[mumofstig]

I used to buy T&M but quantity in pkt has got less and price has got higher
I had problems with wrong seeds in tomato pkts this year, plus some poor germination on other seeds from Fothergill's
Had good peas and lettuce from Suttons, but I will be going back to Seeds of Italy (my favourite supplier) for most next year again

[pushrod]

Ok i'll stick up for T&M (someone has to!)

The tomato seeds i buy from them are £2.99 for 8 seeds, but they are F1s so a bit more fiddly to prepare. However the germination rate is brilliant. 100% every year - even when i save some til the next year (after opening) i have still had 100%. Never had a single failure and also once got 10 seeds in a packet. I always save the receipt and packet because i would write off to them if there was a problem, but i have never had to. The other thing is i have never seen another company suppling that particular type.

Mind the other week i bought 6 packets of them at wyevale for just 50p each 
(Hope i don't have to eat my words next year)

Edit : just done a google search for the particular tomato and found This sure looks good value! Anyone ever heard of Eseeds before?

[poppie]

I've had excellent germination with seeds from gardenbymail.co.uk - very cheap (lots of packs under 50p), quick service and good customer relations. Sorry, can't remember how to put a link on.

gardenbymail.co.uk is great,ok there not fancy,if you want beetroot,you get beetroot.
peter is very helpful if you have any problems,and you get plenty of seed.my germination has been great,and i probably over planted some things as i wasnt too sure to begin with.
i even mentioned to them that i was doing a project with another site and he sent me FREE samples.

[Goosegirl]

Anybody tried Chiltern Seeds? Don't know their source for veg seeds but I don't think they are mainstream. Agree about adverse comments about T+M seeds - and their plants aren't up to much either. I never buy from them.

[gillie]

"Anyone ever heard of Eseeds before?"

Yes.  They are aggregators.  It is useful if want something very special and don't know which company sells it.  The link you gave was to a T & M packet of Ailsa Craig tomatoes.  This is a well known variety and eseeds gives four other sources for it.

Cheers,

Gillie

[DD.]

Moles seeds are hard to beat for value if you need quantity, (share time).

Their germination rate is top notch too.

[pushrod]

"Anyone ever heard of Eseeds before?"

Yes.  They are aggregators.  It is useful if want something very special and don't know which company sells it.  The link you gave was to a T & M packet of Ailsa Craig tomatoes. 

Cheers,

Gillie

DOH must have been having a senior moment  thought i was looking at cristal! I see they are selling cristal at over £4 !

[Domino]

Anybody tried Chiltern Seeds? Don't know their source for veg seeds but I don't think they are mainstream. Agree about adverse comments about T+M seeds - and their plants aren't up to much either. I never buy from them.

Chiltern are great for unusual stuff but I think they are a bit expensive.  They are a small but long established firm still run by the people who started it.  I don't know where their seeds come from but they buy in bulk and pack them themselves.  Growing instructions on the pack are limited or not given, depends on the variety (at least that was the case last time I had some).

I tend to use DT Brown or Marshalls for most of my seeds and Suttons Speedy seeds for cut and come again salad mixes because we like them.

[flowerpower]

I purchased seeds from Moles Seeds and they have been fab - two different types of lettuce. Lollo Rosso and another one that's deep deep red. Neither have bolted and they've been in the ground for weeks. Full marks!
Also best place for asparagus crowns which is how I found them in the first place (via this site).

I will def buy more from them next year.

[Celtic Eagle]

Don't  tend to buy T&M expensive and IMHO not reliable. I have had the best results from Suttons recently but in the past  good results from Marshall's . Will probably go with Suttons for next year as I have more faith in them also we will as a society looking for the best discount.

[DD.]

I have to back Pushrod up here & say that I've never found a problem with T & M.

Yes they are a bit pricey, but I usually buy mine from them in the sales.

I think they sometimes get picked on purely because they are T & M.

[Mike.white]

I've used Moreveg.co.uk more this year - great customer service, sensible seed quantities and varieties. No problems with germination either...

[lucylike]

Our allotment society uses Kings Seeds so most of my seeds are from there.
No problems with them so far.

http://www.kingsseeds.com/

[Pompey Spud]

Same here Lucy.

Plus there's a big discount as our allottment are members of the National association.

[HLS]

I'd definitely recommend realseeds.co.uk - I've only had one packet from them with poor germination, they have some good, unusual varieties, and everything seems to come with really good instructions.

I haven't had a problem with T&M seeds, but they can be pricey.  Delivery for seeds seems to be quite quick but delivery for things that aren't seeds (onion sets and so on) can be a bit slow - although I haven't really got anything to compare them with on that front, so I don't know whether or not they're worse than anyone else.