Crop King Seeds Review 2020

Crop King Seeds Review: Crop King Seeds are a great choice of seed bank if you live in Canada or the USA. They have a good selection of strains and fast shipping times, which is all backed up by an 80% germination guarantee. However, Crop King’s seed prices are a little on the high end, and I don’t recommend them for anyone living outside the US or Canada.

Continue reading this Crop King Seeds review to discover the pros and cons of ordering from them, and to see how they stack up against the best seed banks in the world.

Crop King Seeds Pros

Crop King Seeds Cons

Are There Better Seed Banks To Use?

This Crop King Seeds Review is part of my Best Online Seed Banks series, where I have been thoroughly testing and comparing the most popular seed banks.

I tested them on things like customer service, germination guarantees, strain selection, shipping times, reliability.

I then ranked them – here are the results:

Crop King Seed Bank Review

About Crop King Seeds

Established in 2005, Crop King Seeds is a Canadian seed bank that has been heavily involved in curating seeds for almost a decade.

In 2012 they began their first retail partnership but have since grown to over 100 locations now selling their seeds worldwide.

Since its beginning, CKS has been dedicated to quality and genetic strength when it comes to strain selection.

According to their site, they have formed partnerships with some of the world’s most respected breeders to bring customers the highest quality seeds.

Seed Quality – 4/5

Let’s start this Crop King Seeds Review by talking about seed quality

Crop King Seeds have built a strong seed quality reputation, but if you search around enough you’ll find mixed experiences.

To their credit, more than half of their customers report successful grows which indicates their seed quality is generally good.

Additionally, unlike most seed banks, Crop King Seeds offers a germination rate guarantee of 80% in case of failure.

The thing that makes me hesitate, however, is some of the online reviews on Trustpilot.

Some customers report bad germination rates or the wrong seeds being sent.

There are also reports of issues trying to get replacements sent out.

Don’t get me wrong – there is an equal amount of positive reviews there too, so take everything with a grain of salt.

Overall I recommend some caution, and to read through all the reviews before making your decision!

Strain Selection – 4/5

Strain selection is generally limited with Crop King Seeds, although that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

They have some amazing strains and a good mix of regular, feminized, and auto-feminized varieties.

They also have a section for high-CBD and CBD-only strains, something medicinal patients will appreciate.

The Crop King website is a bit dated, but since they have limited strains it’s at least easy to get through them.

Overall I think CKS is going for quality over quantity, but I feel as though they could expand somewhat.

Customer Service – 3/5

Next up in my Crop King Seeds Review is customer service.

As I mentioned earlier, there are mixed reports about Crop King Seeds’ customer service.

On the one hand, they are accessible, with phone and online chat support lines manned by actual employees.

I tested the chat out and spoke to Lisa who was most definitely not a bot.

On the other hand, I have to be honest though – I wasn’t very impressed.

Within a minute her responses made it sound as though I was bothering her with my questions.

After I took a few seconds to type back, she offered that I should “move along” if I didn’t have anything else to ask as she was “busy”.

Some of the Trust Pilot reviews I mentioned also detail customer service attitude when issues come up.

Interpret that how you want to, but for me personally it’s a red flag as it reminds me of previous bad experiences elsewhere.

Customer Reviews 4/5

One nice feature on their website is the strain reviews from customers under each strain page.

The presentation could be improved, but the reviews still contain some great information to help set expectations for each strain.

In terms of reviews of the company itself, people either seem to love CKS or hate them.

No really – their Trustpilot Reviews are almost evenly split between excellent and bad!

I took the time to search online, and found forum posts as well were about the same.

Some people had no issues at all – some promised never to shop there again.

I’m not going to solve this debate in this review, but thought it was important to show the full picture!

Payment Methods – 4/5

Crop King Seeds offers a few payment methods, including Visa/MasterCard, cash and Bitcoin. If you live in Canada they will also accept bank transfers.

Unlike some other seed banks, they do not accept checks, money orders, Western Union, or international bank transfers.

For those of you with American Express, you’ll also need to find a different method of payment.

Shipping – 5/5

Crop King Seeds offers a few different levels of flat rate shipping depending on where you live.

If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you are able to choose either $10 regular mail, or $30 express mail that includes tracking.

Australian and New Zealand are only given the option of $20 regular mail.

If you live in the rest of the world you only have the option of $30 regular mail, however, this does also include tracking.

If that seems a bit complicated don’t worry – it’s very straight forward at checkout and you can’t go wrong.

To some this a bit pricey for “just some seeds”, but CKS is putting that money too good use as we’ll discuss next!

Discretion – 5/5

As far as I can tell, when it comes to discretion there are few seed banks out there taking it more seriously.

If you live in Canada (where seeds are legal) your order arrives in an unmarked envelope that is more than enough to protect your privacy.

For the rest of the world, CKS goes to great lengths to ensure that your seeds are seen only by you.

Whether tucked inside a flashlight or rolled up in a pen, your order is hidden away inside everyday objects to keep prying eyes away.

It may seem like overkill, but I definitely rest easier when a seed bank takes this extra step and not all do.

Crop King Seeds also accepts cash by mail and Bitcoin – both great ways to further increase discretion.

Finally, they are one of the few seedbanks that have a prominent policy of not saving your payment information on file.

With insanely stealthy shipping and privacy-oriented payment methods, CKS gets five stars for discretion.

Discounts & Promotions – 3.5/5

No Crop King Seeds Review would be complete if I didn’t mention what kinds of promotions they offer.

As far as I can tell, Crop King Seeds doesn’t have any regular discounts or promotions.

If they do, they don’t make it obvious and I couldn’t find anything shared recently on social media.

There isn’t a coupon box on the checkout page either, so if you find any coupons on the web you can ignore them.

Since other seed banks have prominent and competitive discounts on a regular basis, I’m only giving Crop King Seeds 2 out of 5 stars here.

Update: In the past few months I feel like Crop Kings has stepped up their discount game because I’ve definitely noticed a few more discount codes floating around the internet recently.

Crop King Seeds Questions

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Conclusion – Crop King Seed Bank Review

I hope you’ve found this Crop King Seeds Review helpful.

Overall, Crop King Seeds is a decent Seed Bank if you’re based in Canada and want fast shipping times.

They are the best Canadian seed bank I have reviewed by far, with high-quality strains and improving customer service.

However, anyone outside of Canada will want to avoid them due to their high shipping cost.

If you’re on a budget and don’t mind waiting a bit longer for your seeds, I would recommend Seedsman

If you live outside of Canada, I would recommend ILMG

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