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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2006Fifteen year old Okra seeds
While cleaning in my basement this weekend (a traumatic thing to do cuz I'm a packrat) I found a jar of okra seeds that I saved about 15 years ago. Maybe 16 or 17 years, but less than 20. I started to throw them out, but I was curious if they might still be viable. So I took about a dozen seeds and soaked them overnight (didn't look promising, half of them were still floating the next morning) and then wrapped them up in a damp paper towel. When I peeked at them this morning, most of them were already sprouted -- that's less than 48 hours. They are telling me that I need to plant okra next year. Bob > While cleaning in my basement this weekend (a traumatic thing to do cuz > I'm a packrat) I found a jar of okra seeds that I saved about 15 years [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob Cool beans... :-) Speaking of which, you are aware that bean seeds found in archeological digs 1,000 years old still sprout on occasion....... A little water is always cheap to see if seeds are viable. Well done!  SignaturePeace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson > While cleaning in my basement this weekend (a traumatic thing to do cuz > I'm a packrat) I found a jar of okra seeds that I saved about 15 years [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob Not really Bob. We have three okra plants that are really producing and I've already frozen a years supply. Swing by on your next trip home and I'll load you up. <VBG> George Just started some seeds in the ground for a fall crop, came up in three days. Now, how to pickle them. > > While cleaning in my basement this weekend (a traumatic thing to do cuz > > I'm a packrat) I found a jar of okra seeds that I saved about 15 years [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > George Go online for some good okra pickle recipes. Personally I wouldn't touch an okra pickle with someone else's fork. Never did like them any way but in a gumbo or fried. George > Just started some seeds in the ground for a fall crop, came up in three > days. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >>George I di love them fried, but time to fry them and work! > Go online for some good okra pickle recipes. Personally I wouldn't touch > an okra pickle with someone else's fork. Never did like them any way but [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> > >>George |
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