Seeds past their sell-by date

Well Katya, as you have already sown them, just wait and see. You may have some success.

I heard on gardeners world not to give up on O.O.D seeds think they said unless it was carrots

hope it works for you
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I've got some from 2002 that I found in a clear out - I'm going to give them a chance and I'll let you all know the results! lol

Yes Mookins, carrots is right, also beetroot.
Don't squeeze the packets because you will break up the seeds.

i'd have done the same give em a chance!

You have nothing to lose by planting them, or you can try some on damp kitchen towel to see if any germinate.

Progress report on my OOD seeds - 4 days later the first Morning Glory have germinated. It just shows how tough seeds are! The packet had a best before date of 12/2002!

Plants don't know the date!!

So far, only the morning glory have germinated, but they are all through and growing well.

The other two packets, Chilean glory vine and bergamot, are both either dead or slow. Interestingly, the morning glory are large seeds, the others small, so maybe it depends on size?

well at leasr something good has come out of it

well done you

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Keep the Morning glory plants warm and don't plant out til June. If they get cold they go all pale and stop growing.

Thanks for these answers. I'm afraid I got 2 out of 20 (sounds like an exam result). I think the problem was snails. I put down slug pellets to protect the seedlings I was expecting, but they just attracted more snails so the whole patch turned into a rather smelly snail graveyard. Snails are a big problem with us and I'm looking for alternative solutions. I've been told nematode worms are a good idea.