) error and my failures as a first time gardener and not at all the seeds/this brand’s fault. Again, we had a pretty brutal summer (for NC) and most of my garden was resilient and bounced back when conditions were rough. I direct sowed EVERYTHING. No transplants and no seed starting indoors.Some notes-I recommend getting a binder/organizer to organize your seeds. The pack they come in is great in terms of keeping them protected but you have to dig into the bag and search for the seeds you want which can be cumbersome. Keeping them organized just makes things so much easier. The pack also has seeds that match what they say they are for me personally 95% of the time. If you are a gardener that doesn’t like surprises just be mindful that sometimes seeds get mixed up or mixed in the wrong packs. I planted the beefsteak and cherry tomatoes and to my (pleasant) surprise, I ended up with some green zebra tomatoes and a very yellow variety that I can’t determine. Other than that everything turned out to be exactly what the individual packs said they were. Things I had the best success with - tomatoes, arugula , cucumbers, lettuces, swiss chard, corn, watercress, some of the pepper varieties. Things with some wins but not overall successful - zucchini, carrots, eggplants, sunflowers, squashes, some of the pepper varieties, the brassicas, collards, bok choy, kale. All of these had a few wins but I did not get a harvest from these seeds, again that was 100% due to my errors (and pests/stray dogs/rabbits lol) and not the seeds, they all germinated which is half the battle! I gifted the seeds I didn’t use to my gardening friends and they loved them and tell me they are doing great for them also. Overall I LOVE this seed pack! A ton of different varieties to grow for a great price for what you get. This would be a great gift to get a new gardener or just to have in your inventory. Included some of the best pictures I took of my garden throughout the growing season everything pictured was grown from this seed pack.

For 1 this is a lot of seed I mean a whole lot. Probably last me years. Germination has been fast and I have tried about half of them already and within 3 to 5 days most have sprouted. My beans sprouted in 2 days. I will definitely buy from this company again.

We received these seeds and all were clearly labeled with QR codes in case you needed more information on the plant, how to grow or when to grow, or just in general the history or what you can use it for. Only one package of my seeds was missing a label though it was fairly easy to figure out it was celery. Overall very pleased and will purchase other seeds from this brand.

A lot of my seeds did not germinate

I needed some heirloom seeds for my garden. These were on sale when I purchased them. $21 for 55 veggies I think. It's been storming nearly every day for a month now where I live so I am far behind in planting but the ones I was able to get in soil are doing well. They come with QR codes that have all the growing instructions for each particular plant.

I thought this would be a good way to get a wide variety of seeds at an affordable price. Unfortunately, the germination rate averaged about 10-20 percent. Some species did a little better and others did not germinate at all. Many of the seeds have very generic labels that don't tell you what specific variety the seed is. Example, corn is just labeled corn with no way to know if it is sweet or ornamental or what. Fortunately, I realized the germination rates of these seeds were bad early enough that I was able to source other seeds to fill in most of the holes in my garden. The replacement seeds are doing fine

I added this to a gift basket I made for my mom. She loved this seed variety, but the germination rate was not a high as she expected. The size, taste, and quality of the produce was great.

Every seed I planted germinated!!!