Every packet of seeds that I receive, from any source, gets cycled through the freezer. (Even seeds that I collect from my own garden.) I think of it as operational security for my garden. There's no sense (re)introducing bugs into my garden when it's such a simple mindless task to toss them into the freezer for a few days. This is particularly critical for beans, peas, corn, nuts, and sunflowers. I'll gladly sacrifice a few percentage points of germination potential in order to deal - in such a simple way - with bugs.
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