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Old 11-03-2007, 11:57 PM posted to austin.gardening
Jangchub Jangchub is offline
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Default seed expiration?

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:08:36 -0500, "oldhickory"
wrote:

Silly question...how much does age affect seeds ability to germinate?

I have some left over herb seeds from 2005 and 2006. Is it worth trying to
plant or will they fail and are my efforts best spent on buying new and
planting those.

Anyone have experience?


Sometimes greatly reduced germination rates, sometimes not. Seeds are
cheap enough, always best to use fresh seed for sure.