Outsidepride Magic Carpet Creeping Thyme Seeds - 500 Pcs. Perennial, Fragrant, & Drought Tolerant Ground Cover Seeds for Planting Pink Flowers in Pathways, Slopes & Pollinator-Friendly Landscaping

very slow starting. plant seeds sparingly. the grow together more than you think they do

I bought multiple seed packets of varying kinds from this company and not one of them yielded anything. I have a small greenhouse in my backyard I've used to populate my yard with other plants, so I know a thing or two about growing. Shown in the photo is the giant batch of weeds that grew where I planted these creeping thyme seeds around flagstones. What you see are weeds that look just like the weeds others have posted photos of that grew from these packets. Either none of these seeds germinated and weeds grew perfectly in the pattern I scattered the seeds in, or what was in this packet was simply weed seeds. To make matters worse, because it takes time for seeds to be planted and grow, by the time I realized these were just weeds the refund window had passed, and Amazon refused to issue a refund! I blew more than a hundred bucks buying seeds from this company which only yielded weeds, got none of my money back, and now I'm having a landscaper come by in a week to rip out all these weeds. What a great Amazon experience. Please, heed my words and do not buy these, my guess is they have an overseas supplier that's ripping them off. I ignored the bad reviews myself, hoping for the best; I was a fool.

I do not have a green thumb, but that doesn't stop me from trying. The seed packet says these germinate in 2-3 weeks, but here it is the morning of day 7 and I have tiny seedlings! Of the four different seeds I ordered from Outside Pride this time (Irish Moss, Creeping Thyme, Eidelweiss, Sedum), only the Irish Moss has yet to germinate. I'm not using grow lights. I am putting them out in the morning sun around 8am. If it's a hot, sunny day, I move them into the shade before noon. If it's overcast, I leave them. I bring them in around 5-6 pm when it starts getting cool. So far so good! I didn't count either the seeds in the packet or how many I planted, so I can't comment on the germination rate. I'm just trying a six-pack at a time due to my lack of green thumb. My order arrived promptly (2-3 days). I love Outside Pride and usually order directly from their website. You can sometimes find coupon codes on their Facebook page. This time I ordered soil and other seeds from other vendors, so it was convenient to add these to my cart. Highly recommended. Photos are from this morning, day 7.

Maybe I didnt plant them quite right or water them correctly, but they seem difficult to grow. A few came up and then died.

I’m obviously not a gardening pro, but I do know math. And that has caused me to question the credibility and/or editing skills of those who package and sell this product. The product description on Amazon reads, “Sow at 1/8 lb (1,000 seeds) per 5,000 square feet.” The back of the packet of 500 seeds lists the following: 1) “Seeding Rate - 500 seeds per 10 sq. ft.; and 2) Plant Spacing - 12 inches.” If you follow the instructions on Amazon, you would plant 1 seed every 5 square feet. Following the seeding rate on the packet, you would plant 50 seeds per square foot, or 250 (not 1) per 5 square feet! The 12-inch spacing rule adds to the confusion. Once you see the size of the seeds, you realize it’s destined to be a garden crapshoot.

I bought these Magic Carpet Thyme seeds along with the standard pinkish colored Thymus Serpyllum and over-sowed them in 12 starter cells each (24 total) using good starting mix soil by MiracleGro. I sprinkled roughly 20 seeds in each cell. After 6 days they are starting to come up but these particular ones are not coming up nearly as much. The standard creeping thyme produced 105 total plants so far (about 8 per cell) and these magic carpet ones only produced 14. Some of the cells have not produced any yet. I guess 1000 seeds should give me what I need even with the low germination rate but I was hoping for the same rate as the standard ones.

Please be aware of the soil conditions needed first! I ordered so many seeds that I didn't check this one. NO, it does not thrive in acidic soils! That means sphagnum and most organic compost. I corrected the situation after sowing. I am using baking soda water and a little azomite dust but no guarantee. I will order more of these and do it right but please don't make my mistake and then write a bad review. These are flowering plants and most prefer acidic but not these. I'm surprised I got any at all to germinate. My track record with this company is about 80%, with the 20% being my own soil mistakes!

$10 for 1 package of seeds seeds was not worth the price. Not not every seed grows which is expected but some of them should have grown.