UPDATE To Sow or not to sow...that is the question

Hi all. I went ahead with the carrots as suggested. Just chucked them in and hey presto, I'm so pleased, my first ever carrots. Not quite ready yet so watch this space. Thank you again to everyone who responded to my original question. You're all stars.⭐️⭐️
Can anyone advise as to whether it's worth sowing any of these? All dated 2022. Found them in my shed, think a neighbour gave them to me and I forgot all about them TIA

 

What have you got to lose? Go for it.

 

Hi

your lucky the mice never found them .. yes give them a try

Spruce

 

I'd agree with the above. If they have been kept cool and all unopened, I'd be surprised if you didn't have some success with most of those. Good luck

 

I had a similar dilemma so I tried pre sprouting some, normally called chitting, on a moist piece of kitchen towel inside a bag. It will at the minimum tell you if any of the seeds will germinate without wasting any soil. I think carrots is probably the least likely to work as mentioned above, they don't seem to stay viable for very long.

 

I was given some seeds dated from 2019 and they have germinated fine. I think it all really depends on the seed and how they are stored.

 

We have sown seeds that were "out of date" many times. Germination hasn't always been 100% but then we find that in date ones often don't as well. As others have said have a go and see what you end up with.

 

Fortunately they were in a tiny set of wooden desk drawers so very hard for the little blighters to access ...I've decided to pass them on to a pal as I don't really like any of them plus my past success with seed sowing isn't that good thank you anyway

 

Thank you

 

Thank you

 

thank you

 

Many thanks

 

Thank you I might try that

 

Thank you