How Many Seeds Per Ounce or Gram

Many seed packets and mail order catalogs list how many seeds you are buying by the ounce or by the gram, but they don't tell you how many actual seeds you are getting.

The conversions below should help clear this up so you can better estimate how much seed you'll need to buy.

Vegetable Seeds Per Ounce
(28 grams = 1 ounce)

Beets:    1,600
Broccoli:    9,000
Brussels Sprouts:    9,000
Cabbage:    9,000
Carrots:    23,000
Corn:    120-180
Cucumbers:    1,100
Eggplant:    6,500
Lettuce:    25,000
Onions:    8,500
Peas:    90-175
Peppers:    4,500
Pumpkins:    100-300
Radishes:    2,500
Snap Beans:    100-125
Spinach:    2,800
Squash:    120-400
Tomaotes:    11,500

Flower Seeds Per Ounce
(28 grams = 1 ounce)

Blanket Flower:    15,000
Calendula:    3,500
Candytuft:    9,500
Coneflower:    40,000
Cornflower:    6,000
Cosmos:    4,000 - 5,000
Larkspur:    8,000
Marigold:    9,000
Morning glory:    800
Nasturtium:    175
Poppy:    260,000
Stock:    18,500
Strawflower:    45,000
Sunflower:    500-700
Zinnia:    2,500 - 4,000

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