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Old March 30, 2015   #18
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Donna... I could be wrong, and maybe somebody else will step in, but if they sank to the bottom, I would get them out of the water and planted before they get water logged and rot.

Did you try sowing a few to see if they even needed any kind of treatment? I just sprout a bunch of 2077 and 2009 seed right along some 2013 and the older seeds came up faster than the newer seeds without any treatment.
Donna M. I don't know if you are referring to what I normally do with older seeds, but if you are, and these would be my own saved seeds. Up to 5 yo I would sow normally, from about 5 to 10 years I would double sow if I had enough seeds, and you do, only above about 10 years would I treat the seeds.

And I'll also share with you that I never would treat just 3 seeds if I had as many as you have.

Starlight, congrats on germinating those 2077 seeds, far better than my getting up 22 yo seeds of September Dawn.

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