old seeds
Marguerite English (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:05:50 PDT)

I found a package of seeds, including some old BX seeds, while
cleaning this winter, and decided to try some of them before I threw
them out. Good thing! I planted 5 pkts of Romulea species and 2 of
Lachenalia from BX 5, sent in August, 2002. They all germinated and I
have full pots of small seedlings growing strongly. I was amazed at
the excellent germination rate from seeds so old. What a miracle
geophyte seeds are! Now to try the remainder.

I have also been planting some 2-3 year old seeds for herbaceous
plant for my garden club plant sale. Only about half of those
germinated. (Don't ask; I'm too lazy to do germination tests with
paper towels and so on!)