Seed cost guide: indicative price per kilo by crop (2026)
Indicative wholesale price ranges for tomato, pepper, cucumber, watermelon, melon and forage seed — and what drives them up or down.
Seed pricing is opaque because catalogues rarely show wholesale rates and because price varies dramatically between commodity open-pollinated varieties and elite F1 hybrid genetics. This guide gives indicative ranges so you can sanity-check a quote.
Ranges below are 2026 indicative wholesale, FOB origin, for commercial buyers. Your quoted price will vary by quantity, variety, lot, currency and incoterm.
F1 hybrid greenhouse tomato
USD 0.06–0.25 per seed for indeterminate beefsteak, truss and cocktail hybrids from Dutch and Israeli breeders. Elite proprietary lines can exceed USD 0.40 per seed.
F1 hybrid open-field tomato
USD 0.01–0.05 per seed for determinate hybrids from Indian, Turkish and US breeders. Heat-tolerant lines with strong disease packages sit at the top of the range.
F1 hybrid cucumber
USD 0.05–0.20 per seed for parthenocarpic Beit Alpha and English types; less for monoecious open-field types.
F1 hybrid sweet pepper
USD 0.15–0.50 per seed for blocky bell hybrids from Dutch breeders; long sweet and chili types are typically lower.
Triploid watermelon
USD 0.25–0.55 per seed for seedless triploid hybrids; diploid pollinizers are cheaper.
Forage and field crops
Quoted per kilogram, not per seed. Lucerne (alfalfa) typically USD 4–10/kg wholesale; ryegrass USD 2–5/kg; clover USD 5–15/kg depending on species.
How to use these numbers
If a quote is dramatically below the bottom of the range, ask for the ISTA analysis and the breeder name — cheap seed often means old lots, low germination or unbranded varieties. SeedMatchGroup helps buyers run that triangulation — submit a request via [Get a Quote for Hybrid Vegetable Seeds](/seo/get-a-quote-for-hybrid-vegetable-seeds), [Get a Quote for Tomato Seeds](/seo/get-a-quote-for-tomato-seeds) or [Get a Quote for Cucumber Seeds](/seo/get-a-quote-for-cucumber-seeds).