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A quick report:
Added 200 seeds from the 2008 Heshpole; I got ONE sickly germ so far from the nitrated seeds I planted on Feb 27 (It is surviving alongside a 2011 growout)
The bleached Heshpoles from 2008 have germinated about 5% thus far. None from the blue soak
The bleached Farobo Golds have given me 6, none from the blue soak, and none from the Feb 27 (yet)

Nothing on the Russian Orange (dissapointing: think a carrot-colored Azoychka with a deeper flavor)
The F4's...nada. I'm not worried about them; the F5's delivered exactly one tomatoe plant of 40 that excited me.
Ground Cherries and peppers can take a long time, so we wait.

As a side note, my daughter asked for a few tomatilloes; she and her current boyfriend made homemade green salsa last fall from green ones the neighbor gave them. I havent grown them since 2010; purple sprouted after nitrate soak almost immediately; still waiting for green.