expiration of packaged zinnea seeds
2007-05-27 08:01:46 · 15 answers · asked by Phil 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes but not totally.
If you look on the label it will tell the year the seeds were packaged and the percent of germination. Each year that viable percentage goes down. You can compensate for older seeds by throwing in more of them than you would for fresher seeds. In a home garden that will work. On a farm where labor cost is a bigger factor it is not as sensible an idea.
2007-05-27 16:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do Seeds Expire
2016-10-06 10:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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expiration of packaged zinnea seeds
2015-08-20 07:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AT some point, yes, seeds stop becoming as viable. This can vary from plant species to plant species. You will know if they are no longer good becasue they won't sprout. If they are wildflowers, then planting them usually just involves scattering the seeds in a nice location. I would go ahead and try to grow them. You never know, there still may be some viable seeds in there.
2016-03-17 00:51:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garden seeds do expire, but in a different way then food products. After a while they just rot, or won't grow. Usually on seed packets it gives you a "best if used by" date, which is usually equivilent to one or two years
2007-05-27 08:05:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
garden seeds expire
2016-01-31 08:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by Stacee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes actually they do. I just planted some bell pepper seeds that had an expiration date of June 2007, so I made it just in time. Only one pot out of 4 sprouted though, guess it was too close to the date.
2007-05-27 08:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by spunion 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do have a best-by date; after this a percentage of them won't grow and this percentage increases every year (I think it's about 10% per year for the average plant; not sure if Zinnias are better or worse than this).
You can still plant them - some of them will be fine, just don't expect a lot of them to germinate if they're a few years out of date.
2007-05-28 01:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by bungy_heart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeds are pretty hardy little monsters. Nature made them to stand up against time and a certain amount of abuse, so at least some of them should still sprout. Go ahead and plant them. If they don't sprout, you haven't lost anything in the effort ... buy a new packet and plant again!
2007-05-27 08:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
will some times after a lot period of time the seed can die, dry or get eaten by a bug what you can do is put then in the refrigerator no more than 20-25 C this will made the seed last longer
2007-05-27 13:26:29 · answer #10 · answered by Talkalikathis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They dry out.That's why there's an expiration or best used by date on them.
2007-05-27 08:05:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