Hi Jan, I think one year is overly careful. I've easily germinated Gladiolus tristis from the EU exchange that was marked as two years old, and some from commercial sources that seemed a lot older. Of course it may depend on the species a lot. Martin -- Martin (pronoun: he) ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>