Anyone bought from North Coast Genetics?

Brian804 · May 17, 2026

Anyone have any experience with them? Mostly heirlooms/landraces, which is what I'm after over all this modern, washed-out, muddied-up, feminized, overly-hybridized junk, and they're US-based so no Customs to deal with for me.

Thanks

GNick55 · Jun 2, 2026

Brian804 said:
Anyone have any experience with them? Mostly heirlooms/landraces, which is what I'm after over all this modern, washed-out, muddied-up, feminized, overly-hybridized junk, and they're US-based so no Customs to deal with for me.

Thanks

not sure about them, looks like every single picture advertising the landrace heirloom seeds, the plants look to be grown by a 5 yr old,.. burnt tips, over fed, under fed, so on,. i wouldn’t trust them,.

orggrwr · Jun 2, 2026

The Real Seed Co. is my go to for landrace seeds. I think they are based in Spain but I have ordered twice from them with no problem. Seeds come very discretely packaged. Currently growing their Highland Laos, Cretan, and Kandahar.

Oldchucky · Jun 2, 2026

orggrwr said:
The Real Seed Co. is my go to for landrace seeds. I think they are based in Spain but I have ordered twice from them with no problem. Seeds come very discretely packaged. Currently growing their Highland Laos, Cretan, and Kandahar. View attachment 2679944

The UK! But Spain is close enough! never had a problem with TRSC. He always seems to get them through! Have used the land race team also with no problems. They ship from Greece or Italy. Mine came from Greece. Some of North Coast stuff is pretty pricey! Haven’t tried them. PayPal is the way to go as they do the currency conversions for you when buying overseas. The only downside to TRSC is they don’t really have a worldwide selection! But anytime international borders are involved there is a certain risk of them getting confiscated! You pays your money and you takes your chances! North Coast maybe all right! Let us know how it turns out if you use them!orggrwr has cretan, Nick did Kalamata red, finally! and I’ve done Arcadian! Looks like we have greece covered!

Brian804 · Jun 6, 2026

GNick55 said:
not sure about them, looks like every single picture advertising the landrace heirloom seeds, the plants look to be grown by a 5 yr old,.. burnt tips, over fed, under fed, so on,. i wouldn’t trust them,.

Because "every single picture" advertising modern, poly-hybrids all look so different from each other and are all grown by experts...

orggrwr said:
The Real Seed Co. is my go to for landrace seeds. I think they are based in Spain but I have ordered twice from them with no problem. Seeds come very discretely packaged. Currently growing their Highland Laos, Cretan, and Kandahar. View attachment 2679944

I'll check 'em out again. I think that was one of the overseas ones that I almost pulled the trigger on before I got anxious about Customs. 'Preciate the reply.

Oldchucky said:
The UK! But Spain is close enough! never had a problem with TRSC. He always seems to get them through! Have used the land race team also with no problems. They ship from Greece or Italy. Mine came from Greece. Some of North Coast stuff is pretty pricey! Haven’t tried them. PayPal is the way to go as they do the currency conversions for you when buying overseas. The only downside to TRSC is they don’t really have a worldwide selection! But anytime international borders are involved there is a certain risk of them getting confiscated! You pays your money and you takes your chances! North Coast maybe all right! Let us know how it turns out if you use them!orggrwr has cretan, Nick did Kalamata red, finally! and I’ve done Arcadian! Looks like we have greece covered!

Took a chance on NCG and ordered a fiver of Durban Poison. We'll see, I guess...

Anyone bought from North Coast Genetics?

Anyone bought from North Coast Genetics?

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