OlderStoner
Well-Known Member
I'm not able to smoke much these days for various reasons. I went from smoking 3-5 joints a day down to 3-5 joints a year. The last time I was a regular daily toker was about 10 years ago. In all those years prior to that I accumulated quite a collection of seeds. Oh, if back then I'd only known that people are now paying $100 for 20 or 30 seeds....sheeesh, I could retire now with the collection I once had. Anyway, I've read here and there about older seeds. The ones I still have, maybe a couple of hundred or so or anywhere from 10 to 25 years old. I've read that even ancient seeds, hundreds of years old can still germinate. So I planted some (36 to be exact) about a week back. I kept the soil nice and moist and the outdoor temps were in the 80's to low 70's. After a full week, all I see is wet dirt. Not a single one of them sprouted. So this morning I cleared out some soil and just tossed the whole lot of one of my collection containers into it, maybe 100 seeds or more. I figure what they heck, if these seeds are too old to germinate they are of no use to me to hang on to. I will keep this soil moist and see what happens.
Is there any truth to ancient seeds germinating? I would bet that there is always the chance that one of two seeds out of a big collection will still be viable. But the luck I've had with trying to grow from old seeds has not been good.
Is there any truth to ancient seeds germinating? I would bet that there is always the chance that one of two seeds out of a big collection will still be viable. But the luck I've had with trying to grow from old seeds has not been good.