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Seed viability: will my packet of old seeds still germinate?

10 September 20204 January 2019

L-R: Broad bean, Fennel and Pumpkin seeds This is an update of a 2015 post. I’ve done some new searching for seed viability info and have found two more. So I’ve added those, tidied up the post, and fixed some …

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Categories Germination, Seed Saving, Seed Viability, Seeds

A discovery of seedlings

26 April 2018

Checking out my plants today, I made a discovery of seedlings. Pulsatilla vulgaris Why is this so exciting? Because all I did was chuck (I mean it, chuck) a few of the fluffy seeds last summer into a container with …

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Categories Allium, Hardy Perennial, Hardy Plant Society, Seeds

Feeling seedy

27 January 2018

I’m feeling rather seedy. No, not that type of seedy. The growing seeds type of seedy. This week the seeds I ordered from the annual Hardy Plant Society (HPS) Seed Distribution Scheme, arrived. As a member, for only £5 (to cover …

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Categories Hardy Plant Society, Ornamental garden, Seeds

Seed viability: 2015 update

18 August 20207 January 2015

Update 5th January 2019: please see the 2019 update to this post When I undertake my annual sorting through my seeds to see whether they are still viable (in date), I cross-check it against the Seed Viability spreadsheet that I …

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Categories Seed Saving, Seed Viability, Seeds, Vegetables

Seed viability

14 August 20203 January 2012

It is the time of year when everyone is looking at ordering new seeds for the growing year. We should also go through our old packets of all seeds to see what we do and don’t have, before we get …

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Categories Seed Saving, Seed Viability, Seeds

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