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Ancient chilli peppers
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message .207... The important bit from Si's point of view is: "However, recent studies showed extended longevity of vegetable seeds once stored (15 to 30 years) in ambient temperatures at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and are now stored at the National Seed Storage Laboratory at -18oC (0F). For example, tomato seeds stored for 60 years germinated 82%, pea seeds stored for 51 years germinated 94%, and pepper seed stored for 51 years germinated 28%. These data suggest that the longevity of seed can be extended if proper storage conditions are utilized. " Awesome peas! That's incredible, isn't it? To think that's there's some sort of life process going on in there for that length of time - just waiting for a drop of rain. Amazing! Sounds like there is a chance of germination for the 40-year chillis, assuming low moisture and heat for the storage. I'd guess the moisture content must have been pretty low or they'd have disintegrated, but I guess if they were dried somewhere quite warm chances aren't so good. Well, the chillies themselves were extremely crispy and the seeds look in good condition, i.e. not disintegrating, so we shall see... Si |
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