Where to buy Broccoli Seeds?

[delmar]

Where is the best online deal you have found on broccoli seeds? I think I know why they are expensive, cause they look sort of hard to harvest.

[Living Food]

I get them from sproutpeople.org, although there's probably a cheaper source out there somewhere. I just use them very sparingly to compensate for the price (the same thing I do with most of the more "exotic" sprouts).

[SunshineMN]

Azure Standard has them for $7.60 per lb. They seem to sprout well though we've only had them long enough to sprout them once so far. I don't think these seeds are organic however but even sprout people says organic ones are very hard to come by.

As far as being expensive, I was just reading on Sprout People's website that it was actually illegal for people to sprout them for a few years. The patent was eventually invalidated but it may be people haven't caught up on that news? I think it was insane they got a patent in the first place! Patents really annoy me, but mostly because I'm in the software business and software patents are nuts.

[Living Food]

Azure Standard has them for $7.60 per lb.

What??? I thought that was a typo the first time I read it, lol...you sure you didn't mean $17.60? If it's really only $7.60 per Ib, I'm going to be eating broccoli sprouts 'til they come out my ears :)

[delmar]

Azure Standard has them for $7.60 per lb.

Thanks, I just book marked the page. I haven't taken the time to start an account so I can sign in, how high are they on shipping?

[streetsurfer]

A few years back I found broccoli seeds in the Burpee seed section (specifically for sprouting near their sprouting containers) of a Home Depot.

[SunshineMN]

If you get stuff shipped on the Azure truck it's only 8.5% of your bill. I find it's way cheaper than UPS shipping especially when you are order pounds of stuff. This month I ordered 61 lbs of stuff and shipping was only $12.44. I get glass ball canning jars from them as well. Often we order their apples and oranges too. Organic oranges 38 lbs for $29 I think now, previously they were only $23. Their fresh produce and frozen fruits (I don't buy any other frozen stuff) are only available with using their trucks for shipping. They will ship UPS but it does cost more of course. They just added Indiana this year so there might be a route close enough to you to make it worth while.

They only ship using their trucks once per month and they prefer you only place an order in the week before they ship. For instance this month we had to order by the 10th and the truck leaves them on the 14th. They stop here on Fridays so it will be here the 18th. We are about 3 miles from the place they deliver to so it's a quick drive for us. The people that receive the shipments just pile the stuff in their garage if we aren't there on time to meet the truck. They have a very detailed order/delivery pdf you can download on their website that shows all the routes.

And yes, broccoli seeds are $7.60 per pound, $31.75 for 5 pounds. You can even get 25 pounds but it's $140.80 ($5.63/lb). :)

[delmar]

If you get stuff shipped on the Azure truck it's only 8.5% of your bill. I find it's way cheaper than UPS shipping especially when you are order pounds of stuff. This month I ordered 61 lbs of stuff and shipping was only $12.44. I get glass ball canning jars from them as well. Often we order their apples and oranges too. Organic oranges 38 lbs for $29 I think now, previously they were only $23. Their fresh produce and frozen fruits (I don't buy any other frozen stuff) are only available with using their trucks for shipping. They will ship UPS but it does cost more of course. They just added Indiana this year so there might be a route close enough to you to make it worth while.

They only ship using their trucks once per month and they prefer you only place an order in the week before they ship. For instance this month we had to order by the 10th and the truck leaves them on the 14th. They stop here on Fridays so it will be here the 18th. We are about 3 miles from the place they deliver to so it's a quick drive for us. The people that receive the shipments just pile the stuff in their garage if we aren't there on time to meet the truck. They have a very detailed order/delivery pdf you can download on their website that shows all the routes.

And yes, broccoli seeds are $7.60 per pound, $31.75 for 5 pounds. You can even get 25 pounds but it's $140.80 ($5.63/lb). :)

I haven't had the money to make a bulk order but I got the news that we are supposed to be getting a bonus at work next month. So I called Azure Standard and there is a drop point about 30 minutes from my home. Well worth the trip, I would say! So far, in my shopping cart I have 25lb of sunflower seeds, 25 lbs of green peas, 5 lbs of broccoli seeds and 4 lbs of oranges. With shipping it will come to just over $100.
Is there anything else Azure Standard sells that is a can't miss deal, that I should consider before I order?

[SunshineMN]

I feel their flax seeds are a good deal at $1/lb. They used to have cheap chia seeds but recently the prices went through the roof. I'm hoping they come down this fall. I also noticed they are out of the cheaper alfalfa seeds, those should come down with the harvest this fall as well. They are also out of the dried sweet corn but that's a good deal when they have it. Their fenugreek seeds (in the herb and spices section) from Oregon Spice sprout very nicely as well and are only $3.60 a lb. I have dill seeds from them but I haven't tried sprouting them yet. I also plan to get some celery seed. We've been very happy with all the spices Azure has from Oregon Spice. The radish seeds sprout very well and taste just like radishes! I don't know how the price compares though as I've never gotten them elsewhere. Same for wheat and rye if you plan on growing grass this winter.

About ordering from them, you don't always get everything you order. I usually check each product right before submitting my order to see if it's in stock on the website. That gives us more of a chance of actually getting the items. Some times though it's hit and miss. They've gotten a lot better at it since I started ordering from them. I kinda wonder if there are health food stores that order from them and they sometimes run out of stock.

[walnutty]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sprout-Hou...broccoli+seeds

[walnutty]

Sprouts and anything I juice must be organic! I am very financially challenged, but in these two instances it is what I require. Can you imagine how many sprouts you can get with a pound of seeds, plus there is no tax and no shipping on these seeds from Amazon (or The Sprout House)!

[delmar]

Thanks for your concern, but the $7/ lb seeds at Azure are calling my name.

[walnutty]

Okay.

To me it's just not worth it. Somethings I just won't accept. Somethings I just won't put into my body.

You know, those seeds come from possible generations of sprayed, toxic broccoli....

[delmar]

I haven't been able to find a lot of information about chemicals sprayed on past generations effecting the current generation. It seems to me that life and growth cleans up a lot.

[walnutty]

I don't mean to offend, but you are not thinking logically about this.

If the broccoli the seeds are coming from are inferior (pesticides, fungicides, poor soil) then the seeds will be inferior.