Waking up old hollyhock seeds

maryinoregon · October 14, 2007

I have some old hollyhock seeds from Abundant Life Seeds before the fire that destroyed so much. (I think I am remembering that correctly). If not, please forgive me. Anyway. I have planted them several times and never gotten a plant. Would soaking them just as we do old tomato seeds be the way to revive them? I would like to see what they are like. The old ALS catalogue describes them as a small, white flowered hollyhock from Mt. Carmel, which suggests to me that they came from Israel. Or at least, it's where they were grown at one time. The AL people could not give me any more information than what was in their catalogue. Thanks.

October 14, 2007	#1
maryinoregon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 361	Waking up old hollyhock seeds I have some old hollyhock seeds from Abundant Life Seeds before the fire that destroyed so much. (I think I am remembering that correctly). If not, please forgive me. Anyway. I have planted them several times and never gotten a plant. Would soaking them just as we do old tomato seeds be the way to revive them? I would like to see what they are like. The old ALS catalogue describes them as a small, white flowered hollyhock from Mt. Carmel, which suggests to me that they came from Israel. Or at least, it's where they were grown at one time. The AL people could not give me any more information than what was in their catalogue. Thanks.