MM wrote:
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:31:36 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Pam Moore
writes
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:42:17 GMT, "Colin Jacobs"
wrote:

Just bough some Agrostema "Corncockle" for £1.55 to find it has
200 seeds. I only need a dozen plants. Why do you get so many
seeds that you do not use them. Would it not be better to buy
smaller quantityies for a lower price?

I guess most of the cost goes on marketing and packaging, so less
seeds in the packet would not be any cheaper. I agree with you
that
it seems like waste when you get so many more than you need. Can
you find friends to give them to?


Pam in Bristol


I found had loads of seeds over as well so I am starting up a
stand
at the Gardening Club where we can swap the packets. This ay we
get
to try something we wouldn't normally have bought and we don't
waster the seeds. Mind you, many seeds will germinate even if
stored
for a couple of years or more.

I think they last a lot longer than a couple of years. I believe
anything up to 10 years is fairly normal, and ages of 20 or more
years
not unusual. The record is about 50 years for tomato seed,
apparently.

Field poppies phenomenally durable, too. Wouldn't bet on it with
parsnip or parsley, though!

--
Mike.