Sticker Shock!
 

[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I got 3 Seed catalogs today, and in browsing the Burpee pages I am having serious sticker shock! Just about all the veggie seeds start at $6.99 for about 20 seeds---outrageous- I haven't gotten very far along yet. I also got Jung's catalog, and am so sad that after I found some interesting potatoes, saw that they can't ship to WA. There aren't any sources here for varieties of seed potatoes. I have tried using store organic ones, but they didn't sprout well. I love fingerlings and yellows.[/FONT][/SIZE]

Somebody might order some for you if you ask nicely...;)

How would that work?

Problem solved
 

[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]My 3rd catalog arriving today was Johnny's---just found the potatoes, and they ship to WA---I don't understand that, but I am happy. Their 2018 catalog is beautiful-240 pages !! Some wonderful photos.[/FONT][/SIZE]

I assume someone who lives in another state would order and receive them for you and then forward them to you when they got them. Those are crazy prices, by the way. Am I losing it or were they closer to 3.99/pk last year?

The only burpee's seeds I truly can afford are off the seed racks at the box stores. I am fabergasted at their catalog prices. But all potatoes are expensive to order out of a catalog. The shipping is terrible.

Very expensive. Can you buy fingerlings at the organic food store and sprout those?

- Lisa

Any store potato will sprout if kept in a dark place.
You have to consider diseases though.
Worth

Seems like Farmer's Exchange in Kennewick had seed potatoes in the spring. Might give them a call to verify.

[QUOTE=Rockandrollin;675839]Seems like Farmer's Exchange in Kennewick had seed potatoes in the spring. Might give them a call to verify.[/QUOTE]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]They only have the regular potatoes- I ordered Russian Banana & Pinto Rose-

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[QUOTE=greenthumbomaha;675834]Very expensive. Can you buy fingerlings at the organic food store and sprout those?

- Lisa[/QUOTE]
[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I did that last year and didn't get good results.[/FONT][/SIZE]

I've ordered fingerlings from Grand Teton Organics in the past,
Fingerling assortment 5 lbs = $25 includes shipping or $12.20 lb for individual varieties.
This year I ordered from The Maine Potato Lady, fingerlings are $12.75 for 3 lbs plus shipping.
If you buy 50 lbs they are $2 lb plus shipping.

I haven't ordered potatoes from them, but Morgan County Seed is almost always the lowest-priced option for me. Here's their site: [url]https://www.morgancountyseeds.com/the-catalog/[/url]

Selection is limited, and their shipping can be a little slow in the spring when they are busy, but they get great reviews overall.

Reverse sticker shock...I just got a Gurney's catalog and everything in the whole catalog is 50% off. I've never used Gurneys so I don't know why the sent me a catalog. They have some cool trees.

The problem with Gurneys and some similar companies is that they mark up everything by 100% and then offer 50% off.

Sounds like Burgess in Bloomington, IL (and the 5 other catalog companies they send catalogs under) slow ship, poor service, high shipping....

I forgot about Ronniger Potato Farm LLC, they have a good collection and you can order now to have it shipped at a later date.
[url]http://www.potatogarden.com/index.html[/url]

Salsacharley, there was a time when Gurney's had a top reputation. But that was many years ago and they are risky at best. Check out Dave's Garden "Garden Watchdog" which has all kinds of reviews and decide for yourself. I personally will never order from them again. I ordered 3 Primrose Lilac trees, waited years for them to bloom, just to have them be the ordinary lilacs. A magnolia tree arrived as a stick but did flourish and bloomed for the first time 15 years later! There are many better places to go. You get what you pay for!! Here is the link for Garden Watchdog "Gurney's'.
[url]https://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/184/[/url]

I have gotten potatoes from Ronninger Potato Farm and The Maine Lady. Both have been excellent but don't know if they ship to Washington.

[QUOTE=Salsacharley;675856]Reverse sticker shock...I just got a Gurney's catalog and everything in the whole catalog is 50% off. I've never used Gurneys so I don't know why the sent me a catalog. They have some cool trees.[/QUOTE]


The tree pictures do look nice, don't they. The ones they may eventually get around to sending you, if they don't tell you many months later that they're out of stock...

Happened to be in a discount store yesterday and noticed the first display of Bonnie seed packs, discounted 40% or 50%. But they were much more expensive than last year, around $3 and up for a small pack, and contained half as many seeds. What a crooked deal, thank goodness I grow mostly OP, and we have this forum.

Seeds usually hit my Menard's store as soon as they remove the Christmas merchandise, where they sit and gather dust for 3-4 months, until it is time to plant.

I did see Burpee seeds for $1.49 at Lowes, but wasn't much in term of heirloom

For regular vegetable seeds, ---------and I know this is going to be controversial because there is a big thread bashing this gardener because of his supposed '87yo' tomato seeds---------, I now only buy from [URL="http://migardener.com/store"]MiGardener[/URL]. His seeds are good quality and very generous amount all for 99cents. You get double amount of seeds compared to a regular package.

Can't help with regular potatoes, but for sweet potatoes there is [URL="http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/catalog/sweet_potatoes.html"]Sandhill Preservation Center[/URL] with reasonable pricing, but you have to order by mail.

I buy almost all my veg seed from Fedco. They have some of the best seed quality. And they are cheaper for almost everything. Plus I like the option to buy bulk. I don't want a tiny packet of sugar snap peas for instance. I buy by the pound for my kids.

I never buy Burpee. Their prices are obscene.

[QUOTE=maxjohnson;676210]I did see Burpee seeds for $1.49 at Lowes, but wasn't much in term of heirloom

For regular vegetable seeds, ---------and I know this is going to be controversial because there is a big thread bashing this gardener because of his supposed '87yo' tomato seeds---------, I now only buy from [URL="http://migardener.com/store"]MiGardener[/URL]. His seeds are good quality and very generous amount all for 99cents. You get double amount of seeds compared to a regular package.

Can't help with regular potatoes, but for sweet potatoes there is [URL="http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/catalog/sweet_potatoes.html"]Sandhill Preservation Center[/URL] with reasonable pricing, but you have to order by mail.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to try some of his seed this year. He certainly rubs quite a few the wrong way, but to me he obviously loves gardening and is putting a lot of effort into building a career in it.

It gives me way more heartburn to spend any money with the Burpee's of the world than with someone like him.