[mikegm]

I have a number of opened packs of seeds fom last year. Some herb packs have a 'use by'date. Generally can last years open packs be used this year?

[mumofstig]

They'll be fine as long as they've been stored cool ( not roasting or freezing) and dry 

[savbo]

short answer, yes

longer answer - this was asked 2 weeks ago so here we are!
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=88350.0

[Trillium]

I use this as a basic guide:

http://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/general/seed-storage-life.php

I have some tom seeds that were 9 years old last year and they were still viable.

[Rangerkris]

I found some mouldy looking courgette seeds in my box of seeds sowd them to see what would happen and they have all come up  :blink: now i got 8 courgette plants on the window sill  I cant bring myself to chuck them out i know they wont make it through until the frost have past even in the poly-tunnel but i am not going to chuck them out they will be huge and in the way and i will have to find another home for them.  Don't give up on the seeds they will be fine.

[mumofstig]

I found some mouldy looking courgette seeds in my box of seeds sowd them to see what would happen and they have all come up  :blink: now i got 8 courgette plants on the window sill  I cant bring myself to chuck them out i know they wont make it through until the frost have past even in the poly-tunnel but i am not going to chuck them out they will be huge and in the way and i will have to find another home for them.  Don't give up on the seeds they will be fine.

Bet you do in the end, or they die anyway   

[Rangerkris]

Yes i know , but they looked so mouldy and i would never had dreamed they would take the state they were in they had green dusty musty stuff all over them.

[Lawrence]

I found this some time ago but I forgot about it for the last thread on this subject.

http://www.seedsanctuary.com/herbs/detail.cfm?ID=402

Seems like some tobacco seeds 1000 years old were found and they produced plants,
So last years packets might have a chance...

[mikegm]

Thanks to you all fo your input. Now where is my propagator.......