If they treat there seeds like that in shipping, it might indicate why the germination was so bad with their seed last year, I was thinking maybe Lowe's was not taking proper care of them, but it could just be they received poor quality seed. I noticed in the the Lowe's store here this year they are not carrying Burpee seeds so far, Ferry-Morris has replaced them, they don't have the best rep either. So far I do have tomato seeds (Ferry-Morris) and they germinated faster than any I have ever tried, they were tiny seeds but sprouted in two days. My (Ferry-Morris) Cosmos have already had some seeds sprout, and my Coleus seeds are sprouting I noticed today. All those were started indoors, so far nothing I planted outdoors has germinated. So so far I am much more pleased the them than the Burpee seeds I bought last year and the year before. The prices were much better also, seemed to be to be half as much as the Burpee seeds. The organic seeds however are pretty pricy. I planted Burpee carrot seeds repeatedly last year and by the time I finally got a stand up it was getting to late in the year for them to do well.
