The scoop on 'Marianna's Heirloom Seeds (formerly Pomodori di Marianna)'

I grow specialty tomatoes for the upscale restaurant market trade which means I buy a lot of tomato seeds online. My seed buying experiences range from abysmal (slow shipping, orders never arriving, zero/poor germination, seeds mislabeled, etc.) to as superb as it gets and I put Marianna's seeds in that catagory. Seeds arrive promptly, labeled and packaged well, and "out-germinate" (not sure if that's a word but nonetheless...) all other seeds planted at the same time. I start all the seeds I buy at approximately the same time. I use warming mats and peat pellets. Marianna's seeds germinate just about twice as fast as the other seeds from different vendors do. Those seedlings average 3 inches of height on other seedlings at about 3 weeks of age. I can only tell you that I have had numerous seed-buying dissappointments over the years and it is really a treat to have a vendor who does everything right. If you are looking for tomato seeds, look no further. Marianna's seeds wil not disappoint you. Mary in Wyoming

Marianna's offers a great selection of very interesting tomatoes. We love reading through their site and viewing the beautiful photos in the gallery. After placing our first order with them we were pleasantly surprised to receive our seeds only two days later! Now that's fast service.

We're looking forward to growing out these seeds, as well as trying some of the other many interesting selections she offers. We'll definitely order from this company again.

Ordered online, received my seeds two days later with a free packet of pepper seeds. Great germination. Will order again from mariseeds.

I ordered tomato seeds from Marianna's seeds and my order was in my mail box within 3 days. I had a question and a missing item, she responded to my email within 24 hours and the missing seeds were in my mail box within 3 days. I am very pleased with this company so far. I will add to this posting after I have had the opportunity to grow and sample the tomatoes.

Good selection of many of the "currently popular" OP varieties of tomatoes that aren't always readily available from many of the other companies. Fabulous selection of peppers and eggplant as well. Consistently prompt and courteous; just a pleasure to deal with.

I ordered seeds 15 days ago. Site says preferred, safest, and FASTEST payment method is PayPal ... I paid with PayPal 15 days ago; per PayPal money was transferred 15 days ago. No seeds. No order confirmation. No communication for Mariseeds. I've sent 3 emails requesting order confirmation and status. No response. I now must resort to opening a dispute with PayPal in the hopes of getting my money back. HORRIBLE COMPANY, HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE!

Prior to ordering I emailed a question and got a personal response with an answer - Great support!

I ordered seeds on 2/10/05, and got them on 2/14/05. Fast service!

I ordered seeds from this company two weeks ago, and received them in good condition in about 10 days. I'll post later about the germination. Website is easy to use.

Marianne Jones was very helpful in recommending particular heirloom tomatoes. Great communications with this Dealer. My order was received in less than a week.

Very large selection of tomatoes, got my order in two weeks. I plan to send in another order for some hard to get varieties.

A great selection of heirloom tomatoes. My order arrived within 2 weeks.

Good website, great selection, quality seeds. On line ordering and easy payments through PayPal. I will be dealing with them again.

Great company to order from -- they have quite a few of the more unusual and hard to find tomato and pepper varieties. Prices are quite reasonable and my order arrived promptly. Germination so far is very good, I'd be happy to order from them again next year.

Last year I saw a story about Marianne Jones in our local paper, and thought I'd try several of her pepper and tomato seeds this year. The seeds arrived very promptly, and had good germination. The prices were reasonable; the only downside is getting in your order - I had to mail it in after several unsuccessful attempts to fax it in. She only accepts phone orders one morning a week. Online ordering would be great.

I ordered from Pomodori di Marianna; the seeds arrived promptly.