On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:15:38 AM UTC-4, Ecnerwal wrote:
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Pepper seeds in particular. I harvest my own seeds from grocery store peppers

and the ones I grow. Are the seeds from 2011 still going to be viable in

January when I start my plants? I will have some from this years crop but I

think I may have waited too long and will not have all the varieties.

Thanks

MJ



Depends on how they are stored - and the only real way to know is to try

them. If you have excess seed from the 2011 batch you could run a

germination test - if not, either buy seeds or just give them a try when

the time comes.



Tomato seeds have very long viability - I've gotten 90% out of 10 year

old packets stored less than ideally. I dislike peppers of all sorts, so

I don't grow them, so I have no idea how long their seeds might last.



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I store all my seeds (after drying) in plastic vials with lids on a dark shelf. Think medicine bottles.
MJ