Re: How Long Do Seeds Stay Good?

Hello everyone,
 
        I am new to this list.  I live in North Mississippi. Due to a late start, I am growing only tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, and banana peppers this year. I am watering every day. I am watering every day because I missed one day of watering and lost 14 of my cucumber plants.
        This is the first time I have planted on this land and it seemed like over night I had grass and weeds in my garden nearly as tall as the plants and very thick. So, for the past week I have been picking weeds until I can't even make a fist with my hand. I figure I have 2 more days until I will have every single weed picked.
        As I was uncovering my tomato plants from the weeds I noticed that there were 2 plants with absolutetly no leaves on it. A couple days later, my husband noticed two more tomato plants without leaves and a couple of tomatoes that were munched on.
        I don't know what is eating my tomatoes, but I have worked too hard on this garden not to find out. Does anyone know what could be eating my tomato plants and how to get rid of it?
        The tomatoes and the tomato plants are my favorite of all garden vegetables. The smell and taste of them are intoxicating!
 
Thank you,
 
Alphie Perks
----- Original Message -----
From: g*@dwd.state.wi.us
To: '*@eskimo.com'
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: How Long Do Seeds Stay Good?

Patricia, I love what you wrote!  What a wonderful story!  I just like the thought of seeds collected by one generation passing onto another.  
 
Thanks for sharing!
 
Grant from Madison, WI 
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia [mailto:phoward@ubtanet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:29 PM
To: v*@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: How Long Do Seeds Stay Good?

Dreambuilder,
the guide from Pat is a good one but don't throw out any seeds that may be older than the guidelines.  My Grandmother passed away a year ago and when we cleaned out her basement we found seeds and seeds and seeds.  some in original packages some just in envelopes with handwritten notes giving variety and date.  Some envelopes didn't give us a clue as to what they were or when they were gathered.  Well I claimed what turned out to be a garbage bag of seeds and this year have planted a variety of them.  The cantaloupe seeds and the zucchini seeds sprouted 100% and they were dated 1958 ( the year of my birth) radish and carrot that were 10 years old sprouted at about 80% and the flower seeds some of which I have never heard of are growing everywhere and some of these are listed as Australian seeds that she brought back from a trip to Australia in the 1960's.  So never throw out seeds that are old - get or keep backups in case but always try and sprout them.
 
Patricia
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