Blueberry Fruit & Berry Seeds Packet
Blueberry seeds for the kitchen garden that intends to actually produce blueberry this year. Growing blueberries from seed is a commitment of several years, which is also a reasonable description of blueberry jam.
Blueberry is the iconic summer berry that requires patience, acidic soil, and the ability to net it before the birds discover it. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.
How to Grow Blueberry from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Sow surface on acidic mix at 21-24C. Germination slow -- 4-8 weeks. Stratify in cold for 3 months first.
Care and Harvest
Acidic soil essential (pH 4.5-5.5). Full sun. Net against birds. Takes 2-3 years to fruit.
Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer
Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
About the Packaging
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
Description
Blueberry seeds for the kitchen garden that intends to actually produce blueberry this year. Growing blueberries from seed is a commitment of several years, which is also a reasonable description of blueberry jam.
Blueberry is the iconic summer berry that requires patience, acidic soil, and the ability to net it before the birds discover it. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.
How to Grow Blueberry from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Sow surface on acidic mix at 21-24C. Germination slow -- 4-8 weeks. Stratify in cold for 3 months first.
Care and Harvest
Acidic soil essential (pH 4.5-5.5). Full sun. Net against birds. Takes 2-3 years to fruit.
Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer
Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
About the Packaging
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
