How to check if your seeds are still viable.

[kevinkimers]

I found this video on how to check if your seeds are still viable. Thought you guys might like it.

 

[ThatKidWithTheFace]

Couldn't you simply take a couple and soak them in water? If a root pops out, it's viable!

 

[kevinkimers]

If you only have a few seeds, yes... but if you have a whole packet and want to see if you are wasting your time planting them, then you would use this method to determine the viability of the whole pack. So if the 10 you tested all sprout, then you have a high percentage of the packet will sprout. As the number goes down of the 10 you tried, the less the percentage of seeds will grow. Then you don't have to waste as much time trying to figure out if it will work or not.

 

[claudine]

This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing this video! I have a lot of really old seeds from my aunt. She used to buy tons of them