What Are Some Of The Most Valuable Types Of Seed?
While being able to track down what is the single most expensive seed ever bought is a little tricky there are a number of types of seed that certainly appear to be the most expensive to buy. Seeds are always more expensive than they look like they should be because they are indeed small, but seeds grow into things which can be worth a great deal to the right buyer. Here are a few examples:
Cucumber
Believe it or not cucumber seeds are expensive. This is because if you think of the last time you cut open a cucumber, did you see any seeds? Not really I suspect as UK cucumbers are practically seedless, as the faint seed like blobs in the middle just merge into the rest of the vegetable. For this reason buying cucumber seeds is a lot more expensive than most veg as they are not produced in every cucumber and need to be sourced separately.
Salvia Divinorum
Salvia Divinorum is a psychotropic herb related to the sage or mint family that has been used for centuries by a Mazatec Indians in Mexico who would smoke or chew leaves to induce hallucinations that would apparently either cure or tell them how to cure ailments. This now famous herb has expensive seeds because it normally reproduces using a creeper method where branches hang down and germinate new plants where they hit the ground, normally negating the need for seeds to be produced. When they are produced they get snapped up like hot cakes so are generally very expensive.
Cannabis
The notorious herb is a favourite amongst teenagers, the bane of many police officers lives and a bit of fun for some open minded people at a party. Cannabis seeds are surprisingly tricky to produce though as male plants need to be treated with a silver solution to get them to turn female before they will produce seeds. Plus every seed strain produces a very different plant with a range of properties from lowryder seeds to white widow, so when there is a particularly popular type of cannabis, the price of its seeds tend to be high.
Sunflower Seeds
Bit of a cheat this one: a recent fixture in the big room at the Tate Modern in London was a massive field of hand painted porcelain sunflower seeds. They have been in the news of late as their creator Ai Weiwei has been arrested in China and his seeds are being sold off by the kilogram for a mighty high price.
Sam Qam is a collector of cannabis seeds. He has a huge selection of feminized seeds and he has recently gained a selection of lowryder seeds.
