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Home Gardeners Are Driving Up Demand For Seeds, And Seed Companies Can t Keep Up

Provided by Fedco Seeds Steve Larimore was hoping to triple the size of his garden this year. Listen / Once the seed catalog arrived at his home near Bend, Ore., Larimore excitedly got his order together. He then went online and began adding the different seed varieties to his cart, only to discover about a third of the items he wanted were unavailable.  Tomatoes? Sold out. Kale? Gone. Sweet corn? Nope. “I was pretty discouraged,” he says. “There were some things that I’ve grown before that I really like and I wanted to grow again and they didn’t have those.” 

Pandemic Gardeners Contribute To Growing Demand For Seeds : NPR

Suppliers Field Growing Demand For Seeds From Pandemic Gardeners

Listen • 3:44 Seed companies are seeing historic levels of demand this year from home gardeners and commercial farmers, and they re having a hard time keeping up. Steve Larimore was hoping to triple the size of his garden this year. Once the seed catalog arrived at his home near Bend, Ore., Larimore excitedly got his order together. He then went online and began adding the different seed varieties to his cart, only to discover about a third of the items he wanted were unavailable. Tomatoes? Sold out. Kale? Gone. Sweet corn? Nope. I was pretty discouraged, he says. There were some things that I ve grown before that I really like and I wanted to grow again and they didn t have those.

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