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A sprout seller can also get away with selling less pure seed because the sprouts of related plants, are often near indistinguishable from each other as sprouts so this cuts down on the cost or land space needed to isolate things that cross pollinate.

Otherwise, it's the same seed IF the seller is being honest just that when a customer is buying a packet of seeds instead of a farmer buying many lb (or tons) at a time, why give the customer too much seed so they won't come back and buy more? It is mostly marketing.

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