Comments regarding Victory Seed Company

This is one of my main vegetable seed companies because of good selection, old varieties, easy website & reasonable shipping (plus good fall sale). Everything reasonable & as expected.

I have been buying from Victory for a few years with no problems, until a few weeks ago. I received the package, but it contained someone else’s order. I immediately contacted Victory, and they responded with an apology a few minutes later. 3 days later I received my correct order. Excellent customer service!!!!!!! BTW, always have good germination and packaging is very good. Prices fair. Thanks!

Love this seed company!

Because I have grown plants commercially for 25 years and buy in large quantity, I depend on my seed vendors to supply top quality seeds. I buy only from companies with outstanding service and excellent seeds.

Victory Seeds is now #1 of the top 3 most reliable seed companies I buy from. Superior germination, great packaging, fast shipping, competitive pricing. The larger, easy-opening packets make it easy for my employees to access and sow the seeds -- fast and efficient. The plastic enclosure for seeds shows me immediately how many seeds I have in stock. Just can't go wrong with these guys; Victory has been around a long time for a really good reason.

I was searching for some seeds and came across Victory Seed Company. Prices are excellent! After looking through their website, I made a purchase of seeds of different varieties. I bought some heirloom seeds as I like growing different types of items in my garden, and also put the extras out for others to try. I received the seeds with no issues, and I like the bigger packets as I can handle them better. I cannot wait to get them planted! Some seeds will have to wait for Spring, but that is OK with me as it is something to look forward to during the Winter planning the Spring Garden of veggies! Their shipping costs are very reasonable, and the shipping time was great, very fast. Totally satisfied with my purchases and will buy from them again!

I have been a long time gardener, but poor health precluded me gardening for the last 3 years. This year I was finally able to get started again. Not being able to wait I went through old seeds from years past just to get started again. Victory Seeds, packaged for 2018 and 2019, which had not been properly stored, gave me a 60-70 % germination rate. Victory seeds has long been my go to seed source and will continue to be so as I continue with my 2022 seeds.

I've ordered several times from Victory Seed Company, and I'm pleased with the quality of their products. My go to for beans.

Ordered seeds from Victory Seed last year. Had over 95 percent germination rate across the varieties I planted. Have recently planted some seeds from last year's batch and having over 90 percent germination. This company is now one of my go to ones for the garden.

Just received my first seed order from Victory Seed Co. - fast shipping and great communication about my order status. Too early to plant yet, but seeds look good.

I started using this company because they support the dwarf tomato project. This is a new type of tomatoes and not easily found. The owner adds new ones each year the the project releases them. Then I started buying all my seeds there. They notify you when they are delivered. I definitely recommend them. They are mainly where I buy seeds.

2nd year of ordering most of our garden from VictorySeeds and appreciate the quality service, VERY well done packaging with instructions and moisture control inner bags and the mission and devotion to open pollination varieties that WORK. The biggest surprise... the celery seed varieties changed our appreciation of what "fresh" flavors mean with veggies beyond all others after growing organically in the southeast heat with LOTS of compost and a bit of afternoon shade. And I have a new favorite VictorySeeds hat that will have to compete with my Deere sun hat for favorite gardening SWAG this summer... Keep 'em growing... Victory!

I'm a new gardener just starting out and I placed my order w/ Victory Seeds. Their selection and pricing are very good. I mentioned in the checkout comments that I was new and really liked their selection of seeds. When I received my order they included a hand written note recommending that I try to learn as much as I could and gave me the webgrower.com site as a starting place on my new gardening path. Little things like this are really appreciated and I'll definitely be coming back for more as I ramp up!

I've ordered several times over the past few years and always been very happy with the customer service and quality of the seeds.
Looking forward to ordering again in 2022!

I am extremely pleased with this company's responsiveness to my inquiry about my seed order and their follow-up to a problem caused by the USPS.

Their "order shipped" email included a USPS tracking number. When it looked like the package was delivered in Portland OR, (not my shipping address), I contacted the company by email. Mike responded soon after and followed up with the Post Office. Mike was prompt about getting to the bottom of the problem and communicating with me about it. The USPS had mis-marked the package as delivered when it was really still in transit. I received the package the very next day.

Despite the fact that my order was tiny (a few dollars), he treated my situation as though it was a top priority. What excellent customer service!! I will certainly be ordering from Victory Seed Company again.

