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Originally Posted by jtjmartin
My RST-04-106-T seeds arrived. I'm not sure I need to use all of them this year.
Has anyone used year-old seed? Was there much of a decrease in germination?
Jeff
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There was some this year as I had quite a few left from last year but surprisingly my germination rate was still high. Not as high as my new seed that arrived a month ago but I would say around 90%. It is surprising because of the small size of most of the seeds that are root stock seed. I also germinated some of my old Multifort and Estamino seed which were 4 and 3 years old and got about 75% with them. I keep my seed inside an air conditioned house except while planting them. I found out the hard way many years ago that leaving them in my shed was a recipe for low germination the next year.
Bill