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Little-TON - Colorado

Germinated.....Looking for a feel of germination rates on older seeds that are coming out of the closet..........hmmmm

8 year old Ciliberto was my first to germinate last year last year seed shell was noted to be a bit softer but the first one up.......

12/13/2007 2:35:32 PM

Indiana

I did 14 year old seeds a few years back

10+ years less than 10% germination rate unless from someone that stored them in the fridge or freezer...almost indefinitely after that

12/13/2007 3:39:34 PM

Mn

frige frezzer best way to store tom?

12/13/2007 4:51:06 PM

Long Island,New York

13 years

12/13/2007 6:51:05 PM

That State Up North

15 years
If I had an 827 Holland I bet it would germinate even though it was a 1992 seed. Some seeds were just meant to grow.

Comming out of very dry freezer storage is the only way on old seeds. 10+ years of room temp and humidity will be near 1% germination.

12/13/2007 7:46:31 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Good to hear, I recently won a set of squash seeds from the GPC online auction. It includes a 900 Lyons, which is from 1994 I think.

Would be nice to get that growing.

12/15/2007 8:19:58 AM

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I've had '99 seeds pop just fine as recently as this year so 6 years is my personal best. My older seeds I haven't yet had the nerve to try.

12/15/2007 10:31:07 AM

Pumpkintown, SC

I reset the SC State Record with one of those 1992 827 Holland seeds in 2006.
I'll be germing another one this next season. Time to bump that record up again. BF

12/16/2007 12:29:08 PM