i have some tomato seeds with a sell by date of 2007

[backdoorchicken]

they should still be fine right? they have been in the original pack.

 

[Hoss1975]

They probably won't grow,there germination rate goes way down after there first year.

 

[Boyd]

Plant 30% more than you want to grow.. after first couple of years you loose 10-20% germination rate. I have stuff that's 20-30 years old that still grows stuff though

 

[backdoorchicken]

well they only cost a couple bucks anyway. i have never started a tomato from seed before. i usually get a started plant.

 

[pdsavage]

Give it a try what could it hurt....

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Depends on how the seeds were stored.
I found some daylily seeds from '05 in the freezer and got 80% germination when I test-sprouted --- but I bred them, harvested them, dried them, and packed them for storage.

Lisa

 

[Fred's Hens]

Archeologists have uncovered seeds hundreds and hundreds of years old and some have sprouted.

If you got 50% germination, that would be considered fine. Why not, indeed. 10 days is all it takes to find out.

 

[Carols Clucks]

I "used up" a package of 10+ year old giant sunflower seeds............it must have mutated because it was giant and had tons of seed heads! I never even got around to adding the "newer" sunflower seeds

 

[Amy Chickie]

I would go for it! You could do a sprout test by germinating ten seeds in a damp paper towel put in a plastic bag in a warm place to see how many sprout, or you could just sow 30% more than you want like Boyd said--which is what I would do

 

[backdoorchicken]

i am gonna pre-sprout them and see what happens