I have been a customer for a few years now and have never been disappointed. Ordering is easy, shipping is fast and quality is top notch. I have excellent germination, growth and production from every seed packet I have received and from seeds I have saved. I am also a big fan of The Dwarf Tomato Project. Tiny Tim is in my grow box every year and I add new dwarf varieties each season. I like not having to harvest off of 8 foot plants and the quality, production, and taste are just as good if not better then those larger plants. I recommend your company to anyone who asks me where to purchase seeds from.

I ordered a lot of vegetable seeds from another company in February, which were to ship early March. Then mid-March. Then late March. Then mid-April. Then in early April I found they were shipping the seeds late May. The plants should be in the ground before that. Went back to a couple of companies I've used in the past and they either didn't have what I wanted or were sold out. Went to look at Dave's Garden recommendations and found Victory Seeds, who I've never heard of.
They had most of what I wanted and reasonable substitutes for the others at OK prices. I placed an order on Monday. Tuesday got an acknowledgement. Wednesday told they'd shipped. Today, Thursday, they arrived at lunchtime.
The other company told me that they had their multiple-month delay because of Covid. Clearly from Victory's performance that is not a valid excuse.
I will return and update on how the wee plants come up but at the moment I am very impressed.

Ordered some seed from Victory. Came it a prompt time. Looks to be good.

"On Mar 23, 2021 4:35 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for choosing to garden with Victory Seeds and thank you for sharing about us. Throughout this pandemic, with all of the challenges, we have worked hard at getting folks' seeds mailed out to them as quickly as possible. Thank you again, we hope that you have a great gardening season, and we look forward to being of service to you again in the future. ~Mike"

Wonderful selection of heirlooms I haven't seen before! Quick shipping and great prices. This is my second year ordering from them.

"On Jan 24, 2021 2:08 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts about us with other gardeners. We know that time is a valuable commodity and appreciate yours. Thank you also for noticing the rarity of many of the varieties that we work to protect and keep available to gardeners. Thank you for helping to support our biodiversity preservation work with your orders! ~Mike"

I received my first order of seeds. I love the packaging and the shipping was great. Looking forward to planting the seeds.

"On Jan 24, 2021 2:10 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for choosing Victory Seeds® for your garden this season, for your nice comments, and for helping to support our work with your order. We hope that you have a great year, stay safe, and we look forward to being your garden seed source for years to come! ~Mike"

Good variety of hard to find tomato seeds

"On Jan 24, 2021 2:00 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for your post and for noticing that we work to protect a lot of different, interesting and rare tomato varieties. They are definitely a passion of ours. :) Thank you again for helping to support this biodiversity preservation work with your orders! ~Mike"

Great Seed company. I love the variety they have. I've found some old varieties that were grown in Tennessee back in my grandparents day. I appreciate that I can get the seed and grow the same vegetable my ancestors grew. Always great service, they are one of my top four seed companies I order from each year.

"On Feb 12, 2020 4:15 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for the awesome and well thought out review. You did a great job of illustrating our core mission and whole reason for being ... working to keep interesting, rare, old plant varieties available to gardeners like you. We can only do it with the support your orders provide and also greatly appreciate your word-of-mouth recommendations, like this one. Thank you again, we'll keep working hard at becoming your primary seed source, and we look forward to being of service to you in the future.

~Mike"

Great experience with Victory Seeds. They have a wonderful selection of seeds, many unique heritage seeds I have not seen from other companies. My order was on-time, securely packaged, and they even include smaller plastic bags inside the outer envelope. This was my first experience with Victory Seeds, but I will be a repeat customer!

"On Jan 24, 2020 10:08 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with other gardeners. Working to save interesting, old, endangered varieties and keeping them available to gardeners like you is exactly why I founded the organization over 20 years ago, and it remains our core mission (http://www.victoryseeds.com/aboutus.html#Mission).

As a mission-driven preservation organization, we sell seeds as the primary source of funding for this work . . . so thank you for helping with your purchase!

Thank you again for your review, and for allowing us to be your partner in the garden as your garden seed supplier!

Best Regards,

Mike Dunton
"

I wish I could give them a higher rating. I have had zero issues with their seeds. Prompt shipping and very responsive. I emailed them with a question and had a very detailed response with references within 5 minutes.

"On Jul 9, 2019 5:57 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for taking the time to share with other gardeners about your experience with us and our Victory Seeds®. As a small, mission-driven organization, our focus is on supplying the best quality seeds biologically possible, and educating folks as best as we can.

I can't promise that I will always be sitting here in the office to answer questions within five minutes (I also have to actually farm and raise seeds :) ), but I do try and catch up with correspondence duties in the evenings and on weekends.

Thank you again for your word-of-mouth recommendation and for helping to support our biodiversity preservation work with your orders!

