Seeds companies are “seeing unprecedented levels of customer interest.'
NITRO, W.Va. -- The sweet peppers were picked over, the tomatoes were taken and the flowers were fixing to be next. The empty spots on the store's display were starting to outnumber the full ones.
Seeds companies are “seeing unprecedented levels of customer interest,” said Kelly Funk, president of Park Seed parent J&P Park Acquisitions.Burpee Seeds chairman George Ball said this year's buying spree is “so different that it’s unrecognizable in terms of just the sheer demand.Johnny’s Selected Seeds stopped taking orders from home gardeners a few weeks back and is only accepting commercial farm orders through April 28.
Obenchain, who has an asthma-like condition, didn’t want to risk her health or others by going to a store. And individual orders at seed websites in Canada is discouraged due to high demand, she said. Eventually she was able to obtain some from a friend who is a master gardener.
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