Delivery
We can only send seeds within the UK. We can no longer export outside of the UK.
We can now send bulk seed orders only to Northern Ireland, if you have a professional operators number.
We still cannot send fruits, potatoes, onions/shallot sets or pictorial packets to Northern Ireland.
A £15 + VAT admin fee will be applied to Northern Ireland orders due to the increased paperwork.
For orders 2kg and under will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class. Our charge for this is £6 + VAT. For heavier orders up to 25kg, these will need to be sent with a courier. Our costs for standard UK Mainland postcodes is £8.20 + VAT (£9.84) per delivery.
We offer free delivery to these areas for each delivery which is over £80.
Garlic and Shallots, Autumn Planting Onions, Spring Planting Onions, Seed Potatoes, Fruits and Seeds will all come as separate deliveries.
Couriers charge a surcharge for deliveries to certain areas.
Our costs are:
AB37+, DD10, FK17-FK99, G83, HS1-HS9, IM, IV, KA27+, KW1-18, KY17+, GY, JE, PA20-PA78, PH15-PH50, TR21-TR24 and ZE postcodes = £21.30 + VAT.
Isle of Wight (PO30-PO41 postcodes = £10.30 + VAT
Northern Ireland = £13.70 + VAT.
Prices are per 25kg.
We despatch fruit twice a year; in March and November.
Product
The best time to plant autumn onion sets is between 15th September and 15th October. In milder areas, later dates are advised as a major cause of bolting is due to planting too early, as sets planted too early go into the winter at a forward stage of development and are prone to bolt in the Spring.
Peas Meteor and Douce Provence, Beans Aquadulce Claudia and Witkiem Manita.
Sowing dates – Southern Counties second week in November and a week or so earlier in Northern Counties.
Sow under cold protection in November, harden off in March two weeks before planting out.
In most areas, a November direct sowing is worth a try as we have found this very successful on our farm here at Kelvedon, Essex, UK.
If you still have questions not answered here please click here and fill in our online enquiries form.
This is not uncommon when the plants have come under stress at some period in the growing cycle.
This problem only usually affects the first flush of flowers and as the plant develops further, double flowers will appear.
Orders & General FAQ's
Our minimum order value is £20, excluding postage for all commercial orders.
Website Orders: You can place an order easily on our website. As well as online ordering, you can order via email, phone, post or via your sales rep.
Email Orders: Please send us a list of products, product codes and quantities to us at sales@kingsseeds.com.
Postal Orders: The above information should be sent to:
Kings Seeds,Monks Farm,
Coggeshall Road,
Kelvedon,
Essex,
CO5 9PG
Telephone Orders: You can place a telephone order on 01376 570000 during our working hours. (Monday to Friday, from 9am–12:30, and 1:30pm–5pm). Excludes bank holidays.
Yes, our range of organic seed comes from our sister company Suffolk Herbs, and are certified by the soil association. Please note that we are unable to offer graded seed of any of the organic varieties at the present time. You can view our organic certificate here.
No. All of our images are copyrighted. If you are a stockist, then we can supply images of our pictorial packets that you can use. Please find the links to our pictorial packets here.
As of the 2nd September 2025, we have a new website. Unfortunately this means that all customers will need to reset their password before logging in for the first time. You can do this by going to My Account, click the password link and wait for the email.