~Mike"

Planted a 40 x 40 garden using moslty Victory Seed. Excellent germination, good growth, absolutely love their seed. Also, if you write to them, a human being will answer you.

Strongly recommended!

"On Jan 24, 2021 2:02 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

I know that I am VERY slow to reply to you, but I just wanted to thank you for your nice review and for helping to support our work with your orders and your word-of-mouth recommendations! Have a great gardening season and we look forward to being of service to you for years to come. ~Mike"

I ordered several varieties of heirloom tomatoes and got 100% germination. I'll be ordering all my seeds from Victory Seed Company next year.

I ordered seeds last year in February. I started the tomato and eggplant indoors; in general, they germinated almost 100%, and within 12 days. (I am a new gardener, so my terms may not be accurate!) The Tiny Tim tomato plants produced well, were about the dize of a dime and had a wonderful flavor. The eggplant produced small, delicious fruit, although I only got 4-5 out of two plants. I am not sure if that is normal, or if it was a problem with my soil/weather, what have you.

This year, I used the same seeds from last year (having stored them in the fridge in tupperware), and I started tomato and eggplant again indoors; so far, all the tomato seeds have germinated after 10 days in the potting soil. I anticipate good returns again. These seeds are absolutely of a high quality, with hardly a dud in any of my packets.

Once I run out, I will absolutely be purchasing seeds again from Victory.

Wonderful prompt service and fast delivery! Less than a week for delivery of my seeds and I'm on the East Coast.

Web site is easy to use, ordered seeds and got them in just a few days, got every thing in one shipment.
I will update this review after I plant these seed this spring

"On Jan 16, 2018 11:59 AM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for taking the time to post about your ordering experience here on the Garden Watchdog, Jeffroky. We greatly appreciate your feedback and your support! Have a great gardening season. ~Mike"

This is a great source for unique seeds. I found some peas I like that have been out of commerce at the large seed vendors. I am particularly impressed with the dwarf tomato plants that produce average size tomatoes!

"On Jan 16, 2018 12:05 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Hi ElenaWill,

Thank you for the kudos and for calling attention to our core mission ... keeping rare and endangered seed varieties available to gardeners. Since our primary source of funding for this work are the seed orders we receive, we greatly appreciate yours.

One comment on the dwarf varieties ... Not only do some of the plants produce average sized fruits, some varieties produce huge tomatoes. And new for 2018 are several varieties that produce loads of small, cherry-type fruits.

Thank you again for your support and we look forward to being of service to you in the years ahead. ~Mike"

I cannot say enough good things about Victory Seed Co.
My first order was placed on a Sunday night (8/6/2017) and I requested that it be sent by USPS 1st class mail. Well was I ever surprised when it was in my mailbox the following Wednesday, 8/9. The seeds were perfectly packaged and the packets themselves had excellent instructions and information. I have total confidence that these seeds are going to perform wonderfully and beat any taste test around.
A side note is that I exchanged a few emails with Mike Dunton (the great grandson of the company's founder) regarding 'how to' and then moving on to this, that, and the other. Not something I would expect from most businesses. Very personable and friendly. Now really. How could anyone ask for more?

Received my first order in March and planted May11th and had an excellent germination rate, a lot better than seeds bought in retail stores in my area. Below are the seeds I planted.

Cherry Belle Radish
Sparkler Radish
White Delicatesse Kohl Rabi
Sugar Snap Pea

A family member introduced me to this company. Placed the initial order for me and I must say I am very pleased. Fast shipping/ great customer service. I have the seeds started right now under my grow light and so far everything seems to be sprouting nicely.

I will be ordering from this company more often. Thank you

I have used this company several times and have had great experiences. The seeds arrive promptly and my orders have always been correct. I really appreciate all the information that they include in their descriptions. Thanks!

"On Apr 8, 2017 2:08 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for sharing about us here on the Garden Watchdog! Your support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to being a partner in the garden as your seed source for years to come!

Best Regards,

~Mike"

Fast shipping - received seeds a few days after ordering. As for customer service? the owner himself wrote to be regarding a concern. Will update at end of summer how the seeds fared. I would definitely order from here again.

"On Mar 4, 2017 5:32 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for taking the time to post about your experience with us thus far and I hope that I was able to address any concerns or answer your questions. Le me know if we can be of further assistance and I hope that you have a great gardening season!

Best Regards,

~Mike"

Placed my first order and just received my seeds. I am pleased with how the seeds look and the packaging. Seeds were priced well. Now we'll see what the seeds produce. Stay tuned.

"On Mar 4, 2017 5:34 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for your feedback and let us know if we can be of any further assistance.

