Specifically the basic default seeds are completely useless to me.
After acquiring hundreds of them, I have ran multiple tests using them. There are three factors making them useless.
1 Diminished results
2 Plot placement and spacing
3 Fighting mobs for some plots
Number one is the worst offender. As my knowledge tree has expanded, I almost always get extra herbs and/or higher quality. But with these plots and basic seeds, I consistently get 1-2 poor quality herbs. Why don’t these plots act like normal nodes and vary based on knowledge tree?
In the end, it is more efficient for me to delete these seeds and keep farming reg nodes instead of trying to use them.