Vegetable Seeds

Shop from our high-quality, non-GMO vegetable seeds collection and grow your garden vegetables.

We offer a large selection of home gardening vegetable seeds with high yields. Everything you need to get your home vegetable garden going: bean seeds, tomato seeds, pepper seeds, cucumber seeds, lettuce seeds, and more. Trusted by home gardeners since 1856, we are proud to carry organic vegetable seeds and heirloom vegetable seeds for you to choose from!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Vegetable Seeds

We offer consumer-friendly vegetable seeds that are easy to grow and suitable for beginner-to-expert gardeners

What is an heirloom variety?

Heirloom varieties are open-pollinated plants that have been passed down through generations of gardeners. They are prized for their history, flavor, beauty, and reliable performance. Because they are open-pollinated, gardeners can often save seed from healthy plants to grow the same variety again the following year when cross-pollination is prevented.

What are organic seeds?

100% certified organic seeds are harvested from plants grown without synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. They harbor no residues from these chemicals. Organically grown seed produces hearty, robust plants already adapted to organic growing conditions.

Which vegetables are easiest for beginners?

Many gardeners start with lettuce, radishes, bush beans, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, peas, and tomatoes because they are rewarding and relatively easy to grow.

Which vegetables grow well in containers?

Many vegetables grow successfully in containers, including tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, spinach, radishes, carrots, bush beans, herbs, and compact cucumber varieties.

Choose containers with drainage holes and adequate depth for the crop.

Which vegetables grow quickly?

Radishes, lettuce, spinach, arugula, microgreens, green onions, and some leafy greens can often be harvested sooner than many other vegetables.

Which vegetables produce the most food?

Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, pole beans, peppers, and many herbs can provide harvests over an extended period when properly cared for.

Can I grow vegetables in raised beds?

Yes. Most vegetables grow well in raised beds with loose, well-drained soil and consistent watering.

Can I grow vegetables in containers?

Yes. Many vegetables thrive in containers when provided with sufficient sunlight, water, and room for their roots.

How much sunlight do vegetables need?

Most vegetables grow best with at least six hours of direct sunlight each day. Fruiting crops like tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, and melons generally produce best in full sun.

Which vegetables grow in cool weather?

Lettuce, spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, peas, carrots, radishes, onions, beets, and Swiss chard generally perform best during cooler parts of the growing season.

Which vegetables prefer warm weather?

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, corn, melons, squash, pumpkins, eggplant, and okra thrive in warm temperatures after frost danger has passed.

Should I start vegetable seeds indoors or sow them outdoors?

It depends on the crop. Some vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, and cabbage, are commonly started indoors. Others, including beans, peas, carrots, radishes, corn, and cucumbers, are usually direct-sown outdoors.

Which vegetables dislike transplanting?

Root crops such as carrots, radishes, beets, and turnips, along with corn, beans, peas, squash, pumpkins, melons, and cucumbers, generally perform best when direct-sown.

Which vegetables transplant well?

Tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, kale, and Swiss chard usually transplant successfully.

Which vegetables can be harvested repeatedly?

Leafy greens, beans, peas, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and zucchini can continue producing when harvested regularly.

Which vegetables are harvested only once?

Root crops such as carrots, beets, radishes, onions, and turnips are generally harvested once per plant.

Do all vegetables need pollinators?

No. Some vegetables produce edible leaves, roots, or stems and do not require pollination to be harvested. Fruiting vegetables such as squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, melons, and many peppers benefit from pollination to produce fruit.

Which vegetables attract pollinators?

Flowering vegetables and companion herbs can attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects that support healthy gardens.

How do I choose the right vegetable seeds?

Start by deciding what you want to harvest and when you plan to garden.

Leafy greens grow quickly in cool weather, while tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, beans, and melons thrive during warm seasons.

Consider your available space, sunlight, growing season, and whether you plan to garden in containers, raised beds, or traditional garden rows when selecting vegetable seeds.