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**carolyn137** · April 5, 2006

Craig,

let me think about it a bit, and then get back and post, but I still go back to the fresh 2004 seeds I sent out to many folks and the variability in technique that had to be at work since most got 100% germination and yet there were those who got zero germination. Sigh.

Julianna, why oh why would you expect problems with 2003 Anna Russian seed? Why those are fresh seeds, by my standards,

which means any seeds less than five years old with which I always get from 70-100 % germination.

So let me get back to this later, but I'm tending to not agree that it's a "mail" problem.

April 5, 2006	#12
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Craig, let me think about it a bit, and then get back and post, but I still go back to the fresh 2004 seeds I sent out to many folks and the variability in technique that had to be at work since most got 100% germination and yet there were those who got zero germination. Sigh. Julianna, why oh why would you expect problems with 2003 Anna Russian seed? Why those are fresh seeds, by my standards, which means any seeds less than five years old with which I always get from 70-100 % germination. So let me get back to this later, but I'm tending to not agree that it's a "mail" problem. __________________ Carolyn