old seeds
Kenneth Hixson (Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:36:35 PDT)
Dear Members
I suspect the seed companies wanted us to buy new supplies each year and
inferred, by dating their packets with a particular year, that fresh was
needed for germination.
There are federal laws requiring that seed
packages be marked with the year packaged, the
germinating percentage--within six months, I believe
--and country of origin. Supposedly this prevents
seed companies from selling "bad" seed.
Another well intentioned regulation from
"Big Brother". How well the law is enforced is
another matter.
Ken