i have some three year old seeds

[NMDemDist2]

should I try to sprout them first, are they dead, or just plant them heavy and see what comes up?

[sazemisery]

1. Try sprouting them, can't hurt.

[NMDemDist2]

2. once they spout can I just put em on the ground with a little dirt on top?

or do I need to plant them like seedlings?

I was just gonna try and sprout em in between two paper towels

[murray hill farm]

3. I would plant them individually as seedlings...

and usually most will grow...not as many as first year, but it is sure worth a try. Or...as I did this year already is just throw them in along side the chicken coop and see what happens...chickens might just love them..ha! Did you get chickens? I think i saw that you were thinking about it last year. i do not have any yet, but plan to get some baby girls this spring.

[NMDemDist2]

4. no, not this year

next year probably I have a lot of work to do to get the garden up to speed, chickens are definitely in the future though...

[mitchtv]

5. what kind of seeds? there's a big difference

Chiles not so durable , tomatoes yes, corn for many years. Try 'm

[NMDemDist2]

6. cool! tomatoes and herbs mostly

and corn and radish

[Rowdyboy]

7. You'll probably get 30% germination minimum0depending on the variety

Supposedly, horticulturalists have sprouted 2500 year old seed grain taken from a pharoah's tomb.

[wildeyed]

8. My three year old tomato seeds did great.

The peppers were a no go. A friend of mine is starting peppers from new seeds, so I am going to trade her some tomato seedlings, which I will definitely have too many of, for a few nice pepper plant. The kids and dh like sweet peppers better than tomatoes anyway.