Topic: Leek Seed Viability?

[katynewbie]

I have been clearing out the biscuit tin and I am trying to be ruthless with old seeds. How long does Leek seed last?

My name is Katy and I hoard seeds...

 ::)

[saddad]

5-7 years under optimal conditions before the germination rate tails off...
 :)

[kt.]

Just chuck a load in some pots and see what happens ::) ::)

[artichoke]

Much easier to tip a little onto damp kitchen paper inside plastic bag and leave in a warm place for a few days. If it sprouts, you know it's worth sowing it properly.

[telboy]

Katy,
Should be fine, I store mine for three years if I have enough to plant. No probs.

[katynewbie]

 ;)

Thanks peeps, these are two years old so fingers x'd

[plantcollector]

Hello Katy I am a seed collector too.  I am thinking of going to my plot and creating a seed bed just for all my old hoarded seeds and labelling them with the sell by date.  I'll let you know what happens.  Oh I love those biscuit tins stuff with vegetable potential.

[Twoflower]

Seeds just want to grow :) My next door neighbour on my allotment cleared his seeds out the other day. He had tomato seeds that said on the packet sow by date of between 1993 and 1999. I can't stand to throw out seeds so i put them on the window sill in compost and i got a surprise this morning all of them have germinated ;D I don't know what i am going to do with all though tomatoes but it just goes to show ;D

[saddad]

Hi Katy "plantcollector" welcome to A4A ..  :)

[amphibian]

I sowed a load of leek seeds a while ago, some I bought in 2001. Nothing happened, so I sowed some more, now the new sowings and the old sowings have al germinated, so we'll be eating lots of leeks this year... and next.