Thanks, Remy- the specifics in you post helped me understand this better. The pack date should be sufficient then to guarantee adequate germination for that year but there's still no way to know when the seed was produced or how it was stored before the consumer receives it.
I was talking about all kinds of veggie seeds, btw. I'm sure the federal germination standards are available online. So the companies that don't print any dates on seed packets aren't following the law- wow- that's very surprising, then. Guess you've got to go by reputation and your own and others' experiences as described online to gauge who's really following the guidelines- or start saving more of your own seeds.
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