I read about this on one of the Irish Sunday papers over the week end.
I thought this was outrageous stuff: but then again, it might explain
some poor performance from some of the seed packets I have purchased
over the years...
In a recent survey, consumer magazine Which? found that up to 99% (in
the case of delphinium from one supplier) of seeds in packets were
dead.

http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_c...7_122802_4.jsp


Cat(h)

"Cat(h)" writes
I read about this on one of the Irish Sunday papers over the week end.
I thought this was outrageous stuff: but then again, it might explain
some poor performance from some of the seed packets I have purchased
over the years...
In a recent survey, consumer magazine Which? found that up to 99% (in
the case of delphinium from one supplier) of seeds in packets were
dead.

http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_c...orts/products_
and_services/feeds_and_composts/Seed%20suppliers/Seed_suppliers_report_6
57_122802_4.jsp

Don't think it necessarily says anything about particular suppliers,
just about variability of seed viability. They chose very few packets
from each supplier - with a different choice, you could have got a
completely different result.

But we've already done this to death ;-)

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Kay