Pineapple plant - short and stocky

[tam91]

If I am remembering correctly, they did not use a padded envelope. I may not be remembering ok though, other members please correct me if I am wrong.

But if I do remember that right, perhaps that is the problem - as I think I've read on here that the post office change equipment in recent history. The other suppliers, whose seed I had no trouble with, came in padded envelopes.

I had ordered 9 varieties from TGS. 7 had poor germination - many varieties only 1 of of 6-10 seeds germinated, at best 3 out of 6-10 seeds. One other didn't ship, sold out. Another was the "incorrect" red brandywine, that I reordered from a different seller. So overall, I did not get any variety that actually worked out. I will save my own seeds, or re-order these varieties elsewhere next year.

I did germinate a total of 34 varieties - a few from trades, most from a couple other sellers (tville members) - other than 1 from a trade, they all germinated great, almost 100%.

I had these all in the identical conditions, same seed trays.

So I understand TGS is a reputable company, but something must be going on. The mail equipment is my best guess.