Real Seeds Catelogue

[Loudbarker1]

I ordered some pea seed (vr Juno) Real Seeds Catalogue last autumn. Earlier this week I had an email from them saying they had had complaints about germination, and if I had, please let them know so they could be replaced.

I replied saying I had not had trouble since I have not planted yet, but even so a replacement package arrived by return of post.

Full marks to Real Seeds.

[Alison]

Real Seeds have brilliant customer service and always get back to you with any queries. I had a few problems with some caulis from them a few years ago which I suspected was weather related but wanted to check - they replied within a couple of hours with some excellent advice and offering me some additional seeds when it wasn't even their fault. I turned down the seeds but was very impressed. They cost more than some suppliers but do a brilliant range of interesting varieties and have a faultless attitude generally - they didn't even pay me for this

[veggiechicken]

In my fantasy world, all Seed retailers would treat their customers as well as Real Seeds do. Sadly, its just a dream. In the seed business, Big is rarely Beautiful

[StephenH]

Good chaps, real Seeds. I've bought seeds from them in the past, and will in the future. You've got to admire a firm that cuts its own throat commercially by encouraging its customers to save their own seed, and tells them how to!

[allotmentor]

Agreed, they're great..and the advice they give on saving and resowing your own seed (or in the case of our allotment association, swapping saved seed within a seed-saving group) is brilliant: How To Save Your Own Seed at Home

[Paulieb]

Good chaps, real Seeds. I've bought seeds from them in the past, and will in the future. You've got to admire a firm that cuts its own throat commercially by encouraging its customers to save their own seed, and tells them how to!

Agreed. However I think that sometimes it is because of this that I return to them for more seeds and pay whatever the price is because I know they are good people doing the right thing.

Whereas I'll only use a big company if they're offering a really good deal or if there is a voucher code then I'll happily abuse that code to get as much as possible.

Real seeds are also reasonably local to me so I know seed produced by them, should be fairly successful for me.