Pea seeds: colour difference?

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Pea seeds: colour difference?
« on: March 06, 2023, 11:42 »
I just opened the pack of dwarf pea seeds and roughly 2/3rd are green and 1/3rd are yellow.

Does the colour difference indicate viability in any way?

Or longevity? The pack said ave. 70 seeds, and I only need 60l but there are almost 200 in the pack. WIll the yellow (presumably drier) seeds be viable longer? (or shorter?)

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Re: Pea seeds: colour difference?
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2023, 15:33 »
The colour difference just shows how dry the seeds are, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are younger/older. Most pea (or bean) seeds, carefully sealed, will last for a couple of years, at least.

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Re: Pea seeds: colour difference?
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2023, 18:24 »
I'd go with Mum's interpretation, assuming it is all one variety (which it should be in one packet).

I only grow snap peas and snow peas.  For possibly different reasons, all of my snow peas are yellow-tan in the packet, while the snap pea seeds are green (different packet).
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