ned wrote:

"the swede" wrote in message
...
:
: If I open a packet of parsnip seeds and do not use all of them.
Will I
: be able to use them at a later date?

Parsnips are renowned for their poor germination rate and the longer
you
keep them the more they deteriorate. Better to get fresh seed if you
meant
to keep them for a good while in spite of the distant 'use by date'
that I
see is even on parsnip packets these days.

Last year I sowed some old parsnip seeds in toilet roll tubes in the
greenhouse (it's much more reliable to sow indoors than to sow straight
into the garden). The three-year-old 'Tender and True' did not
germinate at all; the two-year-old F1 'Gladiator' germinated very well.

Rhiannon