Seed viability

Will my packet of old seeds still germinate?

Left to right: broad bean, fennel and pumpkin seeds It's the time of year (in the Northern hemisphere) when everyone starts going through the shiny seed catalogues and then get tempted by all the new varieties. Before you do that, it's worth checking whether the seeds you already have are still viable, that is, that they are alive and still able to germinate.

For a list of vegetable, flower and herb seeds and the number of years they are viable, check out the Seed Viability post on my gardening blog.


At the moment I have two blogs. This is my new permaculture/solarpunk blog, but for the moment I'm also continuing my 10+ year gardening blog. Hopefully once Plume develops more features I'll be able to move here permanently.