It may not be worth the drive, but Atwood's in Shawnee had them last week for $.08/pack. Maybe you are closer to the Norman Atwood's? Call first.

Go to the seed exchange for common seeds for postage. I would rather be selective and pay a little more.

Several people posted on another forum about the 20 cent seeds at Walmart. I went there today, and they did have a seed rack with 20 cent seed and it was not with the normal priced seed. My Walmart only had flower seeds, and one lonely pack of green beans, but some stores have had a lot of vegetables.

Like seedmama said, the best deal I have seen was at Atwoods. I have found more cheap seeds this year than ever before. Maybe I just didn't know where to look before.

I'm not close to OKC anymore, but in the past I have bought seeds from Ace Hardware up there. I don't know if all of their stores carry the same things or not, but I saw a bunch of the .10 American Seeds packets, here at our local Ace store over the weekend.

It might be worth a phone call if you have one nearby.

What are you looking for? I have a few things that I saved to trade with, but at this rate it isn't going to happen :)

I saw packets at the Belle Isle WM for 20 cents, but they didn't have a lot.

Lisa

Like Lisa, I also have lots of things. Let us know what you're looking for and perhaps someone here has some to share. Aside from that, you might try posting to the Seed Exchange Forum, and there's more there than just common seed. Lots of folks with lots of seed they're willing to share or trade. There are also several free for postage offers as well.

Where to buy, well, I know that the Dollar Stores often have reasonably priced seed, depending on what you're looking for, and the last few years, though I've not been able to go and check this year so far, Dollar Tree has had seed for various things reasonably priced. I've bought seed from both the Dollar Stores and Dollar Tree and had a rather good germination rate with them.

Another place you might check is valueseeds.com, they're a clearinghouse for Thompson & Morgan and the seeds are quality and the prices aren't bad either, though the selection right now is small. Their shipping is just $1.99 no matter how many packets you purchase.

Along with the places mentioned by the others- ACE Hardware, Wal~Mart, Walgreens, Atwoods,- you might check CVS too.

Post a list of what you're looking for here and perhaps someone has some of what you're looking for to share :) Heavens knows I have more than enough seeds for a variety of things and have another large package coming in from a swap soon.

Hey Lisa, what'cha looking for? Hehe, I'm always happy to work a trade with you!

Kathy

Hey, Lisa!

We all need to meet up in Norman like we did last year and make trades. I'll be at Marilyn's first sale. I think it's at the beginning of April. I just got an updated calendar for where she would be this year. I'll even see if I can get Susan to come with me again.

Sandy

Correction. I didn't mean the seed exchange had common seeds. I meant you would be more likely to get them free if they were common seeds. I have had great success with the seed exchange even though I have little to trade. My local feed store has very cheap vegetable seeds but they have many seeds per package and may be $1 to $2 or so. Per seed they are cheap because the packages had many seeds.

Hey! You guys are great! The Dollar Tree is where I used to find the 10 cent packs (flowers seeds). I kept calling them and when they finally got them, I went and they wanted 1.00 each for the .99 packs! Anyway, Ace Hardware sounds like a good idea, and maybe I'll get to check out the B. Isle Wal-Mart. I'm not really wanting anything in particular that much. The biggest thing is..I always plant cheap, short alyssum in the holes of bricks I lay out in spokes in the herb garden (in potting soil). They are so tiny and easy to grow...I don't mess with the winter sowing there. ( and I can't transplant anything in those sharp little holes anyway) I just direct sow those. I hate to spend more than the 10-25 cents a pack for those.

Here's what I have to share, trade or no trade :) If you will send me your address I will be happy to pop any or all of them in the mail to you.

Gloriosa Daisy, Rudbeckia hirta, perennial, short lived
Gulf Coast Penstemon, light purple, perennial
Columbine mix, mixed colors, short lived perennial
verbascum chaixii, biennial, tall, white
dwarf coreopsis, might be related to Early Sunrise, short lived perennial
Tithonia, tall, orange

and last, but not least, seeds from last year, but should be still good

Blackberry Lilies, Belmancanda chinensis,, perennial, orange

Our Dollar Tree here (Missouri) has seeds 10 packs for a dollar. Maybe they just made a mistake on pricing at the store you went to.

HaHa - Maybe Dollar Tree can charge whatever they want because today in Joplin they were 4 for a $1.00. Guess it depends on the store AND the day you go.

May's Drug Store chain is advertising new seeds 8 pkg for $1.

We just hit the Wal-mart in Edmond. They had 20¢ seeds. From the American Seed Company.

10 packs for a $1? Okay, what's the skinny on this? I paid about $1.50 per pack at Lowe's. I don't get it!

Amanda,

The "10 packs for a dollar" seeds are packaged and sold by the parent company Plantation Products under the name "American Seed Company" although they are NOT "the" American Seed Company that has long existed and done business under that name. (The website of the "real" American Seed Company has long had a disclaimer stating that the "American Seed Company" seeds sold cheaply in the spring are NOT their seeds, so they apparently have issues with the seeds.)

The seed packets don't have a very large number of seeds per packet, but then one wouldn't really expect them to for the price at which they are sold.

The seeds they offer are common, old varieties that generally are open-pollinated and are not patented, protected varieties which is one of the reasons they can be sold so cheaply--no royalties have to be paid. On the web site, you can click on "Promotional Packets" to learn more about them.

If you own a local mom-and-pop feed store and want to buy/re-sell American Seed Company products at your store, you can purchase these "promotional" packets for less than 10 cents per packet, so even at ten packs for a dollar, stores are making a small profit on them. And, or course, chain stores like dollar stores and regional chains of farm supply stores, or even discount stores like Family Doller, buy them in huge quantities and sell them at varying prices.

At some of our local dollar-type stores, you can find them for varying prices--usally anything from 4 or 5 packs for $1 to 10 packs for $1. Some of our local stores have other seeds from Plantation Products, usually their standard or value seed packets, also sold under the American Seed Company name, for 59 to 99 cents per pack up to $2-$3 per pack depending on how large the packets are and how many seeds they have in them. I see these every year at our local Tractor Supply Store. Sometimes our Wal-Mart has them, too, and then they usually are on little small display racks that hang near the regular shelves of garden products.

I've linked the website for Plantation Products below. If you look at it, you can see that the seed packets look like and then you'll know what to watch for.

American Seed Co. products are fine if you are looking for general seeds...like, if you want to plant zinnias, for example, but are not looking for a specific named zinnia.

Dawn

Here is a link that might be useful: Plantation Products' Line of Seeds

Gee thanks Indian Blanket I bought cheap seeds at W Mart because of you. I already had enough seeds.