Have a great gardening season!

~Mike"

This is my third spring ordering seeds from Victory. My orders have been shipped promptly. The seeds have had great germination rates. I found the prices for seed packets were slightly lower than other similar companies for the same varieties. The shipping fees are reasonable too.

"On Jan 21, 2017 1:25 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you for helping to support our seed variety preservation work with your orders and for choosing Victory Seeds® for your garden.

Thank you also taking the time to share about us with other gardeners here at the Garden Watchdog. It is all greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

~Mike"

We grew from seed for the first time last year and were a little nervous about the process. We wanted non-gmo, organic, clean seeds and Victory seemed like a great fit. I love that they are a small, family owned farm and they grow all their own seeds. The selection was excellent, we got a prompt receipt of our order, and the seeds were shipped quickly with a nice note. We over-planted the seeds certain we'd have first-year hiccups. Everything took! We wound up with 30 tomato plants (Amish paste and brandywine) and they all did amazing. Huge, healthy, and high yielding! My only complaint is I nearly got heat exhaustion trying to can them all in the August heat. We planted other seeds as well (cucumbers, peppers, melons) and they all did fantastic. We're sticking with Victory from now on!

"On Jan 9, 2017 4:57 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for leaving the nice post and congrats on making the jump to gardening from seeds!

I am sure that there are a lot of folks out there who have been too nervous to try, so maybe your experience will help to encourage them.

Thank you again for helping to support our seed variety preservation work with your order and we look forward to being of service to you for years to come!

Best Regards,

~Mike

"

Posted on March 3, 2016, updated December 12, 2016
Posted on January 13, 2016, updated March 3, 2016
I had never bought from this company before, but looking at the ratings here, I was pretty confident they were worth doing business with. Are they surely are! This company has a lot of the new Dwarf tomato seeds I have been looking for. There are 13 varieties that I placed in my order online, but before I hit the place the order button, I have a question about this type of tomato, so I emailed the company, and got a answer back in my email with a in depth detail answer, in less than 3 hours. Very impressive, especially during this busy time of year. I placed my order and it was in my mailbox 7 days later. Great service, great prices and fast shipping. Victory Seeds - hats off to you, for doing a great job! I will be placing plant of orders with you in the future!

"On Jan 13, 2016 1:51 PM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a detailed description of your purchasing experience with us. I think that reviews like yours really help gardeners make informed decisions and form the basis of our primary method of "advertising" . . . word-of-mouth.

I am glad that I was able to help (and really glad that I replied to your email quickly). As a bit of a disclaimer, as you pointed out it is our busy season and as a small organization, I wear a lot of hats here. So although I try to reply to emails, CRM messages and various social media questions quickly, I can at times be a bit slower responding than you experienced.

Regarding the seed order turn-around time . . . Thankfully folks do not have to wait for me on those :) We have a great crew that works hard at getting orders mailed out in 1 to 3 business days.

Thank you again for your post and for helping to support our seed variety preservation work with your order. We look forward to being your garden seed supplier and being of service to you in the future.

~Mike"

Quick delivery of exact products ordered. This is my 2nd time ordering through Victory Seed Company. Last time, seeds produced great quality veggies! I'm looking forward to the same this time around.

"On Oct 18, 2016 9:11 AM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Although we are not perfect, we do try really hard. :) Providing the highest quality seeds we possibly can, as well as getting folks their orders quickly and accurately, is an integral part of our mission.

Thank you so much for recognizing our efforts and for sharing your experiences with other gardeners here at the Garden Watchdog. Your support and your comments are greatly appreciated!

~Mike"

I have ordered from Victory Seed Company numerous times, and never had a problem. This time, however, the friendly folks at the Post Office saw fit to lose my order, one which was time-sensitive for planting. I emailed the folks at Victory Seed and they promptly tracked the shipment and sent me the tracking number. For some reason, our friends at the Post Office seemed less than enthusiastic when I contacted them. In the meantime, Victory Seeds had duplicated my order and shipped it, with instructions to me to refuse the first order if it should ever show up ( which it hasn't yet). Long story short, I got the seed in time to plant it due to the proactive folks at Victory Seed. I will continue to do business with these folks, and will probably order from them exclusively from now on. Great doing business with them!

"On Jun 14, 2016 11:58 AM, Victory Seed Company responded with:

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with other gardeners here at the GWD. We do work hard at getting folks' orders out to them quickly since as gardeners ourselves, we know that timing is everything!

We hope that you have a great gardening season and look forward to being your garden seed supplier for years to come!

Best,

~Mike"