How Long Do Garden Seeds Last?
How Long Do Garden Seeds Last?
How Long Do Garden Seeds Last?
Please don’t throw away your seed packets after just one year!! Most seeds will remain viable for 3 to 5 years if stored correctly.
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Here’s the article I referenced on storing seeds:
Here’s the list of how long each type of seed will last:
1 Year:
Parsnips
2 Years:
Leeks, Okra, Onions, Parsley, and Sweet Corn
3 Years:
Asparagus, Beans, Carrots, Oriental Greens, Rutabagas, Swiss Chard, Pop Corn, and Peas also most Annual and perennial flower seeds
4 Years:
Beet, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Mustard, Collard, Kale, Pepper, and Tomato
5 Years:
Celery, Cucumber, Eggplant, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Muskmelon, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Squash, Turnip, and Watermelon
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I planted bean seeds this year that are 15 years old and had at least 95% germination. Others from the same age are radishes, carrots, kale, broccoli, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and Mellon’s. All with favourable germination. Peppers were about 50%. Only complete fail was lettuce.
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have some scotch bonnet pepper seeds from 2019 im sure they good still right
Done 14 year old endive this year, great germination rate and considering its in the lettuce family it’s one that’s often touted as being not long lived.
I have some flaxseeds they are expired 4….can I eat them?
Sir, due to lack of space I planted fresh papaya seeds in pots but they do not germinate please tell us what mistakes we do while germinating seeds?
In 2017 I was cleaning out the shed and garage of a relative who passed away, I came across several bundles of seed packets dated from the 70’s and 80’s. Having already planted my garden for the season, I decided to try and see if any of the seeds in those packets would grow. I planted them direct in the ground, not really caring if they grew or now.
The tomato seeds, mostly beefsteak varieties, all germinated and grew with the exception of a few plum varieties that never germinated, with the plants which were roughly 6 weeks behind my other plants quickly caught up with my other plants when the hot summer months came. There was a small baggie full of tomato seeds marked just ‘grape tomatoes’. Those grew and went wild taking over nearly the one whole corner of the garden growing over 6ft tall. I swore I’d never plant them again but the next year, they self planted from the dropped fruit the year before and went wild again. Last year, three years later, I had wild grape tomato plants popping up all over the yard.
Out of a dozen packs of various squash seeds, only a couple plants grew and were viable producers.
There were two jars of romaine lettuce seeds, likely saved from past plantings, one was dated 1988. I basically tossed a handful of that seed on the ground next to my garden near my compost pile. I think every last seed must have grown.
It was likely the dumbest thing I did because the huge bed of lettuce attracted ground hogs which became a major problem all summer. I don’t think I got more than a plant or two for myself after the groundhogs tore through the lettuce.
None of the onion seeds grew, nor did the parsley, beets, or onions.
There was a bag of Okra seeds, literally a brown paper bag in a drawer marked ‘Okra’. It was likely bulk seed but how old I had no clue, but judging by the dates on the other seeds, it was likely just as old. I planted four 10ft rows in late May, about 80% of the seeds grew. I again saved many of the seeds from that year for future use.
There were bell pepper seeds, only about 1/4 of them grew.
This year i started okra and tomatoes all from those same seeds, and a few from seeds saved from those plants two years ago. I planted a teaspoon full of tomato seeds and have over 50 plants growing.
While I’m sure the amount that germinate will go down with age, I don’t see it being a very major concern.
I did notice that years ago they gave you a lot more seeds in a seed pack then they do now. The one tomato seed packet from 1978 had roughly a tablespoon full of seeds in it. Seed packs now come with only a few dozen seeds.
is it truth that the smaller the seed the shorter its lifespand?
Someone gifted me a box of seeds and some are five years some older some less! How do I check them to see that they are good for planting? Thank you so much! I’ll look up your other videos as well.♥️
Love the 5 minutes! I don’t have 30 minutes to listen to 25 minutes of their personal life to get to the 5 minutes of the information I need – so thanks!
Okra seeds will last more than 2 years. I’ve got some that are 8 years old and they’re coming up.
Another way to test your seeds is to drop them in water. Throw away the ones that float, and use the ones that sink.
Well…. is hard to agree with this information, when The Svalbard Global Seed Vault have been saving seeds for decades…. can anyone explain ???
Thank you !! I asked this very question today.
Thanks for that info!