- Hi, I'm Parris and a month ago,
I was getting ready to plant the garden in the backyard
and at the store, I saw I could buy
two and three dollar a pack seeds
or at the dollar store, I could get packs for 25 cents.
Growing the same kind of vegetables and plants,
and I wondered, is there a reason to be paying more
for some seeds, is there really any difference?
How can I test this out?
So, in these raised containers that I have in the backyard,
I bought the same type of seed,
both the two, three dollar a pack seed
and the 25 cent a pack seed, which I have here,
I planted them in the same planter,
left side the expensive seed,
right side the inexpensive seed.
I've treated them exactly the same for the past month
and I'm ready to do an update video now
and show you what you get for your money.
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- It's Burpee Brand seeds vs. American Seed Company seeds.
To find out more about both brands,
check out the link down below this video.
Okay, so here's how the seed comparison worked out.
Now first off, don't go by this one here.
This is cucumber and I only had
the more expensive Burpee seeds,
so there was nothing planted in the other side.
Now let's start with cantaloupe.
Now the Burpee cantaloupe plants came up first,
but maybe they're a little ahead
of the American Seed plant,
but the Burpee cantaloupe is supposed to produce fruit
about 20, 25 days
before the American Seed Company cantaloupe,
so that may end up happening,
but right now, they don't look too far apart
in their growth and development.
Here are the pea plants,
Burpee on the left, American Seed on the right.
If anything, the American Seed plants are growing
faster, taller, and better than the Burpee plants.
Carrots, Burpee on the left, American Seed on the right.
Really, I can't see any difference in the number
of plants that came up or the size of the plants.
And alright, so what happened here.
Is it possible that none of the Burpee bean plants came up?
I can't believe that.
Beans are like the easiest thing to grow.
They grow them in elementary school in a wet paper towel
and a little plastic cup.
I'm afraid I just lost track when I was planting
and didn't get the Burpee beans in the ground.
Now it's possible squirrels came and ate them,
that certainly happens in our garden.
But why would they eat only the Burpee brand beans?
They must be very discriminating squirrels.
I'm gonna try to dig up where I would've planted the beans
on the Burpee side, and I suspect I won't find them,
but if I find a bunch of beans that just haven't germinated,
I will be surprised.
So let's see what's in here.
There should be three beans.
No.
Planted about an inch down if I had planted them.
Nearly positive I forgot to plant them
when I was doing the comparison.
But the American Seed bean plants are growing very nicely.
So I'm happy things are growing so well,
but what's the lesson to be learned here
about the expensive seeds vs. the cheaper seeds?
Doesn't seem to be a lot of difference.
Now there are different varieties of cantaloupe,
and maybe different variety of beans,
so when it gets to the point
of actually producing the fruit,
maybe then I'll see some difference,
and I'll do another update then.
By the way, if I looked a little confetti-ish here
after recording the update video
of how the plants were coming in,
we did our Easter cascarones,
which are the confetti-filled eggs
that you break on the heads of other family members
and people you see around.
And in addition to still having some here,
I have some in my shirt, down my back,
and the little pieces of eggshell especially are itchy,
so it's time to go change my clothes,
get into something a little more casual
for the rest of Easter.
I hope those of you celebrating Easter have a very nice day.
I'll be back soon with more spring product reviews.
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♫ Wanna watch it all